PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW
2025
While pharmacokinetics describes how the body deals with
drugs, _______ describes
how drug molecules interact with their targets. - ANSWER
- >Pharm dynamics
Ionization of a drug depends upon the _______ of the solution
and the _______ of the
drug. - ANSWER -
>pH; pKa
Which of the following about drug clearance by first-order kinetics
false? - ANSWER - >Molecules of drug are cleared at a constant
rate regardless of drug concentration.
After drug administration has occurred, the amount of drug in the
blood that is free to
bind at specific target sites is/are referred to as -
ANSWER - >bioavailability
Which of the following about water soluble metabolites formed
in the liver is false? -
ANSWER>>They may return to the circulation and act
on target tissues.
The absorption of a drug depends on all of the following except
- ANSWER - >body
temperature
,Because of _______, antidepressants known as monoamine
oxidase inhibitors can cause cardiac arrhythmias and high blood
pressure in patients that consume foods high in tyramine. -
ANSWER - >enzyme inhibition
Repeated use of many psychoactive drugs can cause _______,
which can speed up the
rate of biotransformation of these drugs as well as others. -
ANSWER - >enzyme
induction
While most _______ receptors are membrane-bound, many
_______ receptors are
intracellular. - ANSWER -
>neurotransmitter; hormone
Which of the following about depot binding is false? -
ANSWER - >It increases the
concentration of drug at its site of action by releasing large
quantities at once.
Mitochondria are responsible for generating _______ for the cell in
the form of _______.
- ANSWER -
>Energy; ATP
Neuronal cell membranes are associated with all of the
following proteins except -
ANSWER>>microtubules
, Clusters of cell bodies in the CNS are called _______ and their
associated bundles of
axons are called _______. - ANSWER -
>nuclei; tracts
What kind of information is carried by the ventral roots of
the spinal cord? -
ANSWER>>Motor information to
the muscles
Neurons responsible for converting environmental stimuli into
neural signals are known
as - ANSWER - >sensory
neurons
Proteins, such as receptors and enzymes, are synthesized in the
cytoplasm of the soma
in a process called - ANSWER -
>translation
Which of the following statements about action
potentials is false? -
ANSWER>>Extreme excitation will result in a very
large action potential.
_______ are long strands of DNA divided into smaller portions
called _______, which
code for specific proteins. - ANSWER -
>Chromosomes; genes
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW
2025
While pharmacokinetics describes how the body deals with
drugs, _______ describes
how drug molecules interact with their targets. - ANSWER
- >Pharm dynamics
Ionization of a drug depends upon the _______ of the solution
and the _______ of the
drug. - ANSWER -
>pH; pKa
Which of the following about drug clearance by first-order kinetics
false? - ANSWER - >Molecules of drug are cleared at a constant
rate regardless of drug concentration.
After drug administration has occurred, the amount of drug in the
blood that is free to
bind at specific target sites is/are referred to as -
ANSWER - >bioavailability
Which of the following about water soluble metabolites formed
in the liver is false? -
ANSWER>>They may return to the circulation and act
on target tissues.
The absorption of a drug depends on all of the following except
- ANSWER - >body
temperature
,Because of _______, antidepressants known as monoamine
oxidase inhibitors can cause cardiac arrhythmias and high blood
pressure in patients that consume foods high in tyramine. -
ANSWER - >enzyme inhibition
Repeated use of many psychoactive drugs can cause _______,
which can speed up the
rate of biotransformation of these drugs as well as others. -
ANSWER - >enzyme
induction
While most _______ receptors are membrane-bound, many
_______ receptors are
intracellular. - ANSWER -
>neurotransmitter; hormone
Which of the following about depot binding is false? -
ANSWER - >It increases the
concentration of drug at its site of action by releasing large
quantities at once.
Mitochondria are responsible for generating _______ for the cell in
the form of _______.
- ANSWER -
>Energy; ATP
Neuronal cell membranes are associated with all of the
following proteins except -
ANSWER>>microtubules
, Clusters of cell bodies in the CNS are called _______ and their
associated bundles of
axons are called _______. - ANSWER -
>nuclei; tracts
What kind of information is carried by the ventral roots of
the spinal cord? -
ANSWER>>Motor information to
the muscles
Neurons responsible for converting environmental stimuli into
neural signals are known
as - ANSWER - >sensory
neurons
Proteins, such as receptors and enzymes, are synthesized in the
cytoplasm of the soma
in a process called - ANSWER -
>translation
Which of the following statements about action
potentials is false? -
ANSWER>>Extreme excitation will result in a very
large action potential.
_______ are long strands of DNA divided into smaller portions
called _______, which
code for specific proteins. - ANSWER -
>Chromosomes; genes
