BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
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ACTUAL TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Drug.
Answer: any chemical agent that when taken into a living organism may
modify one or more of its functions
⩥ Toxicology.
Answer: study of poisonous substances and their effects upon body parts
⩥ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: where drugs go, how long they stay, what chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
⩥ Absorption.
Answer: the movement of a drug from the site of administration to
bloodstream; intake of a drug into the system
⩥ Distribution.
, Answer: the transfer of a drug from one location to another within the
body; where the drug goes following absorption
⩥ Elimination.
Answer: the removal of materials from the body; removal of a drug
⩥ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body; mechanism of action
⩥ systemic effects.
Answer: generalized distribution of the chemical throughout the body by
the bloodstream to internal organs
⩥ Effect.
Answer: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
⩥ Law of Mass Action.
Answer: the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the product of
the activities or concentrations of the reactants
⩥ Response.
Answer: is a function of the drug-receptor complex
14TH EDITION KATZUNG TREVOR END OF
COURSE STUDY GUIDE LATEST UPDATED
ACTUAL TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Drug.
Answer: any chemical agent that when taken into a living organism may
modify one or more of its functions
⩥ Toxicology.
Answer: study of poisonous substances and their effects upon body parts
⩥ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: where drugs go, how long they stay, what chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
⩥ Absorption.
Answer: the movement of a drug from the site of administration to
bloodstream; intake of a drug into the system
⩥ Distribution.
, Answer: the transfer of a drug from one location to another within the
body; where the drug goes following absorption
⩥ Elimination.
Answer: the removal of materials from the body; removal of a drug
⩥ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body; mechanism of action
⩥ systemic effects.
Answer: generalized distribution of the chemical throughout the body by
the bloodstream to internal organs
⩥ Effect.
Answer: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
⩥ Law of Mass Action.
Answer: the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the product of
the activities or concentrations of the reactants
⩥ Response.
Answer: is a function of the drug-receptor complex
