chapter 1

Question 1

father of western medicine

Answer 1

hippocates

Question 2

first recorded physicain

Answer 2

Imhotep

architect of pyramids, medicine, poetry

Question 3

god of medicine

Answer 3

the rod of asclepius

mixed up with the caduceus-the rod of Hermes-the greek messenger god-used as trade symbol

Question 4

materia medica

Answer 4

greek physician Dioscorides

first medical textbook in europe

Question 5

father of toxicology

Answer 5

paracelsus

the dose makes the poison

Question 6

clark stanley snake oil

Answer 6

early 1900s reported to cure chili blains, cancer, consumption

control of “worthless” claims by clinical drug trails

Question 7

pharmacodynamics

Answer 7

what the drug does to the body

what most clinicians are concerned with

Question 8

pharmacokinestics

Answer 8

what the body does to the drug

half life, barrier crossing

Question 9

pharmacogenomics

Answer 9

genetic profile to determine how your going to respond to the drug

Question 10

toxicology

Answer 10

undesirable effects of chemicals on living systems

Question 11

agonist vs antagonist

Answer 11

has a response from the receptor when it binds

blocks the ligand from binding/blocks the receptor

Question 12

allosteric vs orthostatic

Question 13

toxins vs posions

Answer 13

TOXIN
-biological in substance from living organisms
- puffer fish, mushrooms

POISONS
- non-biological
- arsenic, lead, cadmium

Question 14

orthostatic vs allostatic

Answer 14

ORTHOSTATIC
- active site

ALLOSTATIC
- binding outside the active site

Question 15

toxicology

Question 16

covalent bond

Question 17

ionic bond

Question 18

hydrogen bond

Question 19

hydrophobic bond