NUR1112 MONASH NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
which nerve contains axons of sensory neurons? - ANSWER dorsal roots
which nerve root contains axons of motor neurons? - ANSWER ventral root
unintended or undesirable effect of a drug - ANSWER adverse drug reaction
define pharmacokinetics - ANSWER how the BODY effects the DRUG
define pharmacodynamics - ANSWER how the DRUGS effect the body
define agonist - ANSWER drug that initiates or enhances the normal response
define antagonist - ANSWER drug that blocks the normal response
where the effect of one drug is altered by another - ANSWER drug-drug
interaction
define drug half life - ANSWER time take for the plasma concentration of a drug
to be reduced by 50% of its maxium
a drug absorbed from the GI goes through the liver before entering the blood
stream - ANSWER first pass metabolism
define bioavailability - ANSWER proportion of administered drug that reached
the blood stream
list 3 levels of structural complexity - ANSWER chemical, microscopic and
macroscopic level
list the ORDER of structural complexity - ANSWER atoms, molecules,
macromolecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organ, organ system and organism
name the 4 types of tissue - ANSWER epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
list the 4 stages of infection and breifly describe - ANSWER 1. incubation
(beginning of infection until first symptoms)
2. prodromal (mild non specific symptoms)
3. illness (experience symptoms, decline of symptoms)
4. convalescence (symptoms are gone and body is healed)
, what is enteral route & explain - ANSWER drugs administered via the oral route
passing the gastrointestinal tract
parenteral route - ANSWER administration of drugs through any route except
digestive tract. usually injected directly into the body
what 3 responses are tested in glasgow coma scale - ANSWER best verbal,
motor and eye opening response
5 regions of spinal cord - ANSWER cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccyx
segments of spinal cord and their specific region - ANSWER 8 cervical nerves
12 thoracic nerves
5 lumbar nerves
5 sacral nerves
1 coccyx nerve
spinal cord is protected from mechanical forces by - ANSWER vertebral column,
cerebrospinal fluid and spinal meninges
list the order of the spinal meninges including the space - ANSWER 1. dura
mater (outer)
2. subdural space
3. arachnoid mater
4. subarachnoid space
5. pia mater
outer dura mater is separated from the vertebral colum by - ANSWER epidural
space and is the site of anaesthetic administration
spine passes through the - ANSWER vertebral foramen
spinal cord only passed through what vertebrae? - ANSWER from brainstem to
cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebra
spinal cord terminates at ... and is anchored by - ANSWER conus medullaris and
filum terminale
spinal nerves - ANSWER connect to spinal cord via dorsal and ventral nerve
roots. unipolar in structure
conducts sensations of crude touch, pressure, pain and temperature - ANSWER
spinothalamic pathway
list the 3 main somatosensory pathways - ANSWER 1. spinothalamic
2. posterior column pathway
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
which nerve contains axons of sensory neurons? - ANSWER dorsal roots
which nerve root contains axons of motor neurons? - ANSWER ventral root
unintended or undesirable effect of a drug - ANSWER adverse drug reaction
define pharmacokinetics - ANSWER how the BODY effects the DRUG
define pharmacodynamics - ANSWER how the DRUGS effect the body
define agonist - ANSWER drug that initiates or enhances the normal response
define antagonist - ANSWER drug that blocks the normal response
where the effect of one drug is altered by another - ANSWER drug-drug
interaction
define drug half life - ANSWER time take for the plasma concentration of a drug
to be reduced by 50% of its maxium
a drug absorbed from the GI goes through the liver before entering the blood
stream - ANSWER first pass metabolism
define bioavailability - ANSWER proportion of administered drug that reached
the blood stream
list 3 levels of structural complexity - ANSWER chemical, microscopic and
macroscopic level
list the ORDER of structural complexity - ANSWER atoms, molecules,
macromolecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organ, organ system and organism
name the 4 types of tissue - ANSWER epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
list the 4 stages of infection and breifly describe - ANSWER 1. incubation
(beginning of infection until first symptoms)
2. prodromal (mild non specific symptoms)
3. illness (experience symptoms, decline of symptoms)
4. convalescence (symptoms are gone and body is healed)
, what is enteral route & explain - ANSWER drugs administered via the oral route
passing the gastrointestinal tract
parenteral route - ANSWER administration of drugs through any route except
digestive tract. usually injected directly into the body
what 3 responses are tested in glasgow coma scale - ANSWER best verbal,
motor and eye opening response
5 regions of spinal cord - ANSWER cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccyx
segments of spinal cord and their specific region - ANSWER 8 cervical nerves
12 thoracic nerves
5 lumbar nerves
5 sacral nerves
1 coccyx nerve
spinal cord is protected from mechanical forces by - ANSWER vertebral column,
cerebrospinal fluid and spinal meninges
list the order of the spinal meninges including the space - ANSWER 1. dura
mater (outer)
2. subdural space
3. arachnoid mater
4. subarachnoid space
5. pia mater
outer dura mater is separated from the vertebral colum by - ANSWER epidural
space and is the site of anaesthetic administration
spine passes through the - ANSWER vertebral foramen
spinal cord only passed through what vertebrae? - ANSWER from brainstem to
cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebra
spinal cord terminates at ... and is anchored by - ANSWER conus medullaris and
filum terminale
spinal nerves - ANSWER connect to spinal cord via dorsal and ventral nerve
roots. unipolar in structure
conducts sensations of crude touch, pressure, pain and temperature - ANSWER
spinothalamic pathway
list the 3 main somatosensory pathways - ANSWER 1. spinothalamic
2. posterior column pathway
