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A ____________ anticoagulant cages in the calcium making it unavailable to coagulate blood.
Sequesterant
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Water acts as a base in the presence of an acid and as an acid in the presence of a base which makes water:
Amphoteric
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Water is usually a perfect ______ but typical tap water usually is two ______ to be used by itself for embalming.
Vehicle, hard
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Must be supplied by chemical manufacturers when chemicals are purchased; used by funeral service professionals to understand the potential risk involved when using chemicals.
Safety data sheets
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When formaldehyde gas is solvated in water it reacts with the water to form
Methylene glycol
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Amine decomposition products or commonly referred to as
Ptomaines
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A piece of aluminum displaces 11.2 ml of water when placed in a graduated cylinder. Given that the aluminum has a mass of 30.2 g, what is the density of the aluminum
2.7 g / ml
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Breaking down of the human body by water
Hydrolysis
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Added to embalming fluid to aid in the penetration of preservatives and other chemicals into the tissues
Surfactants
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Standard units of measurement of length, volume and mass in the metric system
Meter, liter and gram
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Reaction that is a chemical change which is the opposite of synthesis action
Decomposition
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Product of protein decomposition, file smelling and major cause of decomposition smell; in low concentrations has a flowery smell and is added to popular perfumes
Skatole
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Aqueous formaldehyde solutions are called formalin when they are stabilized with
Methanol
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The simplest amine (methyl amine) is a significant primary amine that results from:
Putrefaction
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R-OH is the functional group for
Alcohol
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Used as both a supplement with or as an alternative to formaldehyde; does not shrink or constrict tissue like formaldehyde:
Gluederaldehyde
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An important Thioester in metabolism
Avetyl Coenzyme A
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A bond formed between polymer chains, either between different chains or between different parts of the same chain
Crosslink
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The branch of physical science that studies the composition, structure, properties, and changes that matter undergoes
Chemistry
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The measure of how well a solute mixes with a solvent
Solubility
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Rings can be found in phenol, cresol and perfumming agents; undersaturated hydrocarbons
Alkenes
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When soluble sodium oxalate is the modifying agent in embalming fluid, calcium oxalate __________out of the solution when added to water.
Precipitates
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Used to disinfect instruments and sanitized surgical incisions and dressings; precursor to antiseptic surgical procedures
Phenol
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Organic compounds are classified by how they function
Reactivity
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Functional group composed of a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom
Carbonyl group
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In the case of an accidental formaldehyde spill,____ would be the perfect cleaning solution to prevent exposure to formaldehyde fumes.
Ammonia
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Sanitize microbes and pathogens; retard decomposition; control moisture and color
Embalming fluid functions
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The measure of the resistance to flow of a liquid semicolon can be thought of as the thickness of a fluid
Viscosity
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A(n) _____ is a substance capable of liberating a hydrogen ion (H+) in aqueous solutions; can exist in all three states of matter
Acid
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Gluteal aldehyde is a _________ at room temperature
Liquid
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More than one substitution on a ring; identification of position is important ortho, meta and para
di-substituted benzene derivatives
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When proteins or nucleic acids lose structure in their native state through external stress or compound such as a strong acid or base, a concentrated inorganic salt, an organic solvent (e.g., alcohol or chloroform), radiation or heat
Denaturation
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Bicyclic two-ring structure; imparts foul odors associated with decomposition; main feature of the amino acid tryptophan
indole
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Colorless toxic gas with disagreeable odor; vapor is trapped when dissolved in water; sold as a 37% solution in water, stabilizef by methanol:
Formaldehyde
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Diffusion through a semi-peramable membrane
Osmosis
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HCHO is the chemical formula for:
Formaldehyde
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In the presence of a strong base, such as sodium hydroxide, carboxylic acids are completely
Neutralized
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A structural feature that allows the chemist to classify compounds by reactivity:
Functional group
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Surface tension interferes with The diffusion of embalming chemicals from the capillaries to the tissues; _______ are added to water to reduce this.
Surfactants
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In cases of advanced decomposition _______, will interfere with preservatives such as aldehydes, increasing preservation demand.
Ammonia
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Calcium, magnesium, and sometimes iron ions or water soluble _____ that make water hard.
Minerals
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And inert medium in which an agent(e.g., water) is administered.
Vehicle
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Chemical bond involving the sharing of electron pairs between atoms; allows each atom to attain the equivalent of a full outer shell
Covalent bonds
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The _____ determines an atom's chemical properties.
electron
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Compounds with two amine groups attached to a carbonyl group of which urea is the most noteworthy example
Carbamide
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A ______ mixture has two or more distinct phases present such as a mixture of sand and water:
heterogeneous
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The mass number of an atom can be determined by adding the number of ______ in the atom to the number of ________.
protons, neutrons
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Benzene ring structure; perfumes, deodorants
aromatics
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_____ is fluid getting to the capillaries, whereas ______ is getting fluid out to the cells.
distribution, diffusion
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Which of the following is not a purpose of embalming fluids?
improved fragrance of the body
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