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Forensic Science Ch. 6 Toxicology

Jeopardy. Forensic Science Ch. 6 Toxicology. Testing for Alcohol. Role of Toxicologist. Toxicology. Alcohol. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. Row 1, Col 1. What is a forensic toxicologist?.

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Forensic Science Ch. 6 Toxicology

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  1. Jeopardy Forensic Science Ch. 6 Toxicology

  2. Testing for Alcohol Role of Toxicologist Toxicology Alcohol 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

  3. Row 1, Col 1 What is a forensic toxicologist? detects and identifies drugs and poisons in body fluids, tissues, and organs

  4. 1,2 What is metabolism? the transformation of substances in the body in order to facilitate elimination from the body

  5. 1,3 What is the breathalyzer? Common field test used to Detect the use of alcohol

  6. 1,4 What is blood and urine? For a living person, drugs or poisons would be detected by collection of these two samples.

  7. 2,1 What is alcohol? the most heavily abused drug in the U.S.

  8. 2,2 What are absorption, distribution, and elimination? The three basic steps in the metabolism of alcohol.

  9. 2,3 What is the amount of alcohol exhaled in breath? Directly proportional to blood alcohol concentration

  10. 2,4 What is hair? For cases in which a drug or poison has been in a person’s system for a long period of time, this sample is collected and analyzed

  11. 3,1 What are 4th and 5th amendment rights? The administration of a breathalyzer test or collection of blood for analysis does not violate these rights

  12. 3,2 What are oxidation and excretion? Two processes in which alcohol Is eliminated from the body

  13. 3,3 What is 0.08? Blood alcohol concentration used as a legal measure of drunk driving in the U.S.

  14. 3,4 What is age, tolerance of the user, physical condition of the user, and the interaction of multiple drugs? Two factors which influence drug-induced behavior.

  15. 4,1 What are confirmation tests? tests that definitively confirm the identity of a poison or drug

  16. 4,2 What are the rate of consumption, alcohol content, the amount consumed, and food present in stomach? Two factors that affect the absorption of alcohol in the body

  17. 4,3 What is airtight? Type of container used to store blood samples for the purpose of measuring alcohol concentration

  18. 4,4 What is the fact that drugs are found in very small amounts and that drugs are often metabolized to other substances in the body? Two challenges that toxicologists Face in detecting drugs

  19. 5,1 What are carbon monoxide, arsenic, lead, mercury, etc.? two common non-drug poisons detected by toxicologsists

  20. 5,2 What is the liver? Where oxidation of alcohol occurs in the body.

  21. 5,3 What are anti-coagulants and preservatives? Two substances that must be added to blood samples when collected for measuring alcohol concentration

  22. 5,4 What is determining the toxicity of the drug or poison? Once a drug or poison is detected, the toxicologist faces this challenge.

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