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BIOL 235 Human Anatomy and Physiology Assignment 3 Questions and correct Answers (Correctly Explained). 1. Some patients who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) are prescribed medications that are in the category of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Explain why these drugs are used to combat hypertension. When blood volume falls or blood flow to the kidneys decreases, juxtaglomerular cells in the kidneys secrete renin into the bloodstream. In sequence, renin and ang...

fate of drugs correct answer: Absorption Distribution Metabolism Elimination pharmacokinetics correct answer: what the body does to the drug pharmacodynamics correct answer: what the drug does to the body what happens during pharmacokinetics (metabolism) correct answer: -enzymes convert active drug to inactive metabolites for excretion -enzymes convert inactive drugs (prodrugs) to active drugs -enzymes convert active drugs to active metabolites (metabolites may have a different...

Pharmacodynamics What is Pharmacology? The word pharmacology is derived from the Greek language and means the study (logos) of drugs (pharmakon). Pharmacology is best defined as the study of substances that affect or alter living systems through chemical processes. These living systems are usually (but not always) affected by increasing or decreasing the activity of normal regulatory processes within the living system. Pharmacology as a science is concerned with the history, source, chemi...

HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI (all in 1) designed to help you pass your exam. HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI TEST BANK; Fall 2022. 1. In an interview, the nurse may find it necessary to take notes to aid his or her memory later. Which statement is true regarding note-taking? A) Note-taking may impede the nurse's observation of the patient's nonverbal behaviors. B) Note-taking allows the patient to continue at his or her own pace as the nurse records what is said. C) Note-taking allows the nurse to ...

M4 FINAL COACHING EXAM - Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Two drugs that act on the same tissue organ through independent receptors resulting in effects that are opposite of each other is known as A. Physiologic Antagonism B. Irreversible Antagonism C. Competitive Antagonism D. Chemical Antagonism Which of the following statements is/are TRUE? I. Weakly acidic drugs in alkaline media will be in its ionized form, decreasing reabsorption II. Weakly basic in alkaline media will exist pr...

NSG 2290 Final Exam Practice Questions With Solutions 2023 Graded A+. Also protects liver from acetaminophen effects! Considerations for children using drugs acting on upper respiratory tract - ANSWER - use of other OTCs - not to be used with children under 2 Xanthines/Bronchodilators/Antiasthmatics (Prototype) - ANSWER Aminophylline Xanthines/Bronchodilators/Antiasthmatics (Action) - ANSWER Relaxes bronchial muscles, causing bronchodilation **Sympathomimetics/Bronchodilators/Antiasthmat...

BIO 235 Assignment 3 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Some patients who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) are prescribed medications that are in the category of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Explain why these drugs are used to combat hypertension. - Answer- a. Angiotensin- converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are commonly used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. These drugs work by blocking the activity of an enzyme called angiotensin-converting enzy...

Nichols Enrichment Recording latest complete update A+ graded Hi, this Miss Nichols. I'm going to do an enrichment for Mental health. Exam number 4. This is units 9, 1011, and 12 unit 9 is substance related disorders and eating and feeding disorders. 10 is violence, aggression, anger, and aggression, and sexual assault and abuse, neglect and exploitation, and 12, 1112, I guess, is death, dying and grieving. cause I'm gonna do it the way I taught it. And if 2, 56 is listening in. T...

Personality A person's internally based characteristic ways of acting and thinking. Unique psychological qualities that influence a variety of characteristic patterns of behaviour and ways of thinking that determines a person's adjustment to the environment. Conscious mind Freud's term for what you are presently aware of Preconscious mind Freud's term for what is stored in your memory that you are not presently aware of but can access Unconscious mind Freud's term ...

Define CFLADMER - ANSWER-Chemistry Formulation (pharmaceutics) Liberation (biopharmaceutics) Absorption (ADME=pharmacokinetics) Distribution Metabolism Excretion Response (pharmacodynamics) Metabolism and Excretion together are known as.. - ANSWER-Elimination Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion are known as.. - ANSWER-Disposition Define: dissolution - ANSWER-the RATE at which a drug dissolves What your body does to the drug is known as: - ANSWER-pharmacokinetics What th...