HOSA FORENSIC SCIENCE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Criminalistics
Analysis of physical evidence
Forensic anthropology
Analysis of bodily remains
Forensic entomology
Analysis of insects on dead bodies to determine time of death
Pharmacologist
Studies natural and synthetic chemicals
Carcinogens
Causes cancers
Toxicologist
Studies toxic effects of chemicals
Base principle of toxicology
Chemicals safe in small dosages become deadly in high dosages
Dose-response tests
Effects of drugs at different dosages for the relationship between dose and effect
Pharmacodynamics
Mechanisms that cause physiological and pathological changes
Pharmokinetics
How the chemical is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted
Drugs may enter the body by
Ingestion, inhalation, injection, skin application, suppository
Lipophilic chemials
Stored in fat cells, released into blood stream
Plasma protein chemicals
Released slowly into cells
Fluoride, lead, and strontium chemicals
Stored in bone
Xenobiotics
Chemicals foreign to the body
Chemical excretion by means of
Feces, sweat, saliva, breast milk, nails, and hair
Enterohepatic circulation
Process between liver, small intestine, and bile
A drug's half life
Time in which drug decreases by 50% in blood
Agonist drugs
Drugs that cause effects
Antagonist drugs
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Criminalistics
Analysis of physical evidence
Forensic anthropology
Analysis of bodily remains
Forensic entomology
Analysis of insects on dead bodies to determine time of death
Pharmacologist
Studies natural and synthetic chemicals
Carcinogens
Causes cancers
Toxicologist
Studies toxic effects of chemicals
Base principle of toxicology
Chemicals safe in small dosages become deadly in high dosages
Dose-response tests
Effects of drugs at different dosages for the relationship between dose and effect
Pharmacodynamics
Mechanisms that cause physiological and pathological changes
Pharmokinetics
How the chemical is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted
Drugs may enter the body by
Ingestion, inhalation, injection, skin application, suppository
Lipophilic chemials
Stored in fat cells, released into blood stream
Plasma protein chemicals
Released slowly into cells
Fluoride, lead, and strontium chemicals
Stored in bone
Xenobiotics
Chemicals foreign to the body
Chemical excretion by means of
Feces, sweat, saliva, breast milk, nails, and hair
Enterohepatic circulation
Process between liver, small intestine, and bile
A drug's half life
Time in which drug decreases by 50% in blood
Agonist drugs
Drugs that cause effects
Antagonist drugs
