8: Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Question 0

Anti-inflammatory drugs

Answer 0

A drug that prevent or limit’s tissue and blood vessel responses to injury or invasion

Question 1

Antihistamine

Answer 1

Drugs that reduce inflammation by preventing the inflammatory mediators histamine from binding to its receptor site, same as histamine blockers or histamine antagonists

Question 2

Corticosteroids

Answer 2

Drug similar to natural cortisol that prevent or limit information by slowing or stopping inflammatory mediator production

Question 3

Cyclo-oxygenase (COX)

Answer 3

And enzyme important in converting body chemicals into mediators of inflammation

Question 4

Infection

Answer 4

Invasion of the body by microorganisms that disturb the normal environment and cause harm

Question 5

Histamine

Answer 5

A chemical made by the body that binds to a receptor sites and causes inflammatory responses

Question 6

Inflammation

Answer 6

A syndrome of tissue and blood vessel responses to injury or invasion

Question 7

Kinins

Answer 7

A group of chemicals made by the body that cause some of the signs and symptoms of inflammation, especially pain.

Question 8

Leukotriene

Answer 8

A chemical made by the body that binds to a receptor’s and maintains an inflammatory response

Question 9

Mediators

Answer 9

Body chemicals such as histamine, leukotriene, prostaglandins, and kinins that cause inflammatory responses

Question 10

Nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs

Answer 10

Anti-inflammatory drugs that are not similar to cortisol but prevent or limit the tissue and blood vessel responses to injury or invasion by slowing the production of one or more inflammatory mediators

Question 11

Prostaglandins

Answer 11

If family of chemicals made by the body, some of which cause the signs and symptoms of inflammation