Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Katzung;
Chapter 1-4
1. Pharmacology: study of f the history, source, physical and
chemical properties,
compounding, biochemical and physiological effect, mechanisms
of action, absorption,
distribution, biotransformation and excretion, and therapeutic and
other uses
of drugs
2. Drug: any chemical agent that when taken into a living
organism may modify one
or more of its functions
3. Toxicology: study of poisonous substances and their effects
upon body parts
4. Pharmacokinetics: where drugs go, how long they stay, what
chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
5. Absorption: the movement of a drug from the site of
administration to bloodstream;
intake of a drug into the system
6. Distribution: the transfer of a drug from one location to
another within the body;
where the drug goes following absorption
7. Elimination: the removal of materials from the body; removal
of a drug
8. Pharmacodynamics: what the drug does to the body;
mechanism of action
9. systemic effects: generalized distribution of the chemical
throughout the body
by the bloodstream to internal organs
10. Effect: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
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Chapter 1-4
1. Pharmacology: study of f the history, source, physical and
chemical properties,
compounding, biochemical and physiological effect, mechanisms
of action, absorption,
distribution, biotransformation and excretion, and therapeutic and
other uses
of drugs
2. Drug: any chemical agent that when taken into a living
organism may modify one
or more of its functions
3. Toxicology: study of poisonous substances and their effects
upon body parts
4. Pharmacokinetics: where drugs go, how long they stay, what
chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
5. Absorption: the movement of a drug from the site of
administration to bloodstream;
intake of a drug into the system
6. Distribution: the transfer of a drug from one location to
another within the body;
where the drug goes following absorption
7. Elimination: the removal of materials from the body; removal
of a drug
8. Pharmacodynamics: what the drug does to the body;
mechanism of action
9. systemic effects: generalized distribution of the chemical
throughout the body
by the bloodstream to internal organs
10. Effect: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
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