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Pharmacology
Undergraduate 1
06/02/2010

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Term

The gonadotropins regulate functions of the immune response system; regulate glucose, fat, and protein metabolism; and control the anti-inflammatory respinse.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

What is the critical deficiency of mineralcorticoids and glucocorticoids?

Definition

 

 

Adrenal insufficiency

Term

 

 

Feedback mechanism is the method by which the body increase the production of hormones?

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

Vasopressin is contraindicated in pts with liver disease and abnormal bleeding?

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

What are the two hormones that the  posterior pituitary produces?

Definition

 

 

ADH (anti-diurectic hormone)

&

Oxytocin

Term

 

What hormone is also called somatotropic hormone and is secreated by the anterior pituitary?

Definition

 

 

GH (growth hormone)

Term

 

 

Failure of the testes to descend in to the scrotum is called?

Definition

 

 

Cryptochism

Term

 

 

What is a sudden ovarian enlargment with ascites?

Definition

 

 

Hyperstimulation Syndrome

Term

 

A disease that results from the failure of the pituitary to secrete vasopressin or from surgical removal of the pituitary is?

Definition

 

 

Diabetes Insipidus

Term

 

Glucocorticoid and mineralcorticoid hormones are collectively known as?

Definition

 

 

Cortico-steriods

Term

 

Radioactive iodine is used to treat hypothyroidism.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

 

What is one of the severe system reactions to the anti-thyroid drug?

Definition

 

 

Exfoliative dermatitis

Term

 

 Why is methimazole and propythiouracil used with extreme caution during pregnancy?

Definition

 

Because they can cause hypothyroidism in the fetus

Term

 

The normal thyroid state in the body is called thyrotoxicosis state.

True or False

Definition

 

False

Term

 

What hormone is used to treat Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis?

Definition

 

 

Thyroid Hormone

Term

 

 

A decreased in the amount of thyroid hormones manufactured and secreted is?

Definition

 

 

Hypothyroidism

Term

 

A decrease in the number of WBC is called?

Definition

 

 

Agranulocytosis

 

Term

 

 

What are the 2 hormones manufactured by the thyroid gland?

Definition

 

 

Thyroxine (T4)

Tri-liothyronine (T3)

Term

 

A disease caused due to enlargment of a normal thyroid gland is caller?

Definition

 

Euthyroid Goiter

Term

 

Potassium iodine may be given orally with methimazole or propylthiouracil to prepare for what surgery?

Definition

 

Thyroid surgery

Term

 

Natural and synthetic progesterones are collectively known as?

Definition

 

 

Progestins

Term

 

Esterogen and progestin therapy is contraindicated in pts with?

Definition

 

 

Breast cancer

Term

The anabolic steriods are synthetic compound drugs that inhibit the conversion of testosterone into the potent androgen 5 alpha dihdrotestosterone.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

 

Adrogen therapy is used as a replacment therapy for?

Definition

 

 

Hypogonadism

Term

 

 

Progesterone is secreted by?

Definition

Corpus luteum

 

Placenta

 

Adrenal cortex

Term

 

 

Testosterone and it's derivatives are collectively know as?

Definition

 

 

Androgens

Term

 

 

The 2 endogenous female hormones are?

Definition

 

Estrogen

&

Progesterone

Term

 

What produces facial hair, a deepening of the voice, and enlargement of the clitoris in women?

Definition

 

 

Verilization

Term

 

The androgens promote tissue building processes know as?

Definition

 

 

Analbolism

Term

 

Estrogen is given IM or IV to treat what?

Definition

 

Uterine bleeding caused by hormonal imbalance

Term

 

What medication is used cautiously in pts with renal or hepatic impairment?

Definition

 

 

Methylergonovine

Term

 

Oxytocin is administered orally for starting or improving labor contractions to obtain an early vaginal delivery of the fetus.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

Ergonovine and methylergonovine are given during pregnancy to prevent hemorrhage.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

A condition of pregancy characterized by HTN, HA, albuminuria, and edema of the lower extremities occuring at or near term is?

Definition

 

 

Preeclampsia

Term

 

Magnesium sulfate is contraindicated in pts with?

Definition

 

 

Eclampsia or severe preeclampsia

 

Term

 

A endogenous hormone produced by the posterior pituitary gland is?

Definition

 

 

Oxytocin

Term

 

Drugs used to prevent uterine contractions are called?

Definition

 

 

Tocolytics

Term

 

An overdosage of ergonovine is known as?

Definition

 

 

Ergotism

Term

 

 

Ergonovine is contraindicated before the delivery of the?

Definition

 

 

Placenta

Term

 

 

Drugs used antepartum to induce uterine contractions similar to those of normal labor are?

Definition

 

 

Oxytocic

Term

 

Immune globulins are used for passive, trasient protection from the toxic effects of bites by spiders and snakes.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

In passive immunity, special lymphocytes produced circulating anti-bodies to act against a foreign substance.

True or False

 

 

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

What provides the individual with ready made anti-bodies from another human or an animal?

Definition

 

 

Passive immunity

Term

 

Immunologic agents are used with extreme caution in individuals with?

Definition

 

 

A Hx of allergies

Term

 

 

The most severe reaction to anti-venins is?

Definition

 

 

Hypersensitivity

Term

 

An antibody is a globulin (protein) produced by the B lymphocytes as a defense against what?

Definition

 

 

An antigen

Term

 

What substance, usually a protein, stimulates the body to produce anti-bodies?

Definition

 

 

Antigen

Term

 

What is the poisonous substance produced by some bacteria, such as clostridium tetani (tetanus)?

Definition

 

 

Toxin

Term

 

Proteins present in blood serum or plasma that contain anti-bodies are?

 

Definition

 

 

Globulin

Term

 

Results from the activity of many leukocyte actions, reactions, and interactions that range from simple to complex is?

Definition

 

 

Cell Mediated Immunity

Term

 

A toxin that is attenuated (weakend) but still capable of stimulating the formation of anti-toxins is called a?

Definition

 

 

Toxoid

Term

 

Substances that incorporate themselves into the cellular components during the S phase of cell divsion are?

Definition

 

 

Anti-metabolite drugs

Term

 

The spreading of cancer to other sites in a pts body is called palliation.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

In the G2 phase of cell growth, deoxyribonucleic acid is made from the components of the G1 phase.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

 

Alopecia is loss of appetite resulting in the inability to eat.

True or False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

 

What drug is contraindicated in pts with leukopenia?

Definition

 

 

Anti-neoplastic

Term

 

 

What drugs are designed to attack a cell during the phases of cell division?

Definition

 

 

Anti-neoplastic

Term

 

Many anti-neoplastic drugs interfer with the bone marrow's ability to make new cells. This is called?

Definition

 

 

Myelo Supression

Term

 

 

Inflammation of the mouth is called?

Definition

 

 

Stomatitis

Term

 

 

Reduction in the neutrophil type of WBC is called?

Definition

 

 

Neutrapenia

Term

 

 

What occurs as the result of a decreased production of RBC in the bone marrow?

Definition

 

 

Anemia

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