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PRACTICE QUESTIONS DETAILED
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◉ What are the link between chemical actions and biological function?
Answer: Receptors


◉ Emax Answer: maximum effect of a drug


◉ What happens when Emax is reached? Answer: Emax occurs when all
receptors are bound


◉ What is in indication that spare receptors are present? Answer: When
Emax is reached before all receptors are bound


◉ Agonist Answer: has affinity for a receptor as well as intrinsic activity
at the receptor


◉ Antagonist Answer: has affinity for a receptor but no intrinsic activity
at the receptor


◉ partial agonist Answer: has affinity for a receptor but lacks the full
intrinsic activity of an agonist


◉ inverse agonist Answer: binds to a constitutively active receptor and
inactivates it

, ◉ affinity Answer: the propensity of a ligand to bind to a receptor


◉ high affinity = Answer: binds readily to a receptor


◉ low affinity = Answer: spends less time bound to a given receptor


◉ intrinsic activity Answer: the action carried out by the ligand while it
is bound to a receptor


◉ Kd Answer: dissociation constant (affinity of a drug for a receptor)


◉ What does the value of Kd signify? Answer: measures the propensity
of a drug to release (dissociate) from a receptor


◉ What does a high Kd mean? Answer: drug readily dissociates from its
receptor


◉ What does a low Kd mean? Answer: suggests high affinity for its
receptor


◉ If a patient were to overdose on a reversible antagonist, what could
you do? Answer: Add more agonist

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