PHARMACOLOGY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ parenteral route.
Answer: -Other than enteral and topical
Intravenous
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous
Intradermal
Intraarterial
Intrathecal
Intraarticular
◉ intravenous.
Answer: fastest route to direct delivery into the blood circulation
◉ intramuscular.
Answer: into the muscle
◉ subcutaneous.
,Answer: pertaining to under the skin
◉ intradermal.
Answer: pertaining to within the skin
◉ intra-arterial.
Answer: within the artery
◉ intrathecal.
Answer: injection into the meningeal space surrounding the brain
and spinal cord
◉ intra-articular.
Answer: into a joint
◉ Topical Route.
Answer: skin (including transdermal patches), eyes, ears, nose,
lungs, rectum, vagina
◉ Distribution.
Answer: transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
, ◉ Albumin.
Answer: most important protein in blood and carries the majority of
protein-bound drug molecules
◉ free drug.
Answer: not bound to protein, active and can cause a pharmacologic
response
◉ Biotransformation (metabolism).
Answer: one or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug;
occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either
inactive or active, more soluble or potent (inactive to active)
◉ Excretion.
Answer: elimination of drugs from the body
◉ half-life.
Answer: time required for half (50%) of a given drug to be removed
from the body
◉ lipophilic.
Answer: fat loving
CARE PRACTICE LILLEY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ parenteral route.
Answer: -Other than enteral and topical
Intravenous
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous
Intradermal
Intraarterial
Intrathecal
Intraarticular
◉ intravenous.
Answer: fastest route to direct delivery into the blood circulation
◉ intramuscular.
Answer: into the muscle
◉ subcutaneous.
,Answer: pertaining to under the skin
◉ intradermal.
Answer: pertaining to within the skin
◉ intra-arterial.
Answer: within the artery
◉ intrathecal.
Answer: injection into the meningeal space surrounding the brain
and spinal cord
◉ intra-articular.
Answer: into a joint
◉ Topical Route.
Answer: skin (including transdermal patches), eyes, ears, nose,
lungs, rectum, vagina
◉ Distribution.
Answer: transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
, ◉ Albumin.
Answer: most important protein in blood and carries the majority of
protein-bound drug molecules
◉ free drug.
Answer: not bound to protein, active and can cause a pharmacologic
response
◉ Biotransformation (metabolism).
Answer: one or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug;
occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either
inactive or active, more soluble or potent (inactive to active)
◉ Excretion.
Answer: elimination of drugs from the body
◉ half-life.
Answer: time required for half (50%) of a given drug to be removed
from the body
◉ lipophilic.
Answer: fat loving
