NUR 5421 Advanced Pharmacology Midterm Fundamental Questions with Complete Solutions 2023/2024

NUR 5421 Advanced Pharmacology Midterm Fundamental Questions with Complete Solutions 2023/2024 what is another name for the sympathetic nervous system? - Correct Answer adrenergic (fight or flight) what is another name for the parasympathetic nervous system? - Correct Answer cholinergic (rest and digest) what are the receptors of the sympathetic nervous system? - Correct Answer alpha beta dopaminergic what does the alpha 1 stimulate? - Correct Answer vasoconstriction what does the alpha 2 stimulate? - Correct Answer vasodilation what does the beta 1 stimulate? - Correct Answer heart what does the beta 2 stimulate? - Correct Answer lungs what does the dopaminergic receptor stimulate? - Correct Answer dilation of renal arteries, increase heart rate, and increase blood pressure what are neurotransmitters? - Correct Answer chemicals used to carry impulses from neurons to neurons or from neurons to tissue receptors what are the SNS neurotransmitters? - Correct Answer catecholamines what are the three neurotransmitters in catecholamines? - Correct Answer norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine what is the primary neurotrnsmitter for the SNS - Correct Answer norepinephrine what two enzymes break down catecholamines in the synaptic cleft and the liver? - Correct Answer MAO and COMT what do MOA and COMT do? - Correct Answer they metabollize or break down any remaining norepinephrine after adrenergic transmission what is the system of the SNS - Correct Answer catecholamines are produced by the SNS, then stored in vesicles or granules in the ends of nerves and wait for the nerve to be stimulated, then stimulation causes a release of catecholamines into the synaptic cleft (space between nerve ending and effector organ), the catecholamines bind to receptor sites, making effector organs respond -- this action is stopped by action of enzymes and reuptake of the neurotransmitter what is the location of alpha 1? - Correct Answer smooth miscles or peripheral blood vessel, sphincter of GI/GU tracts, bladder sphincter, penis, iris