Anesthetics and Anesthesia Flashcards
substances which when applied about the nerve
terminals or nerve fibers prevent conduction of both sensory and motor
impulses in axons and dendrites
local anesthetics
first local anesthetic discovered
cocaine
characterized by reversible loss of perception of pain or other motor response to stimuli in a local or regional part of the body and is not accompanied by loss of consciousness
local or regional anesthesia
Types of local anesthesia
- Surface or topical
- Infiltration
- Peripheral
- Spinal
- Epidural
Surface or topical local anesthesia
- Cocaine
- Hexylcaine
- Lidocaine
- Tetracaine
- Cyclomethylcaine
local anesthesia directly into skin or deeper structures
infiltration
area immediately surrounding the nerve or group of nerves
peripheral
Peripheral anesthetics
- Lidocaine
- Mepivacaine
- Bupivacaine
into CSF of the spinal subarachnoid space
spinal (intrathecal)
Spinal anesthetics
- Lidocaine
- Tetracaine
space of the spinal canal posterior to the end of the
spinal canal
epidural
Epidural anesthetics
- Lidocaine
- Mepivacaine
- Bupivacaine
- Etidocaine
- Chloroprocaine
refers to peripheral nerve block, spinal and epidural anesthesia
Regional anesthesia
Chemical structure of most useful anesthetics has 3 parts
- an aromatic ring (lipophilic group)
- an intermediate chain
- amino group
Amino ester agents
- Procaine
- Chloroprocaine
- Tetracaine
- Cocaine
Procraine
low potency, short duration of action
Chloroprocaine
rapid onset of action
Tetracaine
high potency, long duration
Cocaine
surface anesthetic, abused drug
Amino amide agents
- Lidocaine
- Mepivacaine
- Bupivacaine
- Etidocaine
- Prilocaine
- Dibucaine
Agents restricted to opthalmological use
- Benoxinate
- Proparacaine
Dibucaine
very potent, long duration of action
Prilocaine
like lidocaine
Lidocaine
most versatile, high potency, rapid onset, moderate duration of action
mepivacaine
like lidocaine
bupivacaine
slow onset, long duration
etidocaine
long duration, profound muscular relaxation
Agents used to anesthetize less delicate mucous membrane and skin
- Cyclomethycaine
- Dimethysoquin
- Diclolin
- Hexylcaine
- Pramoxine
- Benzocaine
- Butamben
basic functional unit of the nervous system
nerve cells (neuron)
Parts of the neuron
- cell body
- Dedrite tree
- Axon
Steps in interneuron transmission of a nerve impulse
- Action potential propagated in presynaptic nerve
- Transmitter synthesis
- Transmitter storage
- Interneuron transmitter breakdown or inactivation
- Transmitter release
- Transmitter reuptake
- Transmitter synaptic degradation
- Transmitter attachment to postsynaptic receptor
- receptor – induced increase or decrease in ionic conductance or altered
cellular
Neurotransmitters classified into
2 groups
- Small molecule, rapidly acting neurotransmitters
- Slowly acting, neuropeptide transmitters
widely distributed in the CNS, is inactivated by hydrolysis, presynaptic receptors exist at many nerve terminals in the CNS
Ach
hydrolyses Ach
acetylcholinesterase
Monoamines (3)
- Norepinephrine
- Dopamine
- Serotonin
Amino acids
- GABA - gamma-amonobutyric acid
- Glycine
- Glutamate
- Aspartate
Slowly acting, neuropeptide transmitters
- Beta endorphin
- Vasopressin
- Oxytocin
- Growth hormone
- Enkephalin
- Substance P
- Somatostatin
- Cholecystokinin
- Angiotensin II
- Neurotensin
NE has an ______ distribution in the CNS
uneven
NE mechanisms are important in (4)
- Control of sleep and wakefulness
- Control of mood
- Emotional behavior
- temperature
has a role as a precursor in the synthesis of norepinephrine
dopamine
largest concentration of dopamine
- basal ganglia
- limbic system
Dopamine is linked to (3)
- control of movement (CNS)
- disturbances of behavior
- hypothalamic pituitary endocrine system