NURS 180 (Pharmacology) Week 1 Pre-Work (100% accurate)

Samuel Dale correct answers Wrote the first recorded reference to pharmacology. John Jacob Abel correct answers Father of American pharmacology. Factors Affecting Drug Response correct answers Includes: o Age o Gender o Body Mass o Diet o Biorhythmic Cycles o Tolerance o Accumulation o Physiological Factors o Medical Problems Medication Administration Routes correct answers Includes: o Oral/Enteral o Parenteral o Nasal o Otic o Ocular o Topical/Transdermal o Rectal o Vaginal Pharmacology correct answers Study of science of drugs and their effects on living systems. Ethnopharmacology correct answers Subdivision of ethnomedicine focusing on the use of herbs, powders, teas, and animal products for healing purposes. Bioavailability correct answers Percentage of administered drug available for activity. Biologics correct answers Drugs made from living organisms or contain components of living organisms (e.g. hormones, vaccine, botox...). Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) correct answers Endothelial lining of the blood vessels in the brain that are pressed tightly together protecting the brain from foreign substances.