Chapter 6: Distribution of Ethanol

Question 0

Distribution is affected by body ______; ethanol tends to collect in body water.

Answer 0

fat

Question 1

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is expressed in what units?

Answer 1

• mg of alcohol per 100 millimetres of whole blood.

- can also be done in percent

Question 2

Women have a higher BAC due to higher percentage of?

Answer 2

body fat

Question 3

As men age, % of bod fat _______, and BAC will be ____.

Answer 3

increases, higher

Question 4

Ethanol passes through the blood brain barrier and placental barrier easily due in part to what two things?
it’s h20 soluble so why???

Answer 4

1. passive diffusion
2. high concentration gradient
   It’s highly h20 soluble so why? People take a high [ alcohol] so some of it diffuses by sheer force and will pass through via increased concentration aka volume is key