Ch. 24 Anesthetic Drug

Question 1

Anesthesia

Answer 1

the absence of feeling, sensation or pain.

Question 2

local anesthesia

Answer 2

an anesthetic drug is given by subcutaneous injection into the skin to anesthetize a small area of the skin and adjacent subcutaneous tissues

Question 3

regional anesthesia

Answer 3

an anesthetic drug is given by subcutaneous injection near a nerve plexus and its nerve branches. AKA nerve block anesthesia

Question 4

spinal anesthesia

Answer 4

anesthetic drug is given by injection into the subarachnoid space between the vertebrae of the lumbar region of the back

Question 5

epidural anesthesia

Answer 5

anesthetic drug is given by injection through the skin, between the vertebrae of the lower back, and into the epidural space