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

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

Orally administered drugs are ingested at higher than needed doses because some of the drug will not make it through the bloodstream.

Brain tissue is classified in sections: the hindbrain,the midbrain,and the forebrain.

Sensory pathways leading to the CNS are considered part of the __________.

The rate of elimination of a particular drug can be determined by an index called __________.

The processing of pain information occurs in the hindbrain.

The gap between neurons is known as the __________.

If you were to order the three classifications of brain tissue from the most primitive to the most recently evolved part of the human brain,it would in which order?

If a placebo effect occurs,a completely inert substance __________.

The pattern of human behavior that characterizes psychological dependence closely parallels __________.

A man and a woman each weigh pounds.If they both take the same dose of a drug,the same effects can be expected.

"First-pass metabolism" is an important function of the esophagus.

Regardless of which route of administration is used,the goal is for the drug to be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Neurons are specialized cells that __________.

A lower level of blood pressure is typically associated with __________.

It is possible to develop a tolerance to a drug you have never taken before.

The key factor in determining passage across the blood-brain barrier is __________.

Opiates,alcohol,barbiturates,and other depressants are potentially dangerous since there is the risk of inhibiting __________.

If one drug has an effect of 6,a second drug has an effect of 8,and the combination of the 2 drugs has an effect of 20,then the interaction is __________.

Biotransformation is a process accomplished in the __________.