Toxicology

What organ is responsible for the breakdown (metabolism) of alcohol?

• liver
• kidney
• stomach
• thyroid

Which of the following is a correct list of how exposure to toxins can occur?

• inhaling, injecting, excreting, absorbing
• inhaling, injecting, absorbing, ingesting
• injecting, inhaling, excreting, ingesting
• absorbing, inhaling, excreting, ingesting

Toxicity is

• the study of poisons

• the study of how drugs interact

• the extent to which a substance is poisonous

• the study of how poisons affects organisms

Poisoning that occurs in small doses over long periods of time is called

• acute poisoning
• chronic poisoning

If you bite it and you die, it's ________________. If it bites you and you die, it's _________________.

• venomous, poisonous

• poisonous, venomous

Which of these drugs is the most addictive the first time you use it?

• Nicotine

• Alcohol

• Caffeine

• Heroin

Which of these drugs is NOT a stimulant?

• Crack cocaine

• Meth

• Alcohol

• Bath salts

_______________ is the study of drugs and poisons, and their interactions with or effects on the body

• Serology
• Toxicology
• Entomology

• Drugology

____ is the legal BAC limit for adults over 21 years of age driving non-commercial vehicles.

• 0.08
• 0.04
• 0.02
• 0.1

Which of the following is NOT a role that a toxicologist might perform?

• identify toxins in the body

• quantify toxins in the body

• speculate a reason why toxins were found in the body

• compare healthy organs with toxic organs