Introduction to Pharmacokinetics Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: oral : route for pill consumption ( _ delivery), intravenous : injection into the bloodstream for rapid action, subcutaneous : injection just beneath the skin’s surface into fatty tissue, intradermal : shallow injection into the dermal layer, typically for allergy testing, transdermal : application onto the skin for controlled systemic release, sublingual : placement under the tongue for rapid absorption, bioavailability : proportion of a drug that enters the bloodstream and is available for use, first pass : initial liver processing of a drug before systemic circulation ( _ metabolism), absorption : movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream, vd : theoretical volume in which a drug is uniformly distributed throughout the body (abbr.), metabolism : the chemical conversion of a drug into a metabolite, half life : time taken for the concentration of a drug in the body to reduce by half, solubility : a property relating to a drug's ability to dissolve in lipids (drug _ ), renal : elimination of drugs through the kidneys; a major excretory route ( _ excretion), pulmonary : elimination of drugs through the respiratory system; often via exhaled air ( _ excretion, gastrointestinal : removal of drugs through the digestive tract, including faecal elimination ( _ excretion), cl : the volume of plasma cleared of a drug over a specified period (abbr.)