Unit 1.1

Question 1

Class of antiinflammatory drug includes all of the corticosteroids.

Answer 1

steroidal

Question 2

What NSAID stands for

Answer 2

nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs

Question 3

Collective term for all substances produced during inflammation that result in observed clinical signs

Answer 3

eicosanoids

Question 4

term describes the cascade of steps that begins with trauma to the cells and ends with the production of compounds that produce the clinical signs of inflammation

Answer 4

arachidonic acid pathway

Question 5

when trauma occurs to cells, this compound converts the phospholipids in the traumatized cell membrane into arachidonic acid

Answer 5

phospholipase

Question 6

the enzyme works on arachidonic acid to produce prostaglandins and thromboxanes

Answer 6

cyclooxygenase

Question 7

enzymes works on arachidonic acid to produce inflammatory compounds called leukotrienes

Answer 7

lipoxygenase

Question 8

outer later of the adrenal gland where corticosteroids are produced

Answer 8

cortex

Question 9

two general types corticosteroids produced

Answer 9

mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids

Question 10

the type of corticosteroid that balances water and electrolytes

Answer 10

mineralocorticoids

Question 11

type of corticosteroid that produces an antiinflammatory effect

Answer 11

glucocorticoids

Question 12

the mineralocorticoid of medical significance that brings sodium back into the body from the forming urine in the kidney

Answer 12

aldosterone

Question 13

elevated potassium in the blood

Answer 13

hyperkalemia

Question 14

decreased sodium in the blood

Answer 14

hypoatemia

Question 15

mineralocorticoid drug used to treat Addison’s disease signs

Answer 15

desoxycorticosterone pivalate