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Pharmacology-Surgical Technology Chapter 1
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1. Drugs are made from how many 3
sources?
2. What are the 1st sources drugs are Natural-Plants, Animals, and Minerals
made from?
3. What is the 2nd way drugs are Chemical synthesis
made?
4. What are the two types of drugs Synthetic and semisynthetic
the chemical synthesis method
makes?
5. What is the 3rd way drugs are Biotechnology
made?
6. atropine is made from roots of the belladonna plant
7. digitalis is made from leaves from the purple fox glove
8. morphine is made from seeds of opium poppy
9. paclitaxel is derived from taxus baccata
10. what is paclitaxel (taxol) used to breast cancer
treat?
11. We use what from Animals to pro- Hormones
vide a source for drugs?
12. Thyroglobulin (proloid) is made hogs thyroid glands
from
13. Thrombin (thrombogen) is made cattle
from
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14. Early forms of insulin were from the pancreas of cattle and hogs
what?
15. what comes from the urine of preg- Conjugated estrogen (Premarin)
nant horses?
16. What is made from minerals? Antacids, antimicrobials, and antiarthritics
17. What is an example of an antacid Calcium (tums), magnesium hydroxides (mylanta)
made from minerals?
18. What is an example of an antimi- Silver salts (silvadene cream)
crobial made from minerals?
19. What is an example of an an- Gold Aurothioglucose (solganal)
tiarthritic made from minerals?
20. how are synthetic drugs made? in chemical laboratories from chemicals
21. What is an example of a synthetic meperidine (demoral)
drug?
22. how are semisynthetic drugs start with a natural substance that is extracted or puri-
made? fied and altered by a chemical process
23. What is an example of a semisyn- penicillins (amoxicillin)
thetic drug?
24. most common drugs are either synthetic or semisynthetic
made as
25. biotechnology allows scientists to? produce protein from bacteria (from animals) to make
drugs
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26. during biotechnology, they alter produce daughter cells with the new gene
the DNA gene to?
27. drugs produced by biotechnology Humulin, nutropin, thyrogen, and activase
are
28. Humulin is human insulin
29. nutropin is human growth hormone
30. thyrogen is human thyroid-stimulating
31. activase is thrombolytic agent alteplase
32. how are biotecnology drugs given? by injection only
33. What are the four drug classifica- Therapeutic action, physiologic action, affected body
tions? system, and chemical type.
34. can drugs fall under more than one yes
class?
35. define therapeutic action what the drug does for the patient
36. define physiologic action what the drug does in the body
37. define affected body system what the drug affects
38. define chemical type what the drug is
39. give an example of a therapeutic analgesics=relieve pain
action
40. give an example of a physiologic histamines=are receptor antagonists that block hista-
action mine production
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Pharmacology-Surgical Technology Chapter 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6z51c4
1. Drugs are made from how many 3
sources?
2. What are the 1st sources drugs are Natural-Plants, Animals, and Minerals
made from?
3. What is the 2nd way drugs are Chemical synthesis
made?
4. What are the two types of drugs Synthetic and semisynthetic
the chemical synthesis method
makes?
5. What is the 3rd way drugs are Biotechnology
made?
6. atropine is made from roots of the belladonna plant
7. digitalis is made from leaves from the purple fox glove
8. morphine is made from seeds of opium poppy
9. paclitaxel is derived from taxus baccata
10. what is paclitaxel (taxol) used to breast cancer
treat?
11. We use what from Animals to pro- Hormones
vide a source for drugs?
12. Thyroglobulin (proloid) is made hogs thyroid glands
from
13. Thrombin (thrombogen) is made cattle
from
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Pharmacology-Surgical Technology Chapter 1
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14. Early forms of insulin were from the pancreas of cattle and hogs
what?
15. what comes from the urine of preg- Conjugated estrogen (Premarin)
nant horses?
16. What is made from minerals? Antacids, antimicrobials, and antiarthritics
17. What is an example of an antacid Calcium (tums), magnesium hydroxides (mylanta)
made from minerals?
18. What is an example of an antimi- Silver salts (silvadene cream)
crobial made from minerals?
19. What is an example of an an- Gold Aurothioglucose (solganal)
tiarthritic made from minerals?
20. how are synthetic drugs made? in chemical laboratories from chemicals
21. What is an example of a synthetic meperidine (demoral)
drug?
22. how are semisynthetic drugs start with a natural substance that is extracted or puri-
made? fied and altered by a chemical process
23. What is an example of a semisyn- penicillins (amoxicillin)
thetic drug?
24. most common drugs are either synthetic or semisynthetic
made as
25. biotechnology allows scientists to? produce protein from bacteria (from animals) to make
drugs
2 4/16/2026
, Answer Guide Pharmacology-Surgical Technology Chapter 1
Pharmacology-Surgical Technology Chapter 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6z51c4
26. during biotechnology, they alter produce daughter cells with the new gene
the DNA gene to?
27. drugs produced by biotechnology Humulin, nutropin, thyrogen, and activase
are
28. Humulin is human insulin
29. nutropin is human growth hormone
30. thyrogen is human thyroid-stimulating
31. activase is thrombolytic agent alteplase
32. how are biotecnology drugs given? by injection only
33. What are the four drug classifica- Therapeutic action, physiologic action, affected body
tions? system, and chemical type.
34. can drugs fall under more than one yes
class?
35. define therapeutic action what the drug does for the patient
36. define physiologic action what the drug does in the body
37. define affected body system what the drug affects
38. define chemical type what the drug is
39. give an example of a therapeutic analgesics=relieve pain
action
40. give an example of a physiologic histamines=are receptor antagonists that block hista-
action mine production
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