A Patient Suffering from Asthma Has Difficulty Breathing and Is

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient suffering from asthma has difficulty breathing and is treated with albuterol and ipratropium, drugs that relax bronchiolar smooth muscles. Ipratropium acts as a(n)

• A) cholinergic receptor antagonist
• B) cholinergic receptor antagonist.
• C) adrenergic receptor antagonist
• D) adrenergic receptor agonist
• E) inhibitor of kinase phosphorylases

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Evidence

Information or facts that are used to support the validity of a statement or argument.

Interpretation

An expression of the meaning or significance of a wide variety of experiences, situations, data, events, judgments, conventions, beliefs, rules, procedures, or criteria.

Inference

Identifies and secures elements needed to draw reasonable conclusions; it forms conjectures and hypotheses, it considers relevant information, and it reduces or draws out the consequences flowing from data, statements, principles, evidence, judgments, beliefs, opinions, concepts, descriptions, questions, or other forms of representation.