Chapter 12

drugs used in combo with anesthetic drugs to control the adverse effects or help maintain the state

loss of the ability to feel pain resulting from the administration of an anesthetic drug or other medical intervention

drugs that depress the CNS or peripheral nerves to produce diminution of consciousness, loss of responsiveness to sensory stimulation, or muscle relaxation

practice of using combinations of different drug classes rather than a single drug to produce anesthesia

• drug-induced state in which the CNS nerve impulses are altered to reduce pain throughout the entire body
• normally involves complete loss of consciousness and depression of normal respiratory drive

drug-induced state in which peripheral or spinal nerve impulses are altered to reduce or eliminate pain and other sensations in tissues innervated by these nerves

milder form of general anesthesia that causes partial or complete loss of consciousness but doesn't generally reduce normal respiratory  drive

describes the relationship between the lipid solubility of anesthetic drugs and their potency

local anesthesia induced by injection of an anesthetic drug near the spinal cord to anesthetize nerves that are distal to the site of injection