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What pharmaceutical agent will reduce postmortem blood clotting in the vascular system?

What artery can be located by placing the left thumb on the right anterior superior iliac spine and the left middle finger upon the right pubic tubercle?

Which statement describes the linear guide?

What is the procedure for closing colostomy and tracheostomy openings during the post embalming analysis?

What is a postmortem intravascular red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood?

What term describes the body as erect, feet together, palms facing forward, and thumbs pointed away from body?

What is the crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated, as in subcutaneous emphysema or tissue gas?

When does embalming analysis occur?

What begins at the level of the right sternoclavicular articulation and extends to the superior border of the thyroid? 

A body has a fresh surgical incision that has not been sutured. When should this be treated or closed during the embalming process?