Review Flashcards
Pharmacodynamics
Study of how a drug acts on living things
Parenteral
Point of entry outside the GI tract
Potentiation
One drug increases the affect of another drug
1970
Controlled substance act
Enteral
Within GI tract
Pharmacokinetics
Study of how the body handles a drug over time
1906
Pure food and drug act
1938
Food, drug, and cosmetics act
Appendicular
Contains most of our 206 bones
PNS is ANS sensory and ????
Somatic (motor nerves)
Diencephalon
Thalamus and hypothalamus
Dermatome
Nerve innervation (isolation) to a given region of the skin
Sinuses superior to eyes
Frontal
Phrenic nerve
C4
Arachnoid
Middle layer of meningeal covering
Nipple line
T4
Origin
Attachment of muscle to bone where the movement is the least
Insertion
Attachment of muscle to bone where the movement is the most
EMTS program director
Dr. Sherman
Optic nerve
CN II
Diffusion
Solute from a high to low
Osmosis
Solvent moves from a low to high solute
Active transport
Solute from a low to high
Therapeutic Index
Relative safety of the drug. Lethal dose and effective dose
Therapeutic Range
Concentration of a drug that provides the highest probability of response with the least risk of toxicity
Synergism
Combined action of two drugs that is greater than the sum of each agent acting alone
Pharmacokinetic
The movement of drugs through the body
Emulsion
Fat or oil suspended particles in liquid
Neurotransmitter of brain for mood/depression
Serotonin
Neurotransmitter of brain when decreased leads to tremors
Dopamine
Medical director
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Baroreceptors are found in?
Heart, aorta, carotid
Acidosis is the condition in which the bicarbonate level is increased and the carbonic acid level is decreased. True or false?
False
An excessive increase in cell size is called?
Hypertrophy
Energy in the cells is stored in the form of?
ATP
When tissue is injured, mast cells discharge granules, such as histamine. True or False?
True
Neurotransmitter norephrine is for?
Adrenergic
Which 1906 act by the US congress was enacted to protect the public from mislabeling?
Pure food and drug act
Drugs administered orally are classified as?
Enteral
Any drug that causes a physiological response is called?
Agonist
What Is the neurotransmitter at the preganglionic fiber?
Acetylcholine
Chemoreceptors provide negative feedback to regulate?
pH Levels
Synergism
The combined action of 2 or more drugs that make them all greater