WGU D116 Advanced Pharmacology Unit 2 Questions and Answers A+ Graded (2025).

WGU D116 Advanced Pharmacology
Unit 2 Questions and Answers A+
Graded (2025)




Pharmacokinetics .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .Study .of .drug .movement
.throughout .the .body .includes .4 .basic .processes: .absorption, .distribution,
.metabolism, .excretion.


Absorption .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .drug's .movement .from .the .blood .to .the
.interstitial .space .of .tissues .and .from .there .into .cells.


Metabolism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .enzymatically .mediated .alteration .of .drug
.structure.


Excretion .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .movement .of .drugs .and .their .metabolites
.out .of .the .body.


Elimination .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .combination .of .metabolism .and .excretion

Therapeutic .Index .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .range .of .doses .at .which .a
.medication .is .effective .without .adverse .events.


Half-life .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .time .required .for .the .amount .of .a .drug .int
.the .body .to .decrease .by .50%.


Pharmacodynamics .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-The .study .of .the .biochemical .and
.physiologic .effects .of .drugs .on .the .body .and .the .molecular .mechanisms .by
.which .those .effects .are .produced.


Agonist .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Molecules .that .activate .receptors.

Antagonist .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Produce .their .effects .by .preventing .receptor
.activation .by .endogenous .regulatory .molecules .and .drugs.


Partial .agonist .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-An .agonist .that .only .has .moderate
.intrinsic .activity. .The .maximal .effect .is .lower .than .a .full .agonist. .Can .behave .as
.an .agonist .or .antagonist.