Local Anesthetics - quiz

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Pharmacology - Bio 528
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Question 1

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A weak acid becomes more than 50% un-ionized following IV injection (blood pH = 7.4). The pKa of this weak acid could be...
Answer
  • 7.6
  • 7.4
  • 7.2
  • 1.5

Question 2

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When injected into the body, any of the local anesthetics used currently in clinical practice will be:
Answer
  • less than 50% un-ionized
  • more than 50% un-ionized
  • 50% un-ionized
  • 100% un-ionized

Question 3

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Sodium drug has pKa of 8.2. When injected into the blood, this drug will become:
Answer
  • less than 50% un-ionized
  • more than 50% un-ionized
  • 50% un-ionized
  • 100% un-ionized

Question 4

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What situation most facilitates accumulation of local anesthetic by the fetus?
Answer
  • maternal acidosis and fetal acidosis
  • maternal acidosis and fetal alkalosis
  • maternal alkalosis and fetal alkalosis
  • maternal alkalosis and fetal acidosis

Question 5

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Potency is determined by what property(ies) of a local anesthetic?
Answer
  • pKa
  • lipid solubility
  • protein binding
  • both lipid solubility and protein binding

Question 6

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Speed of onset is determined by what property(ies) of a local anesthetic?
Answer
  • pKa
  • lipid solubility
  • protein binding
  • both lipid solubility and protein binding

Question 7

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Duration of action is determined by what property(ies) of a local anesthetic?
Answer
  • pKa
  • lipid solubility
  • protein binding
  • both lipid solubility and protein binding

Question 8

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Local anesthetics work on which segment(s) of the neuron?
Answer
  • axon only
  • cell body and axon
  • axon and nerve terminal
  • cell body, axon and nerve terminal

Question 9

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Conduction block occurs when the...
Answer
  • ionized form of the local anesthetic binds to the voltage-gated sodium channel outside the cell
  • ionized form of the local anesthetic binds to the voltage-gated sodium channel inside the cell
  • un-ionized form of the local anesthetic binds to the voltage-gated sodium channel outside the cell
  • un-ionized form of the local anesthetic binds to the voltage-gated sodium channel inside the cell

Question 10

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You can make your own local anesthetic. If you want the local anesthetic to have a fast onset, you will want to have the local anesthetic have what pKa?
Answer
  • 2.3
  • 7.0
  • 7.4
  • 11.5

Question 11

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Injection of local anesthetic at which of the following sites is most likely to result in systemic toxicity?
Answer
  • epidural space
  • paracervical tissue
  • intercostal muscles
  • brachial plexus

Question 12

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Methemoglobinemia can occur if what local anesthetic is used?
Answer
  • Tetracaine
  • Prilocaine
  • Ropivacaine
  • Mepivacaine

Question 13

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What condition most prevents passage of local anesthetic from fetus to mom?
Answer
  • maternal alkalosis
  • maternal acidosis
  • fetal alkalosis
  • fetal acidosis
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