EMBALMING

• Origin and history of embalming
• Environment and personal health considerations
• Death and postmortem changes
• Mummification
• Surface anatomy
• Embalming chemicals and fluids
• Practical embalming
• Injection technique
• Cavity embalming
• Autopsied and unautopsied bodies embalming
• Infant embalming
• Delayed embalming
• Effect of drugs on embalming
• Cosmetics and presentation

Criteria for selection of a vessel to be used

• Size of vessel
• Depth of the location of vessel
• Proximity of the vessel to the heart
• Choice in infants and children
• Choice of artery in non autopsied bodies
• Choice of artery in autopsied bodies

Exposure of the vessels

• Common carotid artery and internal jugular vein
• Axillary artery and vein
• Brachial artery and basilic vein
• Radial artery
• Femoral artery and vein

Exposure and cannulation

• Transverse incision
• Longitudinal incision
• Combined incision
• Wedge incision

Methods of EMBALMING

1. Arterial EMBALMING
2. Cavity EMBALMING : it is mainly of three steps
   1. insertion of trocar
   2. aspiration
   3. injection of fluid

Supplemental methods of EMBALMING

1. Hypodermic EMBALMING
2. Surface EMBALMING

EMBALMING procedure

Arterial EMBALMING

• Gravity injection
• Electric pump (air pressure machine)