TCDHA PHARM MIDTERM EXAM ACTUAL

TCDHA PHARM MIDTERM EXAM (ACTUAL

QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

ATROPINE - ---Answers-__-will block the action of ACh at the postganglionic endings in the PANS

When the enzyme that normally destroys acetylcholine (ACh) is inhibited, the concentration of ACh builds up, resulting in ? - ---Answers-__-PANS stimulation

-LyTIC suffix - ---Answers-__-blocker. referred to as an Antagonist

-Mim-ETIC suffix - ---Answers-__-Agonist. produces the same effect as the neurotransmitter

ADRENERGIC - ---Answers-__-Drug that acts at location where Norepinephrine (NE) is released

CHOLINERGIC - ---Answers-__-Drug that acts at location where acetylcholine (ACh) is released

norephinephrine is the transmitter substance releseaed by postganglionic nerves where? - ---Answers-__-in SANS

where is acetylcholine (ACh) released? - ---Answers-__-in

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SANS originates from? - ---Answers-__-thoracic to the lumbar portion of the spinal cord

Pans originate from? - ---Answers-__-nuclei of cranial nerves and sacral segments spinal cord.

preganglionic= short postganlionic=long where? - ---Answers-__-in SANS

Preganglionic = long Postganlionic = short where? - ---Answers-__-PANS

PANS stimulates circular muscles of eye, producing constricted pupil - ---Answers-__-Miosis

SANS stimulates radial muscles of eye, producing dilated pupil

• ---Answers-__-mydriasis

The space between the preganglionic and postganglionic fibers is ? - ---Answers-__-synapse area

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In an assessment of drug action for a certain therapeutic agent, results indicate that the ED50 is 20 mg/kg, and the LD50 is 400 mg/kg.What is the therapeutic index for this agent? - ---Answers-__- 20

medication for anti cough? - ---Answers-__- dextromethorphan

Idiosyncrasy - ---Answers-__-Neither a side effect nor an allergic reaction. May be genetically determined

allergic reaction TYPE IV - ---Answers-__-delayed hypersensitivity reaction. ex;poisen ivy

allergic reaction TYPE III - ---Answers-__-immune complex

allergic reaction TYPE II - ---Answers-__-cytotoxic/cytolytic

allergic reaction TYPE I - ---Answers-__-immediate

the most critical time for teratogenicity - ---Answers-__-Early in pregnancy (first trimester)

drug allergy - ---Answers-__-neither predictable or dose- related

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