Exam 3: How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind

Silicon chip patches that contain a grid of microscopic needles are used to deliver drugs __________.

A major disadvantage of drug inhalation is that the linings leading from the throat to the lungs become irritated over time.

Which drug easily passes into the brain from the bloodstream?

Products of biotransformation are called __________.

The placebo effect in morphine administrations is __________.

The most recently evolved region of the human brain is the prefrontal cortex.

This common antibiotic treatment can only be used for infections outside the brain.

An effective placebo to a well-known red pill containing antianxiety medication would be what colour?

The half-life of nicotine is a few days.

The limbic system and hypothalamus are two structures of the brain that "overhang" the cerebral cortex.

Analogy: Breathing is to somatic as lifting your arm is to autonomic.

Parasympathetic activation can result in all of the following, EXCEPT __________.

Which type of drug tolerance depends upon processes in the liver?

People of African descent have a(n) __________.

The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems together form the peripheral nervous system.

Describe the general course of events when one neuron communicates with another at the synapse.

The half-life of cocaine is only a few hours.

The central nervous system (CNS) consists of the __________.

Placebo effects are __________.

It is estimated that genetics account for about ___ % of the inclination to begin smoking, and for about ___ % of the ability to quit.