Drugs & The Nervous System/Used in Surgery

Question 1

Excitatory neurotransmitters include

Answer 1

noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine

Question 2

inhibitory neurotransmitters include

Answer 2

GABA

Question 3

Anaesthetics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants act on

Answer 3

the nervous system

Question 4

4 stages of anaesthesia

Answer 4

analgesia, excitement, surgical anaesthesia, medullary paralysis

Question 5

General anaesthetic given by which routes of transmission

Answer 5

inhalation or intravenously

Question 6

Many general anaesthetics act on

Answer 6

membrane receptors and ion channels to reduce excitability of neurones

Question 7

Intravenous anaesthetics include

Answer 7

Ketamine and propofol

Question 8

Antihistamines, anticholinergics, analgesics are examples of which group of drugs

Answer 8

benzodiazepins

Question 9

Benzodiazepins end in

Answer 9

am…..e.g- diazepam (valium)

Question 10

Antidepressants increase levels of

Answer 10

excitatory neurotransmitters in brain

Question 11

Epidural injections are injected into which area

Answer 11

epidural space affecting nerve roots

Question 12

local anaesthetics block nerve signals from……to the brain

Answer 12

nociceptors

Question 13

narcotic analgesics act on……to relieve pain

Answer 13

CNS

Question 14

Neuromuscular blocking drugs like ach antagonists and atraciruium block…..

Answer 14

transmission in motor nerves.