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Adrenergic drugs Pharm: Chapter 18: Exam Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
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Adrenergic drugs Pharm: Chapter 18:Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2025)
Adrenergic drugs are: - Correct Answer ✅Drugs that
stimulate and mimic the actions of the sympathetic nervous
system. (Also called sympathomimetics.)
Adrenergic receptors - Correct Answer ✅Receptor sites for
the sympathetic neurotransmitters norepinephrine and
epinephrine.
Alpha-adrenergic receptors - Correct Answer ✅A class of
adrenergic receptors that are further subdivided into alpa1
and alpha 2-adrenergic recptors.
Beta-adrenergic receptors - Correct Answer ✅Receptors
locaed on the postsynaptic cells that are stimulated by
specific autoimmune nerve fibers.
Beta1-adrenergic receptors are primarily located where? -
Correct Answer ✅In the heart.
, Adrenergic drugs Pharm: Chapter 18:
Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2025)
Beta 2-adrenergic receptors are located where? - Correct
Answer ✅In the smooth muscle fibers of the bronchioles,
arterioles, and visceral organs.
Catacholamines - Correct Answer ✅Substances that can
produce a sympathetic response. Either endogenous or
synthetic catacholamines.
Endogenous catecholamines include ( 3) - Correct Answer
✅Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
Synthetic catecholamines include drugs such as - Correct
Answer ✅Dobutamine
Dopaminergic receptor - Correct Answer ✅A third type of
adrenergic receptor. Located in various tissues and organs
and activated by the minding of the neurotransmitter
dopamine, which can be either endogenous or a synthetic
drug form.
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