Absorbed Dose Correct Answers The actual amount of
administered or exposed dose actually absorbed by the body.
Additivity Correct Answers When the combined effects of two
chemicals is equal to the sum of the effects of each agent given
alone. The most common type of drug interaction.
Administered Dose Correct Answers The quantity of a
substance administered (usually oral or via injection).
Something the physician would give.
Antagonism Correct Answers When two chemicals
administered together interfere with each others actions or one
interferes with the action of the other. The exposure to one
chemical results in the reduced effect of the other chemical.
Chemical Antagonism (Inactivation) Correct Answers A
chemical reaction between two compounds that produces a less
toxic product.
Chemical Interaction Correct Answers The effect one chemical
has on the toxic effect of another chemical.
Cigarette smoke classification Correct Answers A Toxic
substance
Clinical toxicology Correct Answers Area of toxicology of
medical science concerned with disease or illness caused by the
exposure to a toxic substance.
, Continuous Dose relationship Correct Answers Examines the
response of an individual organism to varying doses of a toxic
agent.
Dermal Route of Exposure Correct Answers Substance is
painted on to the skin, covered with a patch; used for substances
handled by workers or for cosmetics.
Descriptive Toxicology Correct Answers Area of toxicology
primarily involved in toxicity testing (ex. expose animal to agent
and observe if there is a toxic effect).
Dispositional Antagonism Correct Answers When the
disposition (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) of a
chemical is altered so that the concentration or duration of the
chemical at the target organ are diminished.
Dose Correct Answers The amount of a substance administered
at one time
ED50 Correct Answers Effective dose for 50% of the
population.
Effect is due to chemical administered
Magnitude of the response is related to the dose
There is a quantifiable way to measure the response. Correct
Answers Assumptions of the dose response relationship.
Effective Dose Correct Answers This dose is used to indicate
the effectiveness of a substance.
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