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What exactly happens when a dead body is embalmed

2006-10-09 02:18:58 · 4 answers · asked by Nana Susie 3 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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An incision is made on the collarbone to raise the carotid artery and jugular vein. We insert a tube into the artery which pumps the embalming fluid into the body. During injection, we bathe and massage the extremities to achieve good distribution of the fluid. The blood is drained via the jugular vein. We generally inject 2.5-3 gallons of embalming fluid. It takes about 20 minutes to inject the fluid. We then make a small incision in near the belly button and insert a long, hollow needle called a trocar which aspirates any remaining fluid from the chest and abdominal cavities . We then inject a very strong fluid called cavity fluid into the chest cavity to preserve the internal organs. The entire process take about 2 hours, give or take. Hope this helps, take care!

2006-10-09 06:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Reagan 6 · 4 0

An incision is made on the right lower neck. The large blood vessels are entered with a large bore needle, and the blood is drained out, and replaced by embalming fluid, which is a mixture of formalin (buffered formaldehyde), methanol and pink coloration. This is done under some slight pressure, to get it to all parts of the body and skin. The skin is massaged somewhat to get good penetration. Then the incision is closed with a tight suture stitch.

Then the abdominal organs are penetrated by a trocar, a large probe with a hole in it. It also delivers embalming fluid into the abdominal cavity. There are multiple "deliveries" of this fluid, so that the fluid will get into the loops of bowel, to avoid decomposition. The hole through which the trocar is introduced is covered with a small white "button".

The hair is styled and makeup applied usually to the hands, neck and face, then they are clothed and placed in the coffin.

2006-10-09 02:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 1 1

i could do this if i replaced into the single that replaced into being paid... i'm at present paying on a pre-paid funeral plan for my mom and that i intentionally skipped over the embalming because of the fact it may value me an further $a million,000.00 money... So i'm no longer figuring out to purchase embalming for my mom reason her funeral would be so small and no person has to stroll previous her coffin to look at her... So i'm saving the thousand money by no longer figuring out to purchase embalming... My mothers funeral will nonetheless be basically over $6,000 with casket, hollow, flowers, dressing, provider, protecting the hollow, and using the physique to the cemetery... I additionally could pay for the death certificates...

2016-10-16 00:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by lander 4 · 0 0

a preservative fluid is pumped in the corpse

2006-10-09 02:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by lizella 5 · 0 1

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