ANS
What are the two categories of ANS receptors?
Cholinergic and Adrenergic
Name one of the minor routes of drug elimination from the body?
Hair, saliva, milk, sweat, lungs
What is the only neurotransmitter used in the somatic nervous system?
Acetylcholine
Axodendritic, axosomatic, and axoaxonic are all types of _________.
synapses
What does the letter T and an island have in common?
You'll find them both in the middle of water
The autonomic nervous system acts on cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and _________.
glands
T/F- An example of a drug that follows zero-order kinetics is aspirin.
True
What is the area between a presynaptic terminal and a postsynaptic neuron known as?
synaptic cleft
Name one of the three methods of removal after a transmitter substance is released at a synapse.
1. Diffusion
2. Enzymatic destruction (degradation)
3. Active transport (reuptake)
Where does today come before yesterday?
A dictionary
T/F: Beta-1 receptors are cholinergic.
False
How do you calculate volume of distribution?
total amount of drug in the body divided by drug blood plasma concentration
In response to a signal, the soma end of the axon becomes ___________.
depolarized
What type of receptors are directly activated by neurotransmitter binding leading to a rapid response?
ionotropic
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
What is the main area of the brain involved in controlling the ANS?
hypothalamus
Name both of the major routes of drug elimination from the body?
renal elimination (urine) and biliary elimination (stool)
Which mechanism of centrally-acting drugs is categorized by interaction with transporters and ion channels
neuron-specific actions
What two factors determine the conduction speed of action potentials along axons?
1. resistance to current leak (myelinated vs unmyelinated)
2. diameter of axon
What gets wet when drying?
A towel
Which region is synonymous with the sympathetic division of the ANS?
thoracolumbar
Only the ________ form of the drug can cross the membrane.
unbound
What type of protein is activated when a neurotransmitter binds to a metabotropic receptor?
G protein
Excess of this neurotransmitter is related to CNS depression, respiratory depression, and sedation.
gamma-aminobutyric acid aka GABA
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin