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Question 1

How a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolised and excreted is referred to as what?

Answer 1

Pharmacokinetics

Question 2

Which of the following defines pharmacodynamics?

Answer 2

The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions. What effect the drug has in the body.

Question 3

An enlarged prostate is an example of…

Answer 3

Hyperplasia

Question 4

Your pituitary gland secretes thyroid-stimulating hormone. In terms of cellular communication, this is an example of:

Answer 4

Endocrine signalling and Nerve signalling

Question 5

Your patient has hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertrophy is a cellular adaptation to stress where the cells…

Answer 5

Increase in size

Question 6

What is necrosis?

Answer 6

Premature death of cells in living tissue

Question 7

Which of the following best describes pathophysiology?

Select one or more:
a. Cellular and organ changes that occur with disease and the effects these changes have on total body function

b. The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts
c. Concerns determining the cause of death by examining a corpse.
d. The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans and other living organisms.

Answer 7

Cellular and organ changes that occur with disease and the effects these changes have on total body function

Question 8

Although the exact cause of Type 2 Diabetes is unknown, genetics and factors such as excess weight and inactivity seem to be contributing factors. This statement refers to:

Answer 8

The aetiology of Type 2 Diabetes