Pharmacology Ch 26-30

Question 1

Angioedema

Answer 1

sudden deep swelling or welts under the skin, particularly around the eyes and lips

Question 2

Antiadrenergic

Answer 2

decrease or block the effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation

Question 3

Autoregulation

Answer 3

ability of body tissues to regulate their own blood flow

Question 4

Bradykinin

Answer 4

peptide that causes vasodilation and lowers blood pressure

Question 5

Essential hypertension

Answer 5

high blood pressure for which no cause can be found

Question 6

First- dose phenomenon

Answer 6

orthostatic hypotension with palpations, dizziness, and perhaps syncope 1 to 3 hours after the first dose of a drug or an increased dose

Question 7

Secondary hypertension

Answer 7

high blood pressure from an identified cause, such as kidney disease

Question 8

Antidysrhythmic

Answer 8

medication used for prevention and treatment of cardiac dysrhythmia

Question 9

Automaticity

Answer 9

ability of the heart to generate and electrical impulse

Question 10

Bradydysrhythmia

Answer 10

dysrhythmia of less than 60 beats/minute

Question 11

Chronotropic

Answer 11

influencing the rate of impulse formation

Question 12

Conductivity

Answer 12

ability of the cardiac tissue to transmit electrical impulses

Question 13

Dysrhythmia

Answer 13

abnormality in formation or conduction (or both) of electrical impulses in the heart affecting heart rate and/or rhythm

Question 14

Ectopic

Answer 14

when an electrical impulse arises from an abnormal focus, anywhere other than the sinoatrial node

Question 15

Excitability

Answer 15

ability of a cardiac muscle cell to respond to an electrical stimulus

Question 16

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Answer 16

episodic burst of a rapid heart rate that originated in a part of the heart above the ventricles

Question 17

Prodysrhythmic effect

Answer 17

tendency of antidysrhythmic drugs to cause the development of new dysrhythmias

Question 18

Sinus rhythm

Answer 18

electrical activity of the heart initiated by the sinoatrial node

Question 19

Tachydyrsrhythmia

Answer 19

dysrhythmia of greater than 100 beats/minute