Orientation
What is the definition of the term pharmacology?
The study of drugs.
What term describes the passage of a drug from the site of administration into the bloodstream?
Absorbtion
What is a term that describes a way of expressing an amount that is part of a whole?
fraction
What describes the process of giving medications by injection using a needle and syringe?
Parenteral medication administration.
The first right
Drug
What is pharmacodynamics?
The body's response to drugs.
What term describes the transportation of a drug from the bloodstream to the body tissues and intended site of action?
Distribution
What term means to change from one unit or system of measurement to another?
Convert
What is a term that is not a route used to administer parenteral medications?
Oral
Dose, Documentation
What is the definition of anatomy?
The study of the structure of body parts.
What describes a series of chemical reactions that inactivate a drug by converting it to a water-soluble compound?
Metabolism
What are the basic units of metric measurement?
Meter, liter, gram
What is the term for how a standard hypodermic needle is calibrated?
In cubic centimeters
The P?
Patient
What is the source of moprhine?
A plant
Which statement describes the action that antihistamines have on the body?
Slow the body's natural reactions to irritation.
How many kilograms are equivalent to 1 pound (lb)?
2.2kg
What term describes the diameter of the lumen of the needle?
Gauge
The two T's
Time, Technique
What is a source of heparin?
An animal.
What describes the action that insulin has on the body?
Replaces natural substances that the body lacks.
What are used to record fractions of metric doses?
What term describes a small bottle with a rubber stopper through which a needle can be inserted?
vial
The "R" word
Route