Pharmacology Uptake & Distribution of
Inhalation Anesthetics UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Incorporates all Volatiles, Nitrous Oxide, Helium, Air, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inhalation Agents
Goes through vaporizer, more specific (Des, Sevo, Iso, etc). - CORRECT ANSWER - Volatile
Agents
Uptake = - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorption
How the anesthetic agent gets to the brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Distribution
Study of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pharmacokinetics
What the Body does to the Drug: - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacokinetics
Study of the intrinsic sensitivity or responsiveness of receptors to a drug and the mechanisms by
which these effects occur. - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacodynamics
What a Drug does to the Body: - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacodynamics
Refers to the movement of an anesthetic agent into the various organ systems: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Distribution
Pharmacokinetics of inhaled anesthetics describes their: - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorption
or Uptake from the alveoli into the systemic circulation.
, Blood is what type of a reservoir? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inactive
Where do we want the anesthetic to go? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vessel rich groups: Brain,
heart, kidneys
How do inhalation agents move? - CORRECT ANSWER - Through partial pressure gradients
(high to low concentration)
What law is uptake and distribution of inhaled anesthetics based on? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dalton's Law
The principle site of action of an inhaled anesthetic is? - CORRECT ANSWER - Brain
Inhaled anesthetics are delivered in a gaseous form to where? - CORRECT ANSWER - Lungs
How does an inhaled anesthetic reach the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Pressure
Gradients (Dalton's Law)
The total pressure of a group of gases is equal to the sum of their individual partial pressures: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dalton's Law
Net movement of gas molecules which proceed from a phase of higher concentration to a phase
of lesser concentration: - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Pressure
The primary action of an inhaled anesthetic agent is to achieve: - CORRECT ANSWER -A
constant and optimal brain partial pressure
Inhalation Anesthetics UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Incorporates all Volatiles, Nitrous Oxide, Helium, Air, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inhalation Agents
Goes through vaporizer, more specific (Des, Sevo, Iso, etc). - CORRECT ANSWER - Volatile
Agents
Uptake = - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorption
How the anesthetic agent gets to the brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Distribution
Study of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pharmacokinetics
What the Body does to the Drug: - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacokinetics
Study of the intrinsic sensitivity or responsiveness of receptors to a drug and the mechanisms by
which these effects occur. - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacodynamics
What a Drug does to the Body: - CORRECT ANSWER - Pharmacodynamics
Refers to the movement of an anesthetic agent into the various organ systems: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Distribution
Pharmacokinetics of inhaled anesthetics describes their: - CORRECT ANSWER - Absorption
or Uptake from the alveoli into the systemic circulation.
, Blood is what type of a reservoir? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inactive
Where do we want the anesthetic to go? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vessel rich groups: Brain,
heart, kidneys
How do inhalation agents move? - CORRECT ANSWER - Through partial pressure gradients
(high to low concentration)
What law is uptake and distribution of inhaled anesthetics based on? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dalton's Law
The principle site of action of an inhaled anesthetic is? - CORRECT ANSWER - Brain
Inhaled anesthetics are delivered in a gaseous form to where? - CORRECT ANSWER - Lungs
How does an inhaled anesthetic reach the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Pressure
Gradients (Dalton's Law)
The total pressure of a group of gases is equal to the sum of their individual partial pressures: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dalton's Law
Net movement of gas molecules which proceed from a phase of higher concentration to a phase
of lesser concentration: - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Pressure
The primary action of an inhaled anesthetic agent is to achieve: - CORRECT ANSWER -A
constant and optimal brain partial pressure
