NBE EMBALMING EXAM
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Condyle - ✔✔rounded articular projection
Congealing - ✔✔the process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein by
heating or by contact with a chemical such as an alcohol or an aldehyde.
Contagious Disease - ✔✔disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with
reference to the organism that causes the disease
Contaminated - ✔✔the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or
other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface
Cornea - ✔✔transparent, anterior part of the eyeball covering the iris, pupil, and
anterior chamber that functions to refract (bend) light to focus a visual image
Corneal Sclera Button - ✔✔that portion of the cornea recovered for transplantation in
situ
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, Coroner - ✔✔a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural
causes
Corpulence - ✔✔Obesity
Counter Staining Compound - ✔✔dye that helps to cover internal discolorations such
as jaundice
Dialysis - ✔✔separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion
through semipermeable membranes
Cranial Embalming - ✔✔method used to embalm the contents of the cranial cavity
through aspiration and injection of the cranial chamber by passage of a trocar through
the cribriform plate
Cremated Remains - ✔✔Those elements remaining after cremation of a dead human
body; Cremains
Crepitation - ✔✔crackling sensation produced when gasses trapped in tissues are
palpated, as in subcutaneous emphysema
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease - ✔✔a disease of the central nervous system with unknown
etiology, assumed to be a slow virus; because of unknown etiology, care givers using
invasive procedures use extreme caution
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Condyle - ✔✔rounded articular projection
Congealing - ✔✔the process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein by
heating or by contact with a chemical such as an alcohol or an aldehyde.
Contagious Disease - ✔✔disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with
reference to the organism that causes the disease
Contaminated - ✔✔the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or
other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface
Cornea - ✔✔transparent, anterior part of the eyeball covering the iris, pupil, and
anterior chamber that functions to refract (bend) light to focus a visual image
Corneal Sclera Button - ✔✔that portion of the cornea recovered for transplantation in
situ
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, Coroner - ✔✔a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural
causes
Corpulence - ✔✔Obesity
Counter Staining Compound - ✔✔dye that helps to cover internal discolorations such
as jaundice
Dialysis - ✔✔separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion
through semipermeable membranes
Cranial Embalming - ✔✔method used to embalm the contents of the cranial cavity
through aspiration and injection of the cranial chamber by passage of a trocar through
the cribriform plate
Cremated Remains - ✔✔Those elements remaining after cremation of a dead human
body; Cremains
Crepitation - ✔✔crackling sensation produced when gasses trapped in tissues are
palpated, as in subcutaneous emphysema
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease - ✔✔a disease of the central nervous system with unknown
etiology, assumed to be a slow virus; because of unknown etiology, care givers using
invasive procedures use extreme caution
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