Provide explanations for the effects seen. Compare effects of acetylcholine, cholinesterase inhibition, and muscarinic blockade on heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure. Provide explanations for the effects seen. Explain the effects ganglionic blockade has on heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure. Evaluate the contribution of anesthesia to heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure in the absence and presence of ANS pertubations.
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Therapeutic agents used to alter the endocrine system and antiinflammatory drugs and their package inserts will be provided for viewing. In addition to drug labels as the source of drug information, students will have opportunity to view other references that provide information on each individual therapeutic agent separately, and general references that provide information on drug classes with comparison information on drugs in that class. Compare and contrast preparations and routes of administration used for peptide and steroid hormones. Compare and contrast salts, vehicles, routes of administration, and expected duration of action of glucocorticoid preparations. Compare and contrast insulin preparations.