kintics

Question 1

is the study of drug movement throughout the body.

Answer 1

pharmacokinetics

Question 2

movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood.

Answer 2

Absorption

Question 3

in which a drug gets metabolized at a specific location in the body that results in a reduced concentration of the active drug upon reaching its site of action or the systemic circulation.

Answer 3

The first pass effect

Question 4

drug movement from the blood to the interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells.

Answer 4

Distribution

Question 5

Drug distribution is determined by three major factors:

Answer 5

blood flow to tissues,
the ability of a drug to exit the vascular system, the ability of a drug to enter cells.

Question 6

The rate at which drugs are delivered to a particular tissue is determined by?

Answer 6

by blood flow to that tissue.

Question 7

also known as biotransformation, is defined as the chemical alteration of drug structure.

Answer 7

Drug metabolism

Question 8

increase rates of drug metabolism are

Answer 8

inducers

Question 9

decrease rates of drug metabolism

Answer 9

inhibitors

Question 10

removal of drugs from the body.

Answer 10

EXCRETION

Question 11

the time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50%.

Answer 11

Drug half-life