Mortuary Science Chemistry Glossary UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Mortuary Science Chemistry Glossary
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Accessory Chemicals - CORRECT ANSWER - a group of chemicals used in addition to
vascular and cavity embalming fluids; most are applied to the body surfaces


Acid (Arrhenius) - CORRECT ANSWER - a substance that yields hydrogen or hydronium
ions in water solution


Acid (Bronsted-Lowry) - CORRECT ANSWER - a substance that tends to donate a proton



Acid (Lewis) - CORRECT ANSWER - a substance that tends to accept a pair of electrons



Alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER - an organic compound containing one or more hydroxyl
groups; R-OH


Aldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - an organic compound one or more -CHO groups;
RCHO


Aldose - CORRECT ANSWER - a sugar in which the functional groups are hydroxyl and
aldehyde groups


Alkane - CORRECT ANSWER - a saturated hydrocarbon; a hydrocarbon that has no
carbon-carbon multiple bonds; formerly called the paraffin series


Alkene - CORRECT ANSWER - a hydrocarbon containing a double bond



Alkyne - CORRECT ANSWER - a hydrocarbon containing a triple bond