3 LOCAL ANESTHESIA BOARD EXAM ACTUAL
2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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What is the dendritic zone? free nerve endings
What consists of myelinated many layers of Schwann cells and rapid
nerves? conduction of impulses
What is it called when the nerve rapid depolarization
quickly depolarizes due to the
flood of positively charged Na+
ions and Ca+ opens?
The ability to decrease the local anesthesia
depolarization phase of action
potential can be achieved by what?
, What are some examples of Lidocaine, Mepivicaine, Prilocaine, Bupivicaine,
amides? Where are they Articaine
metabolized? Can they cause a true liver
allergic reaction? rarely cause reaction
What are some examples of esters? Procaine, Novocaine, Benzocaine, Tetracaine
They are hydrolyzed in ____ by _____. plasma
pseudocholinesterase/blood
True/False: All local anesthetic True
agents cross the blood brain
barrier, placenta barrier, and enter
the circulatory system of the fetus.
A patient with liver dysfunction is at Hypotension, congestive heart failure and
an increased risk for? decreased liver function (cirrhosis)
What is the meaning of elimination the rate at which the drug is removed from the
half-life? body's circulation
What is the amount of time needed Bupivacaine= 3.5 hrs
for the body to metabolize and Mepivacaine= 1.9 hrs
excrete 50% of the drug? Lidocaine= 1.6 hrs
Prilocaine= 1.6 hrs
Articaine= .5hrs
What is the primary organ for kidneys
excretion? What can impair renal disease
excretion?
What is the maximum dose of 0.20 mg for healthy individual
epinephrine for healthy and cardiac 0.04 mg for cardiac (20% of standard dose)
patients?
2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (60)
What is the dendritic zone? free nerve endings
What consists of myelinated many layers of Schwann cells and rapid
nerves? conduction of impulses
What is it called when the nerve rapid depolarization
quickly depolarizes due to the
flood of positively charged Na+
ions and Ca+ opens?
The ability to decrease the local anesthesia
depolarization phase of action
potential can be achieved by what?
, What are some examples of Lidocaine, Mepivicaine, Prilocaine, Bupivicaine,
amides? Where are they Articaine
metabolized? Can they cause a true liver
allergic reaction? rarely cause reaction
What are some examples of esters? Procaine, Novocaine, Benzocaine, Tetracaine
They are hydrolyzed in ____ by _____. plasma
pseudocholinesterase/blood
True/False: All local anesthetic True
agents cross the blood brain
barrier, placenta barrier, and enter
the circulatory system of the fetus.
A patient with liver dysfunction is at Hypotension, congestive heart failure and
an increased risk for? decreased liver function (cirrhosis)
What is the meaning of elimination the rate at which the drug is removed from the
half-life? body's circulation
What is the amount of time needed Bupivacaine= 3.5 hrs
for the body to metabolize and Mepivacaine= 1.9 hrs
excrete 50% of the drug? Lidocaine= 1.6 hrs
Prilocaine= 1.6 hrs
Articaine= .5hrs
What is the primary organ for kidneys
excretion? What can impair renal disease
excretion?
What is the maximum dose of 0.20 mg for healthy individual
epinephrine for healthy and cardiac 0.04 mg for cardiac (20% of standard dose)
patients?
