General Toxicology terms
Poison
Routes of Entry
Types of Poison
Types of Drugs
100
The study of toxic or poisonous substances.
What is Toxicology?
100
Ingestion, Inhalation, Injection, & Absorption
What are the four routes by which poison can enter the body?
100
Entry common in drug abuse
What is Injection?
100

Hermann Boerhaave suggest

That poisons could be detected through chemical means

100

Ecstasy is one example of what type of drug

What is a club drug?

200
A substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impair function when introduced into the body.
What is Poison?
200
What substance did you take? When did you take it or become exposed to it? How much did you ingest? What actions have been taken? How much do you weigh?
What five questions should you ask a possible poisoning victim?
200
Type of poison that can cause airway obstruction and pulmonary edema
What is Chlorine?
200

Characteristics of strychnine 

What is odorless and bitter?
200

The Duquenois-Levine Test is used when which drug is suspected

What is Marijuana?

300
The misuse of any substance to produce some desired effect.
What is Substance abuse?
300
Lily of the valley, Foxglove, Mistletoe, Jimson weed, Dumbcane, and Tree tobacco.
What are types of toxic plants?
300
80% of all poisoning
What is Ingestion/Consumption?
300

Symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning

What is Mees lines on the fingernails and toenails?

300

Uppers are called what

Stimulants

400
A severe withdrawal syndrome seen in alcoholics who are deprived of ethyl alcohol; characterized by restlessness, fever, sweating, disorientation, agitation, and seizures; can be fatal.
What is Delirium Tremens (DT's)?
400
Salmonella and Staphylococcus
What are types of food poisoning?
400
Most worrisome form of entry
What is Injection?
400

The philosopher Socrates was executed using which poison?

Hemlock

400

This drug come from the poppy plant

Opium

500
An excessive quantity of a drug that, when taken, can have toxic or lethal consequences
What is an overdose?
500

Infamous Jonestown Massacre

Cyanide

500
Liquid or powder on the skin, Burns, Irritation, and Redness are all signs of what?
What is absorbed poisoning?
500

Woman’s bane or wolf’s bane is another term for which poison?

Aconite

500

The Scott Test is used when which drug is suspected

Cocaine

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