STATE MED AIDE TEST PREP Questions and Correct Answers
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STATE MED AIDE
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STATE MED AIDE
Embolism
~ Obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot of blood or foreign substance blocking the vessel.
Myocardium
~ Heart muscle
Orthostatic Hypotension
~ A condition of low blood pressure that occurs when a person rises from a sitting or lying
position.
Phlebitis
~ Inflammation of a vein.
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STATE MED AIDE TEST PREP
Questions and Correct Answers
Give an example of a medication from PLANTS drug source.
✓✓~ Digitalis, Morphine, Codeine
Give an example of a medication from ANIMALS drug source.
✓✓~ Insulin, Heparin, Pepsin, Thyroid
Give an example of a medication from MINERALS drug source.
✓✓~ Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Gold
Give an example of a medication from SYNTHESIZED drug source.
✓✓~ Thiazides, Lomotil, Gantrisin
Chemical Name
✓✓~ Describes the chemical structure of the compound.
Generic Name
✓✓~ (Official name)
Assigned to a drug by the manufacturer, with the approval of the US Adopted Names
Council.
,Official Name
✓✓~ (Generally the generic name).
Name of the drug in the official reference, the USP/NF.
Trade Name
✓✓~ (Brand name).
Licensed name under which a drug prepared by the specific manufacturer is sold.
Side Effects
✓✓~ Desirable or undesirable effects of a drug apart from the primary purpose for giving the drug.
Local Effect
✓✓~ Having an effect in the immediate area of administration.
Systemic Effect
✓✓~ Having an effect throughout the body.
Idiosyncrasy
✓✓~ A peculiar, unusual, individual response to a drug.
Tolerance
, ✓✓~ Need for increased dose of a drug to produce the same physical and/or psychological effect.
Cumulation
✓✓~ Increased effects of a drug that is not completely metabolized or excreted before another
dose is administered.
Synergism
✓✓~ Drug interaction in which the effect of two drugs in combination is greater than the effect of
each drug given seperately.
Antagonism
✓✓~ Drug interaction in which one drug inhibits or cancels the effect of the other drug.
Distribution
✓✓~ Drugs passing into cells and the spaces between cells.
Biotransformation
✓✓~ Drugs being broken down into substances that can be excreted.
Excretion
✓✓~ Drugs leaving the body.
List 6 routes of administration for medications:
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