AAMI Embalming Chemistry Week 8 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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AAMI Embalming Chemistry Week 8
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
INDEX

Ans: is the amount of formaldehyde gas (grams) dissolved in
100 ml. of water


Strong / Hardening / Firming:

Ans: causes rapid tissue coagulation and fixation with a
definite degree of firmness
used for problem cases and more difficult to firm b odies
improper use may cause an excessive degree of dehydration .
index of 26 - 36


Medium / Semi-hardening / Semi-firming:

Ans: produces moderate, slow-forming flexible firmness with
little dehydration
used for routine cases..
index of 16 - 25


Weak / Non-hardening / Non-firming


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Ans: produces a minimum amount of firming
used for jaundice cases, children and infants
index of 5 - 15


PRESERVATIVES

Ans: They inactivate saprophytic bacteria and render the
medium upon which they thrive unsuitable for nutrition.
They arrest decomposition by altering the enzymes of the body
by denaturing the proteins of the body in such
a manner that the enzymes of decomposition cannot work.


aldehydes

Ans: all _____function by cross-linking proteins.


Formaldehydes

Ans: It rapidly destroys autolytic enzymes and acts on the
body's proteins making them insoluble
and thereby inhibiting tissue decomposition.
A small amount is needed to act on a large amount of protein.
It deodorizes the body amines formed during putrefaction.




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