General Principle

Question 1

Study of effect of drugs on the function of living systems

Answer 1

Pharmacology

Question 2

Study the effect of ‘poison’ on the function of living system

Answer 2

Toxicology

Question 3

Any strange substances to our body

Answer 3

Xenobiotic

Question 4

Chemical/ Physical agent that can cause toxicity when in high doses

Answer 4

Toxic agent

Question 5

Chemical/ Physical agent that can produce toxicity even in low doses

Answer 5

Poison

Question 6

Toxic compound produced by biological systems

Answer 6

Toxin

Question 7

When a compound reaches values above safe maximum dose

Answer 7

Intoxication

Question 8

Constellation of toxic effects

Answer 8

Toxic syndrome

Question 9

Relationship of an individual test subject or system to increasing and/ or continuous doses of a chemical

Answer 9

Graded dose response

Question 10

Determined by the distribution of responses to increasing doses in a population of test subjects or systems

Answer 10

Quantal dose response

Question 11

The concentration can cause 50% of tested individual to have toxic effect

Answer 11

Toxic Dose (TD50)

Question 12

concentration necessary to inhibit 50% of measured response in an in vitro system

Answer 12

Inhibitory Concentration (IC50)

Question 13

Antidote:

Acetaminophen

Answer 13

Acetylcysteine

Question 14

Antidote:

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors

Answer 14

Atropine

Question 15

Antidote:

Iron salts

Answer 15

Deferoxamine

Question 16

Antidote:

Methanol, Ethylene glycol

Answer 16

Ethanol

Question 17

Antidote:

Mercury, Lead

Answer 17

Metal chelators

Question 18

Antidote:

Narcotic drugs

Answer 18

Naloxone

Question 19

Antidote:

Antumuscurinics/ cholinergics

Answer 19

Physostigmine

Question 20

Antidote:

Organophosphates

Answer 20

Pralidoxime

Question 21

An indicative of exposure, effect, susceptibility or clinical disease

Answer 21

Biomarker