Toxicology

Question 1

Major air pollutant

Answer 1

CO 50%

Question 2

Colorless odorless gas that competes for O2 in hemoglobin

Answer 2

CO

Question 3

affinity of CO for hemoglobin is more than _____x greater than that of O2

Answer 3

200x

Question 4

In CO poisoning, collapse and syncope occur when approximately ___% of hemoglobin has been converted to carboxyhemoglobin

Answer 4

40%

Question 5

Treatment for CO poisoning

Answer 5

hyperbaric oxygen

Question 6

Colorless irritant gas from combustion of fossil fuels

Answer 6

sulfur dioxide

Question 7

brownish irriatant gas formed in fires and silage farms

Answer 7

Nitrogen dioxides

Question 8

bluish irritant gas produced in air and water purification devices and electrical fields

Answer 8

Ozone

Question 9

Example of an aliphatic hydrocarbon

Answer 9

CCL4

Question 10

Example of an aromatic hydrocarbon

Answer 10

Benzene, toluene, xylene

Question 11

long term exposure to benzene leads to

Answer 11

hematotoxicity and leukemias

Question 12

Treatment for organophosphate poisoning

Answer 12

Atropine

Pralidoxime

Question 13

Signs and Symptoms of organophosphate poisoning

Answer 13

DUMBELSS

Diarrhea
Urination
Miosis
Bronchospasm
Bradycardia
Excitation (skeletal muscle and CNS)
Lacrimation
Sweating
Salivation

Question 14

Examples of botanical insecticides

Answer 14

nicotine, rotenone, pyrethrum