Aspirin Can Cure a Headache, but When You Pop an Aspirin

question 53

Multiple Choice

Aspirin can cure a headache, but when you pop an aspirin tablet, how does the aspirin know to go to your head rather than your big toe?

• A)The body is able to "pool" medicines around areas of increased neuronal activity.
• B)The aspirin doesn't "know" to go to your head rather than your big toe. Rather, it gets distributed throughout your body.
• C)The blood vessels within your head are generally more accessible than those within your big toe.
• D)Most commercially available aspirins are compounded with buffer agents that direct the aspirin to regions of lower pH, which includes the cerebral hemispheres.

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