NURS 251 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED
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Pharmacology - Answer The study of interaction between chemicals and biological
system
Toxicology, Food sciences, agriculture, and medicine - Answer Where all is
Pharmacology included?
Natural Sources
Chemical Synthesis
Biotechnology - Answer What are the three main sources of drugs today?
Atropine - Answer From the roots of belladonna plant
Digitalis - Answer From the leavew of the purple foxglove
Morphine - Answer From the seeds of the opium poppy
Anticholinergic - What class of medication is Atropine
Local Anesthetic - What class of medication is Cocaine
Cardiac Agent - What class of medication is Digoxin
Sympathomimetic - What class of medication is Ephedrine
,Analgesic - What class of medication is Morphine
Smooth Muscle Relaxant - What class of medication is Papaverine
Paraymphathomimetic - What class of medication is Pilocarpine
Atropa Belladonna - What Plant produces Atropine
Erythroxylum Coca - What Plant produces Cocaine
Digitalis Purpurea - Answer What Plant produces Digoxin
Ephedra Sinica - Answer What Plant produces Ephedrine
Papaver Somniferum - Answer What Plant produces Morphine
Papaver Somniferum - Answer What Plant produces Papaverine
Pilocarpus Jaborandi - Answer What plant produces Pilocarpine
Paclitaxel (Taxol) - Answer What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer?
Taxus baccata - Answer What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from?
Hormones - Answer What do animals provide to drugs?
Porcine - Answer Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs
, Bovine - Answer Drugs derived from cattle
Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts - Answer Minerals contained in some drugs
Tums and Mylanta - Answer Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium
Hydroxides.
Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene) - Answer Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn
patients that contain silver salts
Synthetic Drug - Answer Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals
Semisynthetic Drugs-Annotation Drugs that start with a natural substance that is
removed, purified and modified by chemical means
Meperidine (Demerol)-Annotation What is an example of a Synthetic Drug.
Amoxicillin-Annotation What is an example of a semisynthetic drug?
Biotechnology-Annotation Used to describe the concepts of genetic engineering and
recombinant DNA technology.
Proteins; Bacteria Proteins - Answer Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to
produce _________ from _________ _________ that were previously available only from
animals.
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