Toxicology

Question 1

Scientific name - benzoylmethylecgonine

Answer 1

Cocaine

Question 2

Also known as angel dust or angel hair

Answer 2

Phencyclidine

Question 3

Diacetyl form of morphine

Answer 3

Heroin

Question 4

Drugs that induce sleep

Answer 4

Hypnotics

Question 5

Provides a basis for rational therapy design to assess the degree of exposure of poison to each individual

Answer 5

Mechanistic toxicology

Question 6

Uses results from animal experiments to predict at what level of exposure will cause harm to a human

Answer 6

Descriptive toxicology

Question 7

Primarily concerned with medicolegal consequences of toxin exposure

Answer 7

Forensic toxicology

Question 8

Study of the interrelationship between toxic exposure and disease states

Answer 8

Clinical toxicology

Question 9

What is the % blood alcohol of a person with mild euphoria, decreased inhibitions, and some impairment of motor skills?

Answer 9

0.03-0.12

Question 10

What is the % blood alcohol of a person with decreased inhibitions, loss of critical judgment, memory impairment, and diminished reaction time?

Answer 10

0.09-0.25

Question 11

What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.18-0.30% blood alcohol?

Answer 11

Mental confusion, dizziness, strongly impaired motor skills

Question 12

What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.27-0.40% blood alcohol?

Answer 12

Unable to stand or walk, impaired consciousness

Question 13

Carbon monoxide poisoning imparts a ____ color of the face.

Answer 13

Cherry red

Question 14

What is the characteristic odor of cyanide?

Answer 14

Bitter almonds

Question 15

This agent expresses its toxicity by high affinity binding to thiol groups in proteins.

Answer 15

Arsenic

Question 16

What is the characteristic odor of arsenic?

Answer 16

Garlic

Question 17

What agent is utilized in electroplating and galvanizing and is a significant environmental pollutant?

Answer 17

Cadmium

Question 18

Exposure to this metal results to encephalopathy, birth defects, and compromised immunity

Answer 18

Lead

Question 19

What agent has a characteristic “wrist or foot drop” manifestation?

Answer 19

Lead

Question 20

____ & ____ are used for treatment of lead poisoning as therapeutic chelators.

Answer 20

EDTA; dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMA)

Question 21

This agent’s presence in blood may result to loss of glomerular integrity

Answer 21

Mercury

Question 22

What is the method of testing for mercury?

Answer 22

Reinsch test

Question 23

What is the second most abundant component of opium?

Answer 23

Codeine

Question 24

These drugs closely resemble epinephrine and norepinephrine as they exert sympathetic affects.

Answer 24

Amphetamines

Question 25

What is the major psychoactive agent of marijuana?

Answer 25

Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Question 26

Also known as uppers, bennies, or dexies

Answer 26

Amphetamine

Question 27

Also known as horse, smack, white lady, & scag

Answer 27

Heroin

Question 28

What are other names for codeine?

Answer 28

C, Co-dine, school boy, lean and dean, syrup

Question 29

What are other names for morphine?

Answer 29

Whit stuff, junk, morpho, M

Question 30

Also known as demerol

Answer 30

Meperidine

Question 31

What is another name for propoxyphene?

Answer 31

Yellow footballs (darvon)

Question 32

What are other names for LSD?

Answer 32

LSD-25, acid, white lightning, microdots

Question 33

Also known as valium

Answer 33

Diazepam

Question 34

What is another name for chlordiazepoxide?

Answer 34

Librium

Question 35

Also known as yellow jackets, yellow, or nembies

Answer 35

Pentobarbital

Question 36

Also known as rainbows, blues, or bluebirds

Answer 36

Amobarbital

Question 37

What are other names for secobarbital?

Answer 37

M&M's, reds, seccies, red devils