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Lehne's Pharmacology CH 12 questions with answers
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Lehne's Pharmacology CH 12 questions withanswers
Neuropharmacology - ANSWER: ➡ is the study of drugs that alter processes controlled by
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the nervous system
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Neuropharmacologic drugs - ANSWER: ➡ are used to treat conditions that range from
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depression to epilepsy to hypertension to asthma
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Skeletal muscle contraction
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Ideation, mood, and perception of pain - ANSWER: ➡ Neuropharmacologic drugs can
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modify many diverse processes including:
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Axonal Conduction - ANSWER: ➡ Action potential down the axon
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, -Nonselective
Synaptic Transmission - ANSWER: ➡ Information carried across the neuron gap and the
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postsynaptic cell
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-Selective
Steps of synaptic transmission - ANSWER: ➡ 1. Transmitter synthesis
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Selectivity - ANSWER: ➡ MOST DESIRABLE QUALITY A DRUG CAN HAVE
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Able to alter a disease process while leaving other physiologic processes largely unaffected
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Knowing the receptors that the drug affects
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Knowing the normal responses to the activation of those receptors
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Knowing whether the drug in question increases or decreases receptor activation - ANSWER:
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➡ An approach to learning about peripheral nervous system drugs:
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Decreased heart rate - ANSWER: ➡ A patient receives a medication that results in the
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activation of the acetylcholine receptors of the heart. The nurse should assess the patient for
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which intended effect?
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axonal conduction and synaptic transmission - ANSWER: ➡ process by which the neuron
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influences the behavior of the postsynaptic cell
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