Which strategy is the most comprehensive way to study autonomic nervous system (ANS) pharmacology?
1. Mastering the terminology of autonomic drugs
2. Studying the adrenergic agonist responses
3. Memorizing the parasympatholytic or muscarinic antagonist response
4. Comparing the drugs to the same or opposite effect of the fight-or-flight response
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Mastering the terminology of autonomic drugs is a helpful strategy, but not as comprehensive as the correct answer.
Rationale 2: Studying the adrenergic agonists is a helpful strategy, but not as comprehensive as the correct answer.
Rationale 3: Memorizing the parasympatholytic or muscarinic antagonist response is a helpful strategy, but not as comprehensive as the correct answer.
Rationale 4: The first group of drugs will provide logical extensions for the remaining three groups.
Global Rationale: Comparing the drugs to the same or opposite effect of the fight-or-flight response will provide logical extensions for the remaining three groups. Mastering the terminology of autonomic drugs and studying the adrenergic agonists are helpful strategies, but not as comprehensive as the correct answer. Memorizing the parasympatholytic or muscarinic antagonist response is a helpful strategy, but not as comprehensive as the correct answer.
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