Embalming II – Lesson 1.

1 – Cavity Embalming
Study Guide Questions

1. According to the text, what are the aspiration procedure and subsequent perfusion with cavity fluid
designed to do?

2. In relation to arterial embalming, when does cavity embalming occur?

3. What is one occasion when cavity treatment is not employed?

4. What is the trocar guide for the cecum?

5. Describe the type of purge that originates in the stomach.

6. Purge that is frothy with possible red blood and very little odor would emanate from which source?

7. List several conditions under which reaspiration would be strongly advised.

8. An instrument installed on a water line that uses water to create a vacuum for cavity aspiration is?

9. What items are required to accomplish the process of aspiration?

10. What are the two commonly-used types of instruments used to create a vacuum?
11. The term for a long hollow needle (metal tube) with a removable sharp point that is used to pierce
the wall of the abdomen and internal organs for the purpose of removing the contents of the organs and
fluid that has pooled in the cavities.

12. Why is a complete disinfection/sterilization of the trocar important?

13. What is the trocar guide for the stomach?

14. Describe how a cavity fluid (gravity) injector is used.

15. This is the bony plate/bone through which the trocar is pushed to aspirate the cranial cavity.

16. According to the lesson, aspiration also creates more "surface area" within the thorax and
abdomen. What is the significance of this?

17. List and number the areas of the abdomen using the 9-Region method (R to L and top to bottom).

18. Describe the dividing lines of the 4-region Plan.

19. Using the four main trocar guides, which organ will you pierce if you move the trocar along a line
from the left anterior-superior iliac spine and the right earlobe and depressing the point after you have
passed through the diaphragm?

20. Using the four main trocar guides, which organ will you pierce if you direct your trocar along the
abdominal wall to the symphysis pubis, pull it back slightly and depress it while moving it forward?

21. As a rule, cavity treatment follows arterial embalming. What is one exception to this rule?
22. What are the two periods during which cavity aspiration and injection can take place?

23. According to the text, why is it wise to suture incisions after aspiration?

24. List some advantages of aspirating shortly after arterial injection.

25. According to the text and the lesson, what is the theory behind having a long delay prior to
aspirating?

26. Describe the standard point of trocar entry.

27. Why isn't the trocar inserted on the right side of the abdomen near the umbilicus?

28. According to the text, what is the suggested order of cavity treatment?

29. Why is clear tubing helpful in the aspiration procedure?

30. As a general rule, the text suggests keeping the trocar in constant motion. What is the exception?