CEN TOXICOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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Anticholinergics [not producing fluids/blood to heart, lungs and brain]
syndrome
(antihistamines, bronchodilators, cyclic antidepressants, SLEEP AIDS) -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>> Hot as a hare (hyperthermia)
Red as a beet (flushed)
Dry as a bone [ANHYDROSIS (dry skin, urinary retention)
Blind as a bat (mydriasis)
Mad as a hatter (hallucinations, delirium, myoclonic jerking)
The antidote for anticholinergic toxicity is physostigmine salicylate.
Physostigmine is the only reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
capable of directly antagonizing the CNS manifestations of
anticholinergic toxicity; it is an uncharged tertiary amine that efficiently
crosses the bloodbrain barrier
What does muscular rigidity cause - CORRECT ANSWER>>>
rhabdomylosis syndrome due
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,to a direct or indirect muscle injury. It results from the death of muscle
fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream (myoglobin).
This can lead to renal (kidney) failure.
sympathomimetic [fight or flight/shunt blood going to heart/brain/lungs]
- CORRECT ANSWER>>> MIMIC SYMPATHETIC
a drug that stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous
system
Epinephrine, adrenaline
Organophosphate poisoning
Cholinergics {see, spit, pee, shit] used in pesticides b/c - CORRECT
ANSWER>>> BUGS DROWN with Cholinergic [producing fluids:
saliva, urine, digestive enzymes]
Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and nerve
agents. Symptoms include increased saliva and tear production, diarrhea,
vomiting, small pupils, sweating, muscle tremors, and confusion.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | LATEST 2026/2027 | ALREADY
GRADED A+
Anticholinergics [not producing fluids/blood to heart, lungs and brain]
syndrome
(antihistamines, bronchodilators, cyclic antidepressants, SLEEP AIDS) -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>> Hot as a hare (hyperthermia)
Red as a beet (flushed)
Dry as a bone [ANHYDROSIS (dry skin, urinary retention)
Blind as a bat (mydriasis)
Mad as a hatter (hallucinations, delirium, myoclonic jerking)
The antidote for anticholinergic toxicity is physostigmine salicylate.
Physostigmine is the only reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
capable of directly antagonizing the CNS manifestations of
anticholinergic toxicity; it is an uncharged tertiary amine that efficiently
crosses the bloodbrain barrier
What does muscular rigidity cause - CORRECT ANSWER>>>
rhabdomylosis syndrome due
1|Page
,to a direct or indirect muscle injury. It results from the death of muscle
fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream (myoglobin).
This can lead to renal (kidney) failure.
sympathomimetic [fight or flight/shunt blood going to heart/brain/lungs]
- CORRECT ANSWER>>> MIMIC SYMPATHETIC
a drug that stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous
system
Epinephrine, adrenaline
Organophosphate poisoning
Cholinergics {see, spit, pee, shit] used in pesticides b/c - CORRECT
ANSWER>>> BUGS DROWN with Cholinergic [producing fluids:
saliva, urine, digestive enzymes]
Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and nerve
agents. Symptoms include increased saliva and tear production, diarrhea,
vomiting, small pupils, sweating, muscle tremors, and confusion.
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