Introduction to Pharmacology: Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Health sciences

Download Introduction to Pharmacology: Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Health sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Drug DEFINITION 1 Any chemical that can affect living processes TERM 2 Pharmacology DEFINITION 2 study of drugs and their reactions TERM 3 Clinical pharmacology DEFINITION 3 study of drugs in humans TERM 4 Pharmacotherapeutics DEFINITION 4 use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease or prevent pregnancy TERM 5 Pharmacognosy DEFINITION 5 deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants TERM 6 Toxicology DEFINITION 6 science dealing with effects, antidotes, detection TERM 7 "Most important property of a drug" DEFINITION 7 Effectiveness TERM 8 Elicits responses for which drug is given DEFINITION 8 Effectiveness TERM 9 List properties of an ideal drug DEFINITION 9 effectiveness, safety, selectivity, maximum benefit/minimal harm TERM 10 List factors to determine intensity of drug DEFINITION 10 Administration, Pharmacokinetics, Oharmacodynamics TERM 21 Passage of drugs across membranes DEFINITION 21 Pharmacokinetics TERM 22 4 processes to pharmacokinetics DEFINITION 22 Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion TERM 23 Absorption of drugs DEFINITION 23 movement of drug from its site of administration to the blood TERM 24 List factors affecting absorption DEFINITION 24 rate of dissolution, surface area, blood flow, lipid solubility, pH, barriers TERM 25 Describe rate of dissolution DEFINITION 25 the MORE rapid dissolution, the faster the absorption TERM 26 Surface area DEFINITION 26 most oral drugs absorbed by small intestine with large surface area TERM 27 Surface area drugs absorbed by SI DEFINITION 27 Enteric coated drugs TERM 28 Blood flow absorption DEFINITION 28 higher rate of absorption where blood flow is high TERM 29 Lipid solubility absorption DEFINITION 29 the higer fat soluble, the quicker the absorption TERM 30 pH absorption DEFINITION 30 greater absorption if drug IONIZED in plasma