Exam Practice 2024/2025 [100% Correct)
, Penn Foster Pharmacology Proctor
Exam Practice 2024/2025 [100% Correct)
Indications - Answer ✓✓reasons for giving a drug
indirect signs of pain in a dog - Answer ✓✓- abnormal body position
- increased heart rate
- increased breathing rate
- decreased appetite
- salvation
- vocalization
- tenderness
- restlessness
Inotropic drugs - Answer ✓✓affect the force of heart contraction.
- positive inotropic increase strength
- negative inotropic decrease strength.
3 layers of skin - Answer ✓✓- epidermis: outermost, protective
- dermis: middle, contains blood vessels, nerves,
hair follicle
- hypodermis: innermost, contains fat & connective tissue
4 types of syringes - Answer ✓✓1) Slip tip- most common
2) Luer lock- screw top, thick fluids
3) Eccentric tip- larger volumes into a vein
4) Catheter tip- good for oral feedings
Acetylcholine - Answer ✓✓A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and
also triggers muscle contraction.
acid fast stain - Answer ✓✓a differential stain used to identify bacteria that are not
decolorized by acid-alcohol (gram tests)
Adrenergic Agents - Answer ✓✓- stimulate heart beats
- correct hypotension
- cause ventilation
- treat urine incontinence
adverse drugs reactions - Answer ✓✓reactions are undesired responses to the drug
Androgens - Answer ✓✓male sex hormones
testosterone, methyltestosterone, danzolol
, - promote weight gain
- RBC formation
- tissue anabolism
Bipyridine derivatives - Answer ✓✓Amrinone (IV) and Milrinone (orally)
- block certain enzymes, resulting to an increase in cellular calcium.
Bulk producing agents - Answer ✓✓absorbs water and swells to increase the bulk of
intestinal contents, stimulating peristalsis (contractions that force the contents out)
use: relief of constipation and sand impactions in horses
Catecholamines - Answer ✓✓dopamine, epinephrine, dobutamine:
- act by stimulating the sympathetic nervous system to...
- increase force & rate of heart contractions
- constrict peripheral blood vessels (increase bp)
- elevate blood glucose levels
side effects: tachycardia, dyspnea, bp changes
anesthetic gases - Answer ✓✓gaseous forms given with vaporizers
Anhelmintic - Answer ✓✓to eliminate helminth (intestinal worm) parasites such as
roundworms
Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) - Answer ✓✓made the extra
label use of approved veterinary drugs legal under certain well-defined conditions.
to get a drug approved and labeled for a specific use in a specific animal costs a lot of
money.
anti-acids - Answer ✓✓neutralize the stomach acid by binding directly to it.
- contains aluminum, calcium, and magnesium salts
Anti-inflammatory drugs - Answer ✓✓prednisolone, azathioprine, sulfasalazine
- counteract inflammation and swelling in cases of unknown bowel disease
antianxiety medication side effects - Answer ✓✓- lethargy
- ataxia (uncoordinated movements)
- polyuria (large production of urine)
- polydipsia (extreme thirst)
- hyperexcitability
- liver problems in cats