Rash Relief

Choose any combination of the options below to earn a maximum of 60 points. The first 30 points will be submitted as homework and the second 30 points will be submitted as extra credit. Only the first 60 point attempts that you submit will be graded. You can change the order of the options in your e-mail.

Please send your assignment to poisons.hol@gmail.com with the subject: Poisons HW4.

Include your full HOL name in the body of the e-mail. No attachments!

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All assignments are due by 11:59 pm HOL time on January 15/June 15 (Fall/Spring). 

Pick a Poison (2 points each)

1. What type of allergic reaction results from contact with poison ivy?

    a. Type I hypersensitivity

    b. Type II hypersensitivity

    c. Type III hypersensitivity

    d. Type IV hypersensitivity

    e. Type V hypersensitivity

2. Which of the following is NOT part of the anticholinergic toxidrome?

    a. Blind as a Bat

    b. Dry as a Bone

    c. Mad as a Hatter

    d. Red as a Beet

    e. Sly as a Fox

3. Which part of Chondrodendron tomentosum is used to obtain d-tubocurarine?

    a. Bark

    b. Stem

    c. Leaf

    d. Flower

    e. Root

4. All of the following contain cardiac glycosides except:

    a. Foxglove

    b. Hemlock

    c. Lily of the valley

    d. Oleander

    e. All of the above contain cardiac glycosides

5. What is the toxin in mistletoe?

    a. Atropine

    b. Cicutoxin

    c. Coniine

    d. Lectin

    e. Tubocurare

Toxic or Not (2 points each)

Determine if the statement is true or false. If false, correct the statement so that it is true.

1. The fluid in poison ivy blisters will spread the rash.

2. Belladonna berries are black and deadly.

3. Hemlock is in the same family as parsnip.

4. Curare is a muscle relaxant that also affects the heart.

5. Digoxin has a wide therapeutic index.

Detox (2 points each)

Unscramble the following words or phrases. Spaces only indicate the number of words.

1. SEIRBRE

2. LUIEPDDI STPAL

3. GOCXE NOVLFMMOO

4. OUSPA SMIOCN

5. EMDWEOSJNI

Parseltongue (10 points each)

1. Weigh in on one of the topics that were featured on the radio program Toots, Shoots 'n' Roots. Your choices are Devil's Snare merely tickling? and Fanged Geranium nothing but gums? (Minimum 50 words)

2. Professor Sprout and Neville Longbottom were lobbing mandrakes over the wall during the Battle of Hogwarts. What other magical plant(s) would you have suggested and why? (Minimum 50 words)

Poison Study (20 points each)

1. Identify the plants in the following image. All plants were mentioned in the lesson. (2 points each)

2. Choose one or more of the following topics and write about what you find in 100 words or more. If you include a picture, only 50 words are required.

-Witch's flying ointment

-Wolfsbane, aconite, monkshood

-Wormwood

-Yew