AAMI Embalming Chemistry Week 5 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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AAMI Embalming Chemistry Week 5
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Since proteins are made up of amino acids you

can say they are ________ of amino acids

Ans: polymers


The sequence of amino acids in a protein

is defined by a _____ and is "written" in the genetic code.

Ans: gene


Since the body cannot make the other nine

amino acids, we get them by eating protein-rich foods. These type of
protiens are called

Ans: essential


The smallest identifiable protein molecule is a single amino acid
molecule called

Ans: Glycine



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Any compound that can act as both an acid and a base in solution is
said to be

.

Ans: amphoteric


______are substances that in solution are capable of neutralizing,
within limits,

both acids and bases and thereby maintaining the original or constant
pH of the

solution.

Ans: Buffers


They protect a solution against changes in pH.

Ans: Buffers


As previously stated, proteins are large organic compounds made of
amino acids

which are arranged in a linear chain and joined together by ?

Ans: peptide bonds.


______ is the swelling and softening of tissues as a result of absorbing

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