Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Drug Interactions, and Genomics
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What is the study of drug movement throughout the body called?

  • Pharmacokinetics (correct)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Biotransformation
  • Distribution
  • Which process involves the drug's movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells?

  • Biotransformation
  • Absorption
  • Excretion
  • Distribution (correct)
  • What is another term for drug metabolism?

  • Biotransformation (correct)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Absorption
  • Elimination
  • Which term refers to where the drugs and their metabolites move out of the body?

    <p>Excretion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the concentration of the drug episodic action into sites of action?

    <p>Pharmacokinetics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary factor determining the ease of movement of drugs through membranes?

    <p>Lipid solubility of the drug molecule</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of P-glycoprotein in drug transport?

    <p>Transports drugs out of the cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the accumulation of acidic drugs on the alkaline side and basic drugs on the acidic side of a membrane?

    <p>pH partitioning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines whether a weak acid or base carries an electrical charge?

    <p>pH of the surrounding medium</p> Signup and view all the answers

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