Match the medication administration route with the body’s response to that route.

a.  Absorbed through the skin via a patch or ointment preparation applied to the skin
b.  Effects of a medication that are observed throughout the body
c.  Injected beneath the skin into the fatty tissue layer
d.  Applied directly to the skin to treat skin conditions, not for systemic absorption
e.  Injected deep into a muscle


1. c.  Injected beneath the skin into the fatty tissue layer
2. b.  Effects of a medication that are observed throughout the body
3. d.  Applied directly to the skin to treat skin conditions, not for systemic absorption
4. a.  Absorbed through the skin via a patch or ointment preparation applied to the skin
5. e.  Injected deep into a muscle

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