Unit 6 Toxicology vocabulary
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Route of exposure | How a toxin enters your body.
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| Target | What the toxin is affecting
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| Inhalation | A route of exposure where a toxin enters the body by breathing it in.
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| Absorption | A route of exposure where a toxin enters the body through skin contact.
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| Ingestion | A route of exposure where a toxin enters the body by eating or drinking it.
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| Injection | A route of exposure where a toxin enters the body by using a needle to administer a toxin into your bloodstream.
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| Acute exposure | Exposure to a relatively large dose of toxin over a relatively short period of time (hours/days).
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| Chronic Exposure | Exposure to a smaller dose of a toxin over a longer period of time (months/years)
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| Dose | The amount of toxin an organism takes in (milligrams per kilogram of body weight)
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| Mechanism of action | How the toxin is affecting the target (what problems does it cause the target?)
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| Form of a substance | The chemical or physical make up of the toxin (phase, chemical formula)
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| Synergism | When 2 or more chemicals are in the body at the same time, the effects of these toxins are heightened/increased.
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| Antagonism | When 2 or more chemicals are in the body at the same time, the effects of these toxins are lowered/decreased.
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