Pharmacology Exam Review

Question 1

How many mL are in a gram?

Answer 1

1000mL

Question 2

How many calories are a day in MyPlate?

Answer 2

2,000 Calories

Question 3

Who should have a supplement diet with minerals and vitamins?

Answer 3

Pregnant women, athletes, people who smoke, people who drink alcohol, and those in very strict diets.

Question 4

What kind of Vitamins are A, D, E, K?

Answer 4

fat-soluble vitamins that come from yellow fruits and vegetables.

Question 5

What is a Mega Dose?

Answer 5

10 to 20 times more than the recommended dose

Question 6

What kind of vitamin is Vitamin C?

Answer 6

Water Soluble Vitamin

Question 7

What happens if you have an excess amount of Vitamin C?

Answer 7

You exceed uric acid and cause kidney stones

Question 8

What are vitamins called?

Answer 8

nutriens

Question 9

When vitamins become a large dose prescription what does it turn into?

Answer 9

it turns into a drug

Question 10

What does Vitamin D help us with?

Answer 10

Helps with calcium for bones

Question 11

What does Vitamin A help us with?

Answer 11

Night blindness: to see in the dark

Question 12

What is the medical term for not having enough vitamin D?

Answer 12

Rickets

Question 13

What does vitamin B1 deficiency cause?

Answer 13

tingling in finger a feet

Question 14

What does vitamin C deficiency cause?

Answer 14

Scurvy

Question 15

What is homeostasis?

Answer 15

equal cations and anions with fluid balance

Question 16

What is osteoporosis treated with?

Answer 16

Treated with calcium for bones

Question 17

Who are fruits and vegetables approved by?

Answer 17

No one

Question 18

What is Hypokalemia?

Answer 18

Low potassium in your bloodstream

Question 19

What is Iron deficiency?

Answer 19

Low on iron

Question 20

What does our thyroid hormone need to work properly? And where do we get it from?

Answer 20

Iodine, and we get it from our diet

Question 21

What does vitamin D help with?

Answer 21

Absorb Calcium

Question 22

Whos most likely to get osteoporosis?

Answer 22

Older women

Question 23

What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?

Answer 23

Cocci
Bacillus
Spiral

Question 24

What is your external immune system?

Answer 24

The skin

Question 25

What are leukocytes?

Answer 25

External immune system white blood cell that protects your body from infections.

Question 26

What does a vaccine do?

Answer 26

It prevents something from happening ex. Flu Shot

Question 27

Who has poor nutrition and thin skin?

Answer 27

a geatric

Question 28

What is a nosocomial infection?

Answer 28

Infection we get from a hospital

Question 29

What is a drug that kills infection/bacteria?

Answer 29

Bacteriocidal

Question 30

How to check for bacteria in the urine?

Answer 30

culture and sensitivity urine test

Question 31

What is anaphylaxis used for?

Answer 31

a deadly allergic reaction

Question 32

Why should patients take their medication at a certain time?

Answer 32

for therapeutic blood level

Question 33

What is tetracycline for?

Answer 33

for acne but must avoid direct sunlight when taking

Question 34

What is an antiviral drug?

Answer 34

a drug you start taking before symptoms

Question 35

Why is smallpox and yellow fever not around anymore?

Answer 35

because of immunizations.

Question 36

What does OSHA stand for?

Answer 36

Occupational Safety Health Administration

Question 37

Where is the cornea located?

Answer 37

Anterior portion of the eye

Question 38

What is the sclera of the eye?

Answer 38

The white part of the eye

Question 39

What does the iris of the eye do?

Answer 39

Gives color to the eyes

Question 40

What is glaucoma?

Answer 40

pressure in the eye

Question 41

What is cataracts?

Answer 41

opaque coloration in eyes

Question 42

What does the tympanic membrane receive?

Answer 42

Vibrations

Question 43

What are the 3 bones in the ear? (behind the tympanic membrane and cochlea)

Answer 43

malus incus stapes

Question 44

What is the cochlea responsible for?

Answer 44

Hearing

Question 45

What is tinnitus?

Answer 45

ringing in the ear

Question 46

What is another term for external otitis?

Answer 46

swimmers ears

Question 47

What do cold eardrops cause?

Answer 47

dizziness

Question 48

How to apply ear drops to a child?

Answer 48

pull ear down and back

Question 49

How to apply ear drops to an adult?

Answer 49

pull ear up and out

Question 50

What is cerumen? and what does it protect us from?

Answer 50

ear wax that protects us from bugs, infections, and dust?

Question 51

What is the medical term for dizziness?

Answer 51

Vertigo