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NCAC I ACTUAL EXAM 1 TEST BANK 200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 4 factors of pharmacokinetics - Answer-1. absorption 2. distribution 3. biotransformation 4. excretion Pharmacology - Answer-science that addresses the chemistry, effects, and u...

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NCAC I ACTUAL EXAM 1 TEST BANK
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+

4 factors of pharmacokinetics - Answer-1. absorption
2. distribution
3. biotransformation
4. excretion

Pharmacology - Answer-science that addresses the chemistry, effects, and uses of
other drugs

Pharmacoepidemiology - Answer-use and effect of drugs in societies

Pharmacognosy - Answer-Drugs obtained from natural sources

Pharmacotherapeutics - Answer-use of drugs to treat disease

Toxicity - Answer-study of poisonous nature of drugs

Psychopharmacology - Answer-study of the effects of drugs on both normal and
abnormal mental functions, mood, sensation, thinking and behavior

Psychoactive drugs/psychopharmaceuticals/psychotropics - Answer-chemical
substances that cross the blood brain barrier. Affect brain function and produce
alterations in consciousness, perception, cognition, mood and behavior

Substance Abuse - Answer--any use of substance outside social norms and
expectations
-often involves psychosocial influences

Substance Addiction - Answer--behavioral syndrome characterized by overwhelmingly
powerful need to obtain and use a substance
-use dominates individual's life

Substance Dependence - Answer--state where individual requires drug for normal
physiological functioning
-withdrawal is primary evidence for dependence

,Limbic System: Parts - Answer-midbrain, amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate, septum,
anterior cingulate gyrus, hypothalamus, septal nuclei

Limbic System: Primary Functions - Answer--emotion, motivation, learning
-vital role in development of dependence
-appraisal of emotional stimuli
-initiation of emotional responses
-shutting down reactivity after external stressors subside

Limbic Striatum - Answer-1. nucleus accumbens (*drugs specifically target this)
2. ventral caudate nucleus
3. Putamen

Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) - Answer--endocrine and autonomic NS
-Hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Drug rewards act on ______ - Answer-Nucleus accumbens and VTA

Parts of the brain with Dopamine receptors - Answer-midbrain, VTA, cerebral cortex,
hypothalamus

Parts of the brain with Serotonin receptors - Answer-midbrain, VTA, cerebral cortex,
hypothalamus

Parts of the brain with Norepinephrine receptors - Answer-midbrain, VTA, cerebral
cortex, hypothalamus

Parts of the brain with Endogenous Opioid receptors - Answer-widely distributed; spinal
cord

Parts of the brain with Acetylcholine receptors - Answer-hippocampus, cerebral cortex,
thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum

Parts of the brain with Endogenous Cannabinoid receptors - Answer-cerebral cortex,
hippocampus, thalamus, basal ganglia

Parts of the brain with Glutamate receptors - Answer-widely distributed

Endogenous Opioids - Answer-Analgesia, sedation, rate of bodily functions, mood

Neurotransmitters + Alcohol - Answer--dopamine
-glutamate
-GABA

Neurotransmitters + Cocaine - Answer--dopamine
-serotonin

, -norepinephrine

Neurotransmitters + MDMA - Answer--dopamine
-serotonin

Neurotransmitters + LSD - Answer--dopamine
-serotonin

Neurotransmitters + Heroin - Answer--dopamine
-endogenous opioids

Neurotransmitters + Nicotine - Answer--dopamine
-acetylcholine

Neurotransmitters + Marijuana - Answer--dopamine
-endogenous cannabinoids

Neurotransmitters + Sedatives - Answer--dopamine
-GABA

Neurotransmitters + Tranquilizers - Answer--dopamine
-GABA

Neurotransmitters + Ketamine - Answer--dopamine
-glutamate

8 Drug Classifications - Answer-1. Alcohol
2. Cannabis
3. Tranquilizers (Benzos)
4. Sedative/hypnotics (Barbs)
5. Hallucinogens
6. Narcotics
7. Stimulants
8. Solvents/inhalants

Two Stages of Withdrawal Syndrome - Answer-1. Primary/Acute: 2 to 7 days; strongest
symptoms
2. Secondary/Prolonged: weeks to months

Three different responses that drug interactions can have on the body - Answer-1.
drugs may act independently without any effect on each other
2. drugs may multiply the effects of each other making them more dangerous than
taking the drug alone
3. they can cancel out or reduce effects of each other in problematic ways

CNS Depressants - Answer-Alcohol, sedative-hypnotics, tranquilizers

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