Old Chapter - Toxicology review
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- Who said the quote: "Everything is poison⬦it is only the dose that makes it not a poison."? (short name)
- Paracelsus
- What does xenobiotic mean?
- Foreign to life.
- What three levels do toxicologists study?
- Enzyme, cellular, and systemic
- How wide is the synaptic cleft?
- 50 nm
- Which enzyme performs hydrolysis on an acetylcholine?
- Acetylcholinesterase
- How many breaks can acetylcholinesterase perform in one second?
- 25,000
- How many impulses can a synapse transmit per second?
- 1,000
- Which enzyme puts together the broken pieces together?
- Choline acetyltransferase
- What does the neurotransmitter dopamine do?
- It makes you feel good.
- Which neurotransmitter sets the circadian rhythms?
- Melatonin
- Which neurotransmitter makes your brain "peaceful"?
- Serotonin
- Which neurotransmitter does Prozac inhibit?
- Serotonin
- What does Histamine do?
- Causes inflammation and causes the blood vessels to dilate.
- What color poison is Parathion?
- red
- What color poison is Tabun?
- red
- What color poison is Curare?
- blue
- What color poison is Bungarotoxin?
- blue
- What color poison is Succinylcholine?
- blue
- What is Succinycholine used for?
- muscle relaxant
- What is physostigmine used for?
- It is used to improve memory of Alzheimer patients and treat glaucoma and myasthenia gravis.
- Which bacteria causes Tetanus?
- Clostridium tetani
- Which bacteria causes Botulinus toxin?
- Clostridium botulini
- What fixes the thymine dimers in DNA?
- DNA Photolase
- Which disease results in low amounts of DNA PHotolase?
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum
- What do X-rays do to the body?
- They create radicals.
- What is Paraquat?
- A herbicide that attacks the electrons in photosynthesis. It is also deadly to animals.
- Which Greek committed suicide right before his death sentance?
- Demosthenes
- What was the first medical book?
- Ebers Papyrus
- How did Sumerians keep their data stored?
- On Cuneiform tablets
- What does LSD stand for?
- Lysergic acid diethylamide
- What are the two types of ergot?
- Gangrenous and convulsive
- What is Latin for "holy fire"?
- ignis sacer
- What is the term for "ringing in the ears"?
- Tinnitus aurium
- Who ran the church that people with ergot went to and became cured?
- Hugh the Great
- Which port was Peter the Great stopped at on the Volga River?
- Constantinople
- Which drug stops excessive bleeding in childbirth?
- Cafergot
- What is used as a treatment for migranes?
- Ergotamine
- WHo is the father of toxicology?
- Bonaventura Orfila
- What incident resulted in the founding of the FDA?
- The mascara incident
- Which drug caused terrible birth defects?
- Thalidomide
- Which drug damaged heart valves?
- Fen-Phen
- What company ran WWII for the Germans?
- IG Farben
- Who wrote "Silent Spring"?
- Rachel Carson
- What part of the eye is attached to the brain?
- Optic nerve