MDH 1

• What is the process in which the internal environment of the body is controlled?


  Homeostasis
• What is the World Health Organisastions definition of health?

  Complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease
• Caffeine is an example of what type of drug?

  Stimulant
• What type of screening is currently offered in community pharmacies?

  Hypertension
• What type of chemical binds to a receptor and blocks other chemicals from reacting with that receptor?


  Antagonist
• What effect do enzymes have on the body?


  Speeds up chemical reactions
• What makes up the nucleus of an atom?

  Protons and neutrons
• What is the general formula for acid base reactions?

  Acid + base = salt + water
• Which route of administration is used by a patch to get a medicine into the body?

  Transdermal
• Which drug should you not drink alcohol on?


  Metronidazole
• Which drug should be used in caution with heart failure as it can make it worse?

  Ibuprofen
• Cells which contain membrane bound organelles are called....


  Eukaryotes
• Fungal cells differ to animal cells due to the presence of... 

  A cell wall
• Eukaryotic cells have many different organelles compared to prokaryotic cells, including


  Mitochondria
• Does health screening guarantee protection?

  No
• What are pregnant women offered screening for?


  Infectious diseases

  Down's syndrome

  Sickle cell anaemia

  Physical abnormalities
• What are newborn babies screened for?


  A hearing test

  A blood spot screening

  A physical examination within 72 hours of birth
• When are diabetics offered eye screening and from what age?

  Annually, from the age of 12
• What age range are women offered cervical screening?

  25 to 64
• What ages are women offered breast screening?

  50 to 71
• What ages are people offered for bowel screening?

  60 to 74
• What age is AAA screening offered to men?

  65
• What age do the NHS offer a health check to and how often is it?

  40 to 74, every 5 years
• What do the aorta and renal artery do?

  Bring in oxygenated blood to the kidney
• What do the vena cava and renal vein do?


  Take deoxygenated blood away from the kidney
• What do the ureters do?

  Connect the kidneys and the bladder
• What does the bladder do in relation to the kidneys?


  Collects and stores urine
• What does the urethra do?

  Excretes urine
• What are ACE inhibitors used to treat?

  High blood pressure
• What are ACE inhibitors derived from?


  Snake venom
• What is controlled by homeostasis?

  Body temperature

  Blood pressure

  Oxygen and carbon dioxide levels

  Water concentrates

  Blood glucose levels

  PH of body fluids
• What are the functions of the kidneys?


  Regulate water content

  Remove waste products

  Produce renin and erythropoietin

  Activate vitamin D
• What does the hormone renin do?

  Controls blood pressure
• What does the hormone erythropoietin do?

  Helps to make red blood cells
• How is bile transported from the liver to the gallbladder?

  The common bile duct
• What route of administration involves putting a drug between the gum and lips?

  Buccal
• What route of administration involves putting a drug under the tongue?

  Sublingual
• What charge do protons have?

  Positive
• What charge do neutrons have?

  No charge
• What charge do electrons have?

  Negative