CHEMISTRY FOR EMBALMERS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What is an acid?
Answer: A substance that yields hydrogen or hydronium ions in aqueous
solution.
●● What is adipocere?
Answer: A wax-like material produced by saponification of body fat in a
body buried in alkaline soil.
●● What are alcohols?
Answer: Organic compounds containing one or more hydroxyl (-OH)
groups.
●● What is an aldehyde?
Answer: An organic compound containing one or more —CHO groups,
formed from the partial oxidation of a primary alcohol.
●● What is an amine?
,Answer: An organic compound containing nitrogen, formed from
ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by organic
radicals.
●● What is an amino acid?
Answer: The building blocks of proteins; a compound containing an
amino group (-NH2), a carboxyl (-COOH) group attached to an alpha
carbon and a radical.
●● What does amphoteric mean?
Answer: Any compound that can act as both an acid and a base in
solution.
●● What are anticoagulants?
Answer: Chemicals used to keep the blood in a liquid state and prevent
adverse reactions between blood and embalming chemicals.
●● What is arterial fluid?
Answer: The concentrated, preservative embalming chemical diluted
with water to form the arterial solution for injection into the arterial
system.
●● What is an atom?
,Answer: The smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of
the element.
●● What is autolysis?
Answer: Self-digestion or self-destruction of the body by autolytic
enzymes.
●● What are autopsy chemicals?
Answer: Chemicals specifically designed for use in the preparation of
bodies that have been autopsied.
●● What is a base?
Answer: A substance that yields hydroxide ions in an aqueous solution.
●● What is biochemistry?
Answer: The branch of chemistry dealing with compounds produced by
living organisms.
●● What is boiling?
Answer: The rapid passage of liquid particles to the vapor state by
forming bubbles through the action of heat.
●● What are buffers?
, Answer: Substances that can neutralize both acids and bases in solution,
maintaining the original pH.
●● What is a carbohydrate?
Answer: A compound of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen that is an
aldehyde or ketone derivative of polyhydroxyl alcohol.
●● What are cavity fluids?
Answer: Concentrated embalming chemicals injected into the cavities of
the body following aspiration.
●● What are chemical changes?
Answer: Changes that produce new substances with different properties
due to altered chemical composition.
●● What is chemistry?
Answer: The branch of natural science concerned with the description
and classification of matter and its changes.
●● What is coagulation?
Answer: The process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein
by heating or contact with a chemical.
●● What is a colloid?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What is an acid?
Answer: A substance that yields hydrogen or hydronium ions in aqueous
solution.
●● What is adipocere?
Answer: A wax-like material produced by saponification of body fat in a
body buried in alkaline soil.
●● What are alcohols?
Answer: Organic compounds containing one or more hydroxyl (-OH)
groups.
●● What is an aldehyde?
Answer: An organic compound containing one or more —CHO groups,
formed from the partial oxidation of a primary alcohol.
●● What is an amine?
,Answer: An organic compound containing nitrogen, formed from
ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by organic
radicals.
●● What is an amino acid?
Answer: The building blocks of proteins; a compound containing an
amino group (-NH2), a carboxyl (-COOH) group attached to an alpha
carbon and a radical.
●● What does amphoteric mean?
Answer: Any compound that can act as both an acid and a base in
solution.
●● What are anticoagulants?
Answer: Chemicals used to keep the blood in a liquid state and prevent
adverse reactions between blood and embalming chemicals.
●● What is arterial fluid?
Answer: The concentrated, preservative embalming chemical diluted
with water to form the arterial solution for injection into the arterial
system.
●● What is an atom?
,Answer: The smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of
the element.
●● What is autolysis?
Answer: Self-digestion or self-destruction of the body by autolytic
enzymes.
●● What are autopsy chemicals?
Answer: Chemicals specifically designed for use in the preparation of
bodies that have been autopsied.
●● What is a base?
Answer: A substance that yields hydroxide ions in an aqueous solution.
●● What is biochemistry?
Answer: The branch of chemistry dealing with compounds produced by
living organisms.
●● What is boiling?
Answer: The rapid passage of liquid particles to the vapor state by
forming bubbles through the action of heat.
●● What are buffers?
, Answer: Substances that can neutralize both acids and bases in solution,
maintaining the original pH.
●● What is a carbohydrate?
Answer: A compound of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen that is an
aldehyde or ketone derivative of polyhydroxyl alcohol.
●● What are cavity fluids?
Answer: Concentrated embalming chemicals injected into the cavities of
the body following aspiration.
●● What are chemical changes?
Answer: Changes that produce new substances with different properties
due to altered chemical composition.
●● What is chemistry?
Answer: The branch of natural science concerned with the description
and classification of matter and its changes.
●● What is coagulation?
Answer: The process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein
by heating or contact with a chemical.
●● What is a colloid?
