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Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the study of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


functional or physiological change in the body that result from a
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disease process |\




Pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the study of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


biological effects of chemicals on living organisms
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Ischemia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is cell damage d/t deficit of O2
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Necrosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is dying cells causing further
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damage d/t cellular disintegration
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Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the maintenance of a
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relatively stable internal environment regardless of external
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changes |\




Body is designed to maintain this table environment
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Any deviation from this normal state is disease
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Etiology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are the causative factors in a
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particular disease |\

,Therapeutic class - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is based on |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


therapeutic usefulness in treating particular diseases or disorders
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(broad)
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Pharmacologic class - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is based on the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


way a drug works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level.
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Addresses a drug's mechanism of action (specific)
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Mechanism of action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is how a drug
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produces its physiological effect in the body
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Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the study of drug |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


movement throughout the body; explained through absorption,
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distribution, metabolism, excretion |\ |\




Absorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is movement from site of
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administration, across body membranes, to circulating fluids. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


Primary pharmacokinetic factor determining length of time for
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drug to produce effect
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Distribution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the transport of drugs
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throughout the body |\ |\




Metabolism (biotransformation) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the
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chemical conversion of a drug so it can be easily removed from
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the body. **Liver is the primary site
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, Excretion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is how drug gets out of the
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body. Primary site of excretion of drugs is the kidneys
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What are the divisions of the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔autonomic nervous system and somatic nervous system
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What are the primary neurotransmitters of the ANS? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Catecholamines and Acetylcholine (Ach)
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What do catecholamines primarily act on? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Alpha and Beta receptors
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What does Acetylcholine primarily act on? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Nicotinic and Muscarinic receptors |\ |\ |\




Catecholamines are neurotransmitters of the ... - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


ANSWERS ✔✔SYMPATHETIC nervous system
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Ach is the neurotransmitter of the... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔PARASYMPATHETIC nervous system |\ |\




The Adrenergic receptor alpha 1 is found... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔In all sympathetic target organs except heart
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The Adrenergic receptor alpha 2 is found... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔At presynaptic adrenergic neuron terminals
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*inhibits release of norepinepherine
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