L2 Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

What is pharmacology?

Answer 1

Study of the actions, mechanisms, uses and adverse effects of drugs

Question 2

What term is given to any natural or synthetic substance which alters the state of a living organism?

Answer 2

Drug

Question 3

What is pharmacodynamics?

Answer 3

What the drug does to the body (how it acts, what side effects it may produce, etc)

Question 4

What is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 4

What the body does to the drug (how it gets into the body, transported, excreted, etc)

Question 5

True or false: Drugs often have a generic name AND a proprietary name.

Answer 5

True. Many drugs have a generic or official name, but are renamed with a brand name to sell.

Question 6

What is another name for an ionotropic receptor?

Answer 6

Type 1 receptor

Question 7

What are type 1 receptors associated with?

Answer 7

Type 1 (ionotropic) receptors are linked to ion channels

Question 8

What is another name for a metabotropic receptor?

Answer 8

Type 2 receptor

Question 9

What are type 2 receptors associated with?

Answer 9

Type 2 (metabotropic) receptors are associated with G-proteins

Question 10

What are type 3 receptors associated with?

Answer 10

Type 3 receptors are associated with tyrosine kinase

Question 11

What are type 4 receptors associated with?

Answer 11

Type 4 receptors are intracellular receptors and may be linked to DNA