Toxins in the Body

Question 1

What are the regions or proteins on the cell membrane where a drug size, shape and chemical composition will cause it to bond and initiate a biological response?

Answer 1

Receptor sites

Question 2

What is the active drug in tobacco?

Answer 2

Nicotine

Question 3

What is another name for illegal drugs - street drugs?

Answer 3

illicit drugs

Question 4

What are all substances that harm the body?

Answer 4

Toxins

Question 5

What works by blocking nerve signals from the pain source that are headed to the brain?

Answer 5

pain blockers

Question 6

What are the drugs that work because they are similar in size and shape to endorphins?

Answer 6

Morophine

Question 7

What is the type of drug that distorts perception of reality by distorting nerve transmission and stimulating nerves of the sensory center of the brain?

Answer 7

Hallucinogen

Question 8

What drug acts on the neurons altering the transmission of nerve signals?

Answer 8

Cocaine

Question 9

What is a cancer causing agent?

Answer 9

carcinogen

Question 10

What is a substance that builds up in the lungs?

Answer 10

tar

Question 11

What is the bodies defense system?

Answer 11

White blood cells

Question 12

What is any substance that alters the bodies structure or functions?

Answer 12

drug

Question 13

What are chemicals that are produced by the body to break down tar?

Answer 13

elastase

Question 14

What is the purified more concentrated form of cocaine?

Answer 14

Crack

Question 15

What is the name of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol?

Answer 15

alcohol Dehydrogenase

Question 16

What is the name of the lung disease that is caused from smoking, loss of elasticity?

Answer 16

emphysema

Question 17

What are the drugs that relieve pain but can become very addictive?

Answer 17

narcotic analgesic

Question 18

What is the hormone that increases the growth of muscle?

Answer 18

anabolic steroid

Question 19

What is the chemical that is produced by the body that blocks pain?

Answer 19

endorphins

Question 20

What is a substance that dissolves in water?

Answer 20

soluble

Question 21

What does a drug do to a receptor site?

Answer 21

stimulate it

Question 22

What will elastase (which is produced by the body) do to the lungs?

Answer 22

1. scar them
2. breakdown the tar
3. reduce the amount of oxygen they can hold

Question 23

What means that a substance is an enzyme?

Answer 23

Ase

Question 24

How many toxins are produced by a burning cigarette?

Answer 24

400

Question 25

Where are all the toxins that are produced by burning cigarettes found?

Answer 25

in side stream smoke and mainstream smoke

Question 26

About what percent of people dies from alcohol poisoning?

Answer 26

50%

Question 27

How is crack compared to cocaine?

Answer 27

more addictive

Question 28

What is the active ingredient in marijuana?

Answer 28

tetrahydrocannabinol

Question 29

What are some side effects of smoking?

Answer 29

1. impaired appetite 2. paralysis of the nervous system 3. high blood pressure

Question 30

How do narcotic analgesics work?

Answer 30

blocking nerve transmissions

Question 31

Compare alcohol dehydrogenase for men and women?

Answer 31

It is higher in men than in women

Question 32

What is the type of gas that is produced in cigarette smoke that reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen by 10%?

Answer 32

Carbon Monoxide

Question 33

Give examples of three illicit drugs that we studied?

Answer 33

cocaine LSD ICE

Question 34

How many of the toxins that are produced from cigarettes are carcinogenic?

Answer 34

40

Question 35

Name three factors with concern to alcohol consumption?

Answer 35

1. time 2. weight 3. consumption level

Question 36

What is the body's main defense against foreign substances?

Answer 36

white blood cells

Question 37

What is a neuron?

Answer 37

a brain cell

Question 38

Name some side effects of LSD?

Answer 38

1. amnesia 2. mental psychosis 3. decreased mental capacity 4. flashbacks

Question 39

Why do narcotic analgesics work?

Answer 39

1. block the receptor site 2. distort the receptor site 3. similar to the endorphines that we produce

Question 40

What is the kind of smoke that is inhaled by the smoker?

Answer 40

mainstream

Question 41

What is the kind of smoke that is inhaled by other people - not the smoker?

Answer 41

sidestream

Question 42

Where (name the plant) did aspirin originate from?

Answer 42

Willow tree bark

Question 43

Be able to match the blood alcohol level with the side effect:

Answer 43

See Mrs. Krumpelman for help