Chapter 11

Question 1

Absorption

Answer 1

the process in which medication moves from the sight of administration into the vascular system.

Question 2

Adrenergic

Answer 2

Pertaining to the nerves that release the neurotransmitter norepinephrine and the receptor sites that it acts upon

Question 3

Affinity

Answer 3

A measure of attraction and degree of binding between drug and a cellular receptor

Question 4

Agonist

Answer 4

Drugs that bind to a receptor and cause a response.

Question 5

Analgesics

Answer 5

Pain reliever; a medication that eliminates or reduces pain.

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

drugs that bind to receptor sites and prevent a normal response by cell.

Question 7

Anticoagulant

Answer 7

a medication that prevents blood clotting reducing risk of abnormal thrombi formation

Question 8

Antiplatelet

Answer 8

a medication that interferes with platelet aggregation.

Question 9

Barbiturates

Answer 9

sedatives whose mechanism of action includes an increase in affinity between the receptor sites and the neurotransmitter GABA

Question 10

Bioavailability

Answer 10

the degree to which a drug becomes available at the site of physiologic activity after it is administered.

Question 11

Chollnergics

Answer 11

medications that stimulate the cellular acetylcholine Ach receptors

Question 12

Contraindications

Answer 12

the conditions under which administering and other wise indicated medication would result in patient harm

Question 13

Cross Tolerance

Answer 13

a decrease in responsiveness to effects of several related drugs

Question 14

Diuretic

Answer 14

substances that promote the exertion of water through the kidneys.

Question 15

Fibrinolytic

Answer 15

a substance that breaks down blood clot by initiating the bodys mormal mechanism for dissolving blood clots

Question 16

Habituation

Answer 16

a decreased response to a drug following repeated doces

Question 17

Half-Life

Answer 17

the time it takes for the level of a drug in the blood to decrease by 50%

Question 18

Hypersensitivity

Answer 18

an allergy.

Question 19

Iatrogenic

Answer 19

any adverse condition resulting from medical treatment provited

Question 20

Idiosyncratic reaction

Answer 20

and unusual unexpected reaction to a medication

Question 21

Indications

Answer 21

the conditions in which the medication is intended to treat

Question 22

Mechanism of Action

Answer 22

the way in which the drug has a therapeutic effect on the body

Question 23

Nonsterdidal Anti-Inflammatory

Answer 23

meds with pain relieving and fever reducing properties and which decrease inflammatory response.

Question 24

OTC

Answer 24

over the counter

Question 25

Parasympatholytics

Answer 25

medications that reduce the actions of the parasumpathetic nervous system

Question 26

Parasympathomimetics

Answer 26

classification of medication that are agonist to the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 27

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 27

the actions the drug have on the body

Question 28

Pharmacology

Answer 28

the study of drugs actions and reaction

Question 29

Potentiation

Answer 29

the enhancement of one medication as a result of being combined with another