Alcohol :P Flashcards
1
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Components of Alcohol
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Carbon, Hydrogen, and an OH group
2
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Methanol
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- Wood alcohol/wood spirits
- Colorless & low boiling
- Can’t be consumed
- Ingestion can cause permanent blindness (destroys optic nerve),
- Used in chemical reactions
3
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Isopropanol
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- Rubbing alcohol
- Can’t be consumed
- Can cause eye problems, poisoning, CNS depression
- Used as a cleaning compound
4
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Ethanol
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- What is consumed in alcoholic drinks
- Clear, colorless, flammable
- Classified as a poison and drug
- Depresses CNS
5
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Congeners
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Byproducts that occur naturally in the process of fermentation
6
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Fermentation
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Sugar –> 2(Ethanol) + 2(CO2)
7
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Beer
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- Oldest alcoholic beverage
- Made from fermentation of grain (barley)
- Ale (strongest), stout, lager (lightest)
1%-6% alcohol content
8
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Cider
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- Fermentation of apples
3%-5% alcohol content
9
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Wine
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- Slow fermentation of grapes/fruits
- Red wine, white, wine
9%-16% alcohol content
10
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Factors that affect the rate of alcohol absorption into bloodstream (4)
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- Gastric emptying
- Food and drugs
- Physical condition/exercise
- Amount of alcohol consumed
11
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Gastric Emptying
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- Alcohol delays gastric emptying
- Rate at which contents of the stomach ar moved into the intestines
- Food delays gastric emprting
12
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Food and Drugs
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- Alcohol absorption is fastest in an empty stomach (food soaks up alcohol)
- Dugs taken may worsen the effects of new drugs
13
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Physical Condition/Exercise
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- Slows gastric emptying by diverting blood to the muscles
14
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Amount of Alcohol Consumed
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- Low alcohol concentrations accelerate gastric emptying
- High doses of alcohol delay gastric emptying (slow bowel motility and transit)
15
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Why should mothers not drink while pregnant?
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Alcohol can cross the blood-brain barrier and the placenta which affects the baby.
