WGU: D116 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY UNIT 2 EXAM QUIZZES WITH RIGHT ANSWERS GRADED A+ .

WGU: D116 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY UNIT 2 EXAM
QUIZZES WITH RIGHT ANSWERS \GRADED A+ .


Pharmacokinetics - correct Answers -The Study of drug movement throughout the body includes
4 basic processes: absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.


Absorption - correct Answers -The drug's movement from the blood to the interstitial space of
tissues and from there into cells.


Metabolism - correct Answers -The enzymatically mediated alteration of drug structure.


Excretion - correct Answers -The movement of drugs and their metabolites out of the body.


Elimination - correct Answers -The combination of metabolism and excretion


Therapeutic Index - correct Answers -The range of doses at which a medication is effective
without adverse events.


Half-life - correct Answers -The time required for the amount of a drug int the body to decrease
by 50%.


Pharmacodynamics - correct Answers -The study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of
drugs on the body and the molecular mechanisms by which those effects are produced.


Agonist - correct Answers -Molecules that activate receptors.


Antagonist - correct Answers -Produce their effects by preventing receptor activation by
endogenous regulatory molecules and drugs.




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