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ACCS PHARMACOLOGY Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
DRUGS ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION (5) - answer✔1. Enteral
2. Parenteral
3. Transdermal
4. Inhalation
5. Topical
What is enteral route ? - answer✔ENTERAL - absorbed in GI
a. sublingual
b. oral
c. buccal/ lingual/ sublingual
d. rectal
What is the Parenteral route? (3) - answer✔Parenteral
a. Intravenous ( IV)
b. intramuscular (IM)
c. subcutaneous (SubQ).
What is the transdermal route? - answer✔delivered through the skin into the blood stream
What is the inhalation route? (2) - answer✔a. aerosolized
b. airway instillation
What is the topical route? - answer✔medication to the body surface for local effects
Name the (9) drug classifications - answer✔1. sedatives
2. anesthetics
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3. analgesics
4. neuromuscular blocking agents
5. bronchodilators
6. cardiac drugs
7. vasoactive drugs
8. renal drugs
9. anti- infective agents
What are sedatives? - answer✔decrease anxiety and promotes relaxtion
What are anesthetics? - answer✔reduce patients ability to perceive sensation
What are analgesics ? - answer✔reduces the sensation of pain
What are neuromuscular blocking agents ? - answer✔cause paralysis of skeletal muscles
What are bronchodilators ? - answer✔open airways
Name the two cardiac drugs and what they do. - answer✔1. Chronotropic....... increases the heart
rate
2. inotropic...... increases contractility
What are vasoactive drugs? - answer✔change blood pressure by constricting and relaxing blood
vessels
What are renal drugs? - answer✔alter kidney function , including electrolytes, pH and blood
volume
What are anti- infective drugs? - answer✔treat infections
What are the 3 branches of the autonomic nervous system? - answer✔1. sympathetic branch
2. sympathomimetic ( adrenergic )
3. parasympathetic branch
What is the sympathetic branch? - answer✔fight or flight
innervates smooth muscles
What is the 4 responses of the sympathomimetic ( adrenergic ) - answer✔1. alpha response
2. beta1 ... b1 response
ACCS PHARMACOLOGY Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
DRUGS ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION (5) - answer✔1. Enteral
2. Parenteral
3. Transdermal
4. Inhalation
5. Topical
What is enteral route ? - answer✔ENTERAL - absorbed in GI
a. sublingual
b. oral
c. buccal/ lingual/ sublingual
d. rectal
What is the Parenteral route? (3) - answer✔Parenteral
a. Intravenous ( IV)
b. intramuscular (IM)
c. subcutaneous (SubQ).
What is the transdermal route? - answer✔delivered through the skin into the blood stream
What is the inhalation route? (2) - answer✔a. aerosolized
b. airway instillation
What is the topical route? - answer✔medication to the body surface for local effects
Name the (9) drug classifications - answer✔1. sedatives
2. anesthetics
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3. analgesics
4. neuromuscular blocking agents
5. bronchodilators
6. cardiac drugs
7. vasoactive drugs
8. renal drugs
9. anti- infective agents
What are sedatives? - answer✔decrease anxiety and promotes relaxtion
What are anesthetics? - answer✔reduce patients ability to perceive sensation
What are analgesics ? - answer✔reduces the sensation of pain
What are neuromuscular blocking agents ? - answer✔cause paralysis of skeletal muscles
What are bronchodilators ? - answer✔open airways
Name the two cardiac drugs and what they do. - answer✔1. Chronotropic....... increases the heart
rate
2. inotropic...... increases contractility
What are vasoactive drugs? - answer✔change blood pressure by constricting and relaxing blood
vessels
What are renal drugs? - answer✔alter kidney function , including electrolytes, pH and blood
volume
What are anti- infective drugs? - answer✔treat infections
What are the 3 branches of the autonomic nervous system? - answer✔1. sympathetic branch
2. sympathomimetic ( adrenergic )
3. parasympathetic branch
What is the sympathetic branch? - answer✔fight or flight
innervates smooth muscles
What is the 4 responses of the sympathomimetic ( adrenergic ) - answer✔1. alpha response
2. beta1 ... b1 response
