FSE 2930 Professional Review – Final
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Chemical that increases the ability for an embalmed body to retain moisture - CORRECT
ANSWER -Humectant
Framework; a material, generally of pliable metal or wood, employed to create a frame of
support for a wax restoration - CORRECT ANSWER -Armature
After death - CORRECT ANSWER -Post-mortem
In the Jewish faith, a candelabrum with a central stem bearing seven candles; It is the oldest
symbol of Judaism and placed near the head of the casket - CORRECT ANSWER -
Menorah
A kneeling rail ( AKA Prayer Rail, Kneeler); Placed in the center of the casket for those of the
Catholic faith - CORRECT ANSWER -Prie-dieu
The boundry or edge of a structure - CORRECT ANSWER -Margin
Pertaining to the stomach - CORRECT ANSWER -Gastro-
Of unknown cause - CORRECT ANSWER -Idiopathic
An increase in the size of a body part due to an increase in the size of the cells in that part -
CORRECT ANSWER -Hypertrophy
The formation of pus; Exudate - CORRECT ANSWER -Suppuration
, A disease characterized by recognizable lesions; No functional change, but structural change -
CORRECT ANSWER -Organic disease
Surgace active agents that are usually used for disinfection of the skin, oral and nasal cavties and
instruments - CORRECT ANSWER -Quaternary Ammonium Compound
Possible skin slippage, distention, and secondary fluid dilution due to an increase in fluid
accumulation - CORRECT ANSWER -Complications of edemeatous body condition
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood (AKA Livor
mortis) - CORRECT ANSWER -Cadaveric lividity
A chemical reaction in which substance is broken down or dissociated by water; a reaction
between a salt and water to yield an acid and a base - CORRECT ANSWER -Hydrolysis
Discoloration of the body within the blood vascular system; for example hypostasis, carbon
monoxide posioning, and capillary congestion (Can be cleared by fluid) - CORRECT
ANSWER -Intravascular blood discoloration
The bulding blocks of proteins - CORRECT ANSWER -Amino acids
Agents that retard the natural post-mortem tendency of blood to become more viscous; which
will desolve to inhibit the development of blood clots - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anticoagulants
Rotates and depresses the head; Anatomical guide for the carotic artery - CORRECT
ANSWER -Sternocleidomastoid (SCM Muscle)
Watery, prepared with water as a solvent - CORRECT ANSWER -Aqueous
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Chemical that increases the ability for an embalmed body to retain moisture - CORRECT
ANSWER -Humectant
Framework; a material, generally of pliable metal or wood, employed to create a frame of
support for a wax restoration - CORRECT ANSWER -Armature
After death - CORRECT ANSWER -Post-mortem
In the Jewish faith, a candelabrum with a central stem bearing seven candles; It is the oldest
symbol of Judaism and placed near the head of the casket - CORRECT ANSWER -
Menorah
A kneeling rail ( AKA Prayer Rail, Kneeler); Placed in the center of the casket for those of the
Catholic faith - CORRECT ANSWER -Prie-dieu
The boundry or edge of a structure - CORRECT ANSWER -Margin
Pertaining to the stomach - CORRECT ANSWER -Gastro-
Of unknown cause - CORRECT ANSWER -Idiopathic
An increase in the size of a body part due to an increase in the size of the cells in that part -
CORRECT ANSWER -Hypertrophy
The formation of pus; Exudate - CORRECT ANSWER -Suppuration
, A disease characterized by recognizable lesions; No functional change, but structural change -
CORRECT ANSWER -Organic disease
Surgace active agents that are usually used for disinfection of the skin, oral and nasal cavties and
instruments - CORRECT ANSWER -Quaternary Ammonium Compound
Possible skin slippage, distention, and secondary fluid dilution due to an increase in fluid
accumulation - CORRECT ANSWER -Complications of edemeatous body condition
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood (AKA Livor
mortis) - CORRECT ANSWER -Cadaveric lividity
A chemical reaction in which substance is broken down or dissociated by water; a reaction
between a salt and water to yield an acid and a base - CORRECT ANSWER -Hydrolysis
Discoloration of the body within the blood vascular system; for example hypostasis, carbon
monoxide posioning, and capillary congestion (Can be cleared by fluid) - CORRECT
ANSWER -Intravascular blood discoloration
The bulding blocks of proteins - CORRECT ANSWER -Amino acids
Agents that retard the natural post-mortem tendency of blood to become more viscous; which
will desolve to inhibit the development of blood clots - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anticoagulants
Rotates and depresses the head; Anatomical guide for the carotic artery - CORRECT
ANSWER -Sternocleidomastoid (SCM Muscle)
Watery, prepared with water as a solvent - CORRECT ANSWER -Aqueous
