MA Book Chapters 50 and 51 Key Terms

Question 1

Absorption

Answer 1

The process by which one substance is absorbed, or taken in and incorporated, into another, as when the body converts food or drugs into a form it can use.

Question 2

Adminsister

Answer 2

The process by which one substance is absorbed, or taken in and incorporated, into another, as when the body converts food or drugs into a form it can use.

Question 3

Controlled Substance

Answer 3

A drug or drug product that is categorized as potentially dangerous and addictive and is strictly regulated by federal laws.

Question 4

Dispense

Answer 4

To distribute a drug, in a properly labeled container, to a patient who is to use it.

Question 5

Distribution

Answer 5

The biochemical process of transporting a drug from its administration site in the body to its site of action.

Question 6

Dosage

Answer 6

The size, frequency, and number of doses.

Question 7

Dose

Answer 7

The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a drug.

Question 8

Efficacy

Answer 8

The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a drug.

Question 9

Excretion

Answer 9

The elimination of waste by a discharge; in drug metabolism, the manner in which a drug is eliminated from the body.

Question 10

Generic Name

Answer 10

A drug’s official name.

Question 11

Indication

Answer 11

The purpose or reason for using a drug, as approved by the FDA.

Question 12

Labeling

Answer 12

nformation provided with a drug, including FDA-approved indications and the form of the drug.

Question 13

Narcotic

Answer 13

A popular term for an opioid and term of choice in government agencies; see opioid.

Question 14

Opioid

Answer 14

A natural or synthetic drug that produces opium-like effects.

Question 15

Pharmaceutical

Answer 15

Pertaining to medicinal drugs.

Question 16

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 16

The study of what drugs do to the body: the mechanism of action, or how they work to produce a therapeutic effect.

Question 17

Pharmacognosy

Answer 17

The study of characteristics of natural drugs and their sources.

Question 18

Pharmacokinetic

Answer 18

The study of what the body does to drugs: how the body absorbs, metabolizes, distributes, and excretes the drugs.

Question 19

Pharmacology

Answer 19

The study of drugs.

Question 20

Pharmacotherapeutics

Answer 20

The study of how drugs are used to treat disease; also called clinical pharmacology.

Question 21

Prescribe

Answer 21

To give a patient a prescription to be filled by a pharmacy.

Question 22

Prescription

Answer 22

A physician’s written order for medication.

Question 23

Prescription Drugs

Answer 23

A drug that can be legally used only by order of a physician and must be administered or dispensed by a licensed healthcare professional.

Question 24

Toxiology

Answer 24

he study of poisons or poisonous effects of drugs.

Question 25

Trade Name

Answer 25

A drug's brand or proprietary name.

Question 26

Buccal

Answer 26

A drug's brand or proprietary name.

Question 27

Diluent

Answer 27

A liquid used to dissolve and dilute another substance, such as a drug.

Question 28

Douche

Answer 28

Vaginal irrigation, which can be used to administer vaginal medication in liquid form.

Question 29

Infusion

Answer 29

A slow drip, as of an intravenous solution into a vein.

Question 30

Intrademal ( ID)

Answer 30

Within the upper layers of the skin.

Question 31

Intramuscular (IM)

Answer 31

Within muscle; an IM injection allows administration of a larger amount of a drug than a subcutaneous injection allows.

Question 32

Intravenous (IV)

Answer 32

Injected directly into a vein.

Question 33

Ointment

Answer 33

A form of topical drug; also known as a salve.

Question 34

Route

Answer 34

The way a drug is introduced into the body.

Question 35

Solution

Answer 35

A homogeneous mixture of a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance in a liquid, such as a dissolved drug in liquid form.

Question 36

Sublingual

Answer 36

Under the tongue.

Question 37

Volume

Answer 37

The amount of space an object, such as a drug, occupies.

Question 38

Transdermal

Answer 38

A type of topical drug administration that slowly and evenly releases a systemic drug through the skin directly into the bloodstream; a transdermal unit is also called a patch.

Question 39

Z-track Method

Answer 39

A technique used when injecting an intramuscular (IM) drug that can irritate subcutaneous tissue; involves pulling the skin and subcutaneous tissue to the side before inserting the needle at the site, creating a zigzag path in the tissue layers that prevents the drug from leaking into the subcutaneous tissue and causing irritation.