Question

column a

1. ___ topical
2. ___ local effects
3. ___ transcutaneous
4. ___ sl
5. ___ systemic effects
6. ___ inhalation route
7. ___ parenteral
8. ___ sc
9. ___ svn
10. ___ intramuscular
11. ___ intermittent iv infusion

column b
a. medicine put on the skin or inside the mouth to work just there.
b. small amounts of medicine or fluids given through a vein at certain times, sometimes called a piggyback.
c. any way of giving medicine that doesnt involve swallowing (like shots, skin creams, or breathing it in).
d. a machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist to breathe in through a mask or mouthpiece.
e. injection into a muscle.
f. injection given under the skin.
g. medicine absorbed slowly through the skin.
h. mdi
i. dpi
j. im
k. medicine that affects the whole body.
l. medicine that works only in one small area of the body.
m. parenteral
n. taking medicine by breathing it into your lungs, where it works fast.
o. putting medicine under the tongue to absorb.

Explanation:

1. Topical means medicine put on the skin or inside the mouth to work just there, so it matches with option a.
2. Local effects refer to medicine that works only in one small area of the body, so it matches with option l.
3. Transcutaneous is medicine absorbed slowly through the skin, so it matches with option g.
4. SL stands for sublingual which is putting medicine under the tongue to absorb, so it matches with option o.
5. Systemic effects are medicine that affects the whole body, so it matches with option k.
6. Inhalation route is taking medicine by breathing it into your lungs, where it works fast, so it matches with option n.
7. Parenteral is any way of giving medicine that doesn't involve swallowing (like shots, skin creams, or breathing it in), so it matches with option c.
8. SC stands for subcutaneous which is injection given under the skin, so it matches with option f.
9. SVN stands for small - volume nebulizer which is a machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist to breathe in through a mask or mouthpiece, so it matches with option d.
10. Intramuscular is injection into a muscle, so it matches with option e.
11. Intermittent IV infusion is small amounts of medicine or fluids given through a vein at certain times, sometimes called a 'piggyback', so it matches with option b.

Answer:

1. a
2. l
3. g
4. o
5. k
6. n
7. c
8. f
9. d
10. e
11. b