NBE sciences for embalming Exam
Questions and Answers|2025 Update
Abrasion - Answer- antemortem (before death ) injuries resulting from friction of the skin
against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis.
Abut - Answer- to touch or contact.
accessory chemicals - Answer- group of chemicals used in addition to vascular and
cavity embalming fluids, some include hardening compounds, sealing agents, mold
preventive agents...
action level AL exposure limits - Answer- OSHA limits established to protect employees
that have exposures below the 8 hour permissible exposure limit (PEL) the action level
for formaldehyde is 0.5 ppm.
actual pressure - Answer- the pressure indicated by the injector gauge needle when the
arterial fluid is flowing.
Adipocere (Grave wax) - Answer- produced by saponification of body fat
Aerobic - Answer- In the presence of oxygen.
Arerosolization - Answer- to disperse an aerosol.
Agglutination (Tissue Coagulating ) - Answer- intravascular: the Increase of viscosity of
blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in blood vessels.
Agonal Algor - Answer- decrease in body temperature immediately before death.
Agonal Coagulation ( Congealing) - Answer- blood changing from a fluid into a
thickened mass
Agonal Dehydration - Answer- the loss of moisture from the living body during the
agonal state.
Agonal edema - Answer- escape of blood serum from the intravascular to an
extravascular location immediately before death.
Agonal Fever - Answer- increase in body temperature immediately before death.
Agonal period - Answer- period immediately before somatic death.
Algor Mortis - Answer- Post mortem cooling of the body to the surrounding temperature.
,Alternate Drainage ( restricted Drainage) - Answer- embalming solution is injected and
then stopped while drainage remains open.
ACGIH - Answer- american congress of governmental industrial hygienists
( employed in occupational safety and health programs)
Amino Acid - Answer- the building blocks of proteins, and the end products of protein
digestion or hydrolysis, its a compound containing an amino group (-NH2) a carboxyl (-
COOH) group attached to an alpha carbon and a radical.
Anaerobic - Answer- in the absence of free oxygen.
Anasarca - Answer- generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue.
Anatomical guide - Answer- a descriptive reference for locating arteries and veins by
means of anatomical structures which are known.
Anatomical Limits - Answer- points of origin and points of termination in relation to
adjacent structures: used to designate the boundaries of arteries.
Anatomical position - Answer- body is erect, feet together, palms facing forward , and
thumbs pointed away from the body.
Aneurysm - Answer- abnormal dilation or out pocketing of a blood vessel resulting from
a congenital defect or weakness of a vessel wall
Aneurysm Hook - Answer- an embalming instrument used for blunt dissection and in
raising vessels.
Aneurysm needle - Answer- a embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection
and raising of vessels, which has an eye in the hook portion for placing ligature around
vessels.
Angular spring forceps - Answer- a multipurpose instrument used in the embalming
process.
Anomalies - Answer- deviation from the normal.
Antecubital - Answer- In front of the elbow/ in the bend of the elbow.
Antemortem - Answer- before death.
Anterior superior Iliac spine - Answer- a bony protuberance on the superior broad
portion of the hip bone
, Anticoagulant fluid - Answer- ingredient of embalming fluids that retards the natural
postmortem tendency of blood becoming more viscous.
Apparent Death - Answer- condition in which the manifestations of life are feebly
maintained.
Arterial (vascular) fluid - Answer- the concentrated, preservative, embalming chemical
Arterial solution - Answer- the mixture of Arterial fluid and water which is used for the
arterial injection.
Arteriosclerosis - Answer- disease of the arteries resulting in thickening, hardening and
loss of elasticity of arterial walls.
Articulation - Answer- place of union between two or more bones.
Ascites - Answer- accumulation of serous fluid in the paritoneal cavity.
Asepsis (sterility) - Answer- freedom from infection and from any form of life
Asphyxia - Answer- insufficient intake of oxygen
Aspiration - Answer- withdrawal of gas, fluids, and semi-solids from body cavities and
hollow viscera.
Atheroma - Answer- fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the lager arteries
occurring in atherosclerosis.
Autoclave - Answer- apparatus used for sterilization by steam pressure, usually at 250
degrees Fahrenheit or 121 degrees Celsius for a specific time.
Autolysis - Answer- self destruction of cells, decomposition of all tissues by enzymes of
their own formation without microbial assistance.
Autolytic enzyme - Answer- the body's own digestive enzymes: they are capable of
destroying body cells ( autolytic decomposition)
Autopsy - Answer- (postmortem Examination )
Bactericidal Agent - Answer- destroys bacteria.
Bacteriostatic Agent - Answer- an agent that has the ability to inhibit or retard bacterial
growth.
Balsamic substance - Answer- resins combined with oil: a fragrant, resinous, oily
exudate from various trees and plants.
Questions and Answers|2025 Update
Abrasion - Answer- antemortem (before death ) injuries resulting from friction of the skin
against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis.
Abut - Answer- to touch or contact.
accessory chemicals - Answer- group of chemicals used in addition to vascular and
cavity embalming fluids, some include hardening compounds, sealing agents, mold
preventive agents...
action level AL exposure limits - Answer- OSHA limits established to protect employees
that have exposures below the 8 hour permissible exposure limit (PEL) the action level
for formaldehyde is 0.5 ppm.
actual pressure - Answer- the pressure indicated by the injector gauge needle when the
arterial fluid is flowing.
Adipocere (Grave wax) - Answer- produced by saponification of body fat
Aerobic - Answer- In the presence of oxygen.
Arerosolization - Answer- to disperse an aerosol.
Agglutination (Tissue Coagulating ) - Answer- intravascular: the Increase of viscosity of
blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in blood vessels.
Agonal Algor - Answer- decrease in body temperature immediately before death.
Agonal Coagulation ( Congealing) - Answer- blood changing from a fluid into a
thickened mass
Agonal Dehydration - Answer- the loss of moisture from the living body during the
agonal state.
Agonal edema - Answer- escape of blood serum from the intravascular to an
extravascular location immediately before death.
Agonal Fever - Answer- increase in body temperature immediately before death.
Agonal period - Answer- period immediately before somatic death.
Algor Mortis - Answer- Post mortem cooling of the body to the surrounding temperature.
,Alternate Drainage ( restricted Drainage) - Answer- embalming solution is injected and
then stopped while drainage remains open.
ACGIH - Answer- american congress of governmental industrial hygienists
( employed in occupational safety and health programs)
Amino Acid - Answer- the building blocks of proteins, and the end products of protein
digestion or hydrolysis, its a compound containing an amino group (-NH2) a carboxyl (-
COOH) group attached to an alpha carbon and a radical.
Anaerobic - Answer- in the absence of free oxygen.
Anasarca - Answer- generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue.
Anatomical guide - Answer- a descriptive reference for locating arteries and veins by
means of anatomical structures which are known.
Anatomical Limits - Answer- points of origin and points of termination in relation to
adjacent structures: used to designate the boundaries of arteries.
Anatomical position - Answer- body is erect, feet together, palms facing forward , and
thumbs pointed away from the body.
Aneurysm - Answer- abnormal dilation or out pocketing of a blood vessel resulting from
a congenital defect or weakness of a vessel wall
Aneurysm Hook - Answer- an embalming instrument used for blunt dissection and in
raising vessels.
Aneurysm needle - Answer- a embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection
and raising of vessels, which has an eye in the hook portion for placing ligature around
vessels.
Angular spring forceps - Answer- a multipurpose instrument used in the embalming
process.
Anomalies - Answer- deviation from the normal.
Antecubital - Answer- In front of the elbow/ in the bend of the elbow.
Antemortem - Answer- before death.
Anterior superior Iliac spine - Answer- a bony protuberance on the superior broad
portion of the hip bone
, Anticoagulant fluid - Answer- ingredient of embalming fluids that retards the natural
postmortem tendency of blood becoming more viscous.
Apparent Death - Answer- condition in which the manifestations of life are feebly
maintained.
Arterial (vascular) fluid - Answer- the concentrated, preservative, embalming chemical
Arterial solution - Answer- the mixture of Arterial fluid and water which is used for the
arterial injection.
Arteriosclerosis - Answer- disease of the arteries resulting in thickening, hardening and
loss of elasticity of arterial walls.
Articulation - Answer- place of union between two or more bones.
Ascites - Answer- accumulation of serous fluid in the paritoneal cavity.
Asepsis (sterility) - Answer- freedom from infection and from any form of life
Asphyxia - Answer- insufficient intake of oxygen
Aspiration - Answer- withdrawal of gas, fluids, and semi-solids from body cavities and
hollow viscera.
Atheroma - Answer- fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the lager arteries
occurring in atherosclerosis.
Autoclave - Answer- apparatus used for sterilization by steam pressure, usually at 250
degrees Fahrenheit or 121 degrees Celsius for a specific time.
Autolysis - Answer- self destruction of cells, decomposition of all tissues by enzymes of
their own formation without microbial assistance.
Autolytic enzyme - Answer- the body's own digestive enzymes: they are capable of
destroying body cells ( autolytic decomposition)
Autopsy - Answer- (postmortem Examination )
Bactericidal Agent - Answer- destroys bacteria.
Bacteriostatic Agent - Answer- an agent that has the ability to inhibit or retard bacterial
growth.
Balsamic substance - Answer- resins combined with oil: a fragrant, resinous, oily
exudate from various trees and plants.
