gastrointestinal tract

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Decks in this class (24)

Lecture 2 - How Do Drugs Work?
What is the plasma membrane 1,
What is homeostasis 2,
How are drugs distributed through...
41  cards
Lecture 3 - anatomy of the GI tract
What is the role of the pharynx 1,
Name 3 accessory organs to the gi...,
What is the key function of the s...
40  cards
Lecture 4 - basics of drug-target pharmacodynamics
What is a drug 1,
What does endogenous mean 2,
What is the therapeutic index 3
23  cards
Lecture 5 - introduction to medicinal products and pharmaceutics
What is pharmaceutics 1,
What is a pure drug 2,
What is the drug product 3
34  cards
Lecture 6 - Buccal drug delivery
What does buccal mean 1,
What is the major barrier to bucc...,
What does sublingual mean 3
24  cards
Lecture 7 - physiology of the mouth and oesophagus
Name the 3 salivary glands 1,
What does saliva contain 2,
How is saliva formed 3
18  cards
Lecture 9 - introduction to dissolution and solubility
What is a solution 1,
What is dissolution 2,
What is the solubility of a subst...
9  cards
Lecture 11 - absorption of molecules
What is drug solubility 1,
What are the 3 stages of the solu...,
What does saturated mean 3
24  cards
Lecture 12 - minor ailments (upper GI tract)
What are the common minor ailment...,
What does wwhamm stand for 2,
What is the definition of indiges...
20  cards
Lecture 13 - physiology of the stomach 1
What are the three key sections o...,
What are the names of the entry a...,
What are the names of the muscles...
25  cards
Lecture 14 - physiology of the stomach 2
How does gastric motility occur 1,
How does sympathetic input affect...,
How does parasympathetic input af...
41  cards
Lecture 15 - physiology of the small intestine and accessory organs
What are the accessory organs to ...,
What cells release insulin in the...,
What cells release glucagon in th...
44  cards
Lecture 16 - medicinal products : disperse systems + suspensions
What is the definition of hydroph...,
What is the definition of lipophi...,
What is the definition of a solut...
30  cards
Lecture 17 - absorption of molecules
What is bioavailability 1,
Explain the bioavailability of po...,
Name 4 factors affecting the conc...
16  cards
Lecture 18 - physiology of the small intestine and accessory organs 2
What are the sections of the smal...,
What occurs on the mucosal layer ...,
What occurs in the submucosal lay...
43  cards
Lecture 19 - motility in the GI tract
What is segmentation in the gi tr...,
What is peristalsis 2,
Where is skeletal muscle found in...
31  cards
Lecture 20 - physiology of the large intestine
What are the parts of the large i...,
How does the wall of the large in...,
Describe the process of mechanica...
40  cards
Lecture 21 - minor ailments diarrhoea, constipation and haemorrhoids
What is diarrhoea 1,
How long does acute diarrhoea last 2,
How long does persistent diarrhoe...
22  cards
Lecture 22 - Powders as drug products and intermediates
What are the different powder for...,
What are the advantages of powder...,
What are the disadvantages of pow...
32  cards
Lecture 24 - drugs acting in the stomach
What are the three ways stomach a...,
What are the disadvantages of neu...,
What is an advantage of using mil...
19  cards
Lecture 25 - minor ailments of the mouth
What causes dry mouth 1,
What are the symptoms of dry mouth 2,
How is dry mouth treated 3
32  cards
Lecture 26 - tablets as oral drug products
What are the advantages of tablets 1,
What are the different solid oral...,
What is a tablet definition 3
35  cards
Lecture 28 - electrolytes and maintenance of homeostasis
What are electrolytes 1,
Where are electrolytes found in t...,
What are the important functions ...
25  cards
Lecture 29 - Rectal Delivery
What part of the rectum do we aim...,
Describe the structure of the rec...,
What are the advantages of rectal...
21  cards

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