What physiological process is primarily involved in the absorption of orally adm
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What physiological process is primarily involved in the absorption of orally administered drugs?
Diffusion
Filtration
Active transport
Endocytosis
Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
What physiological process is primarily involved in the absorption of orally administered drugs?
Step 1: Understand that when you take a drug by mouth, it goes into your stomach and intestines.
Step 2: The drug needs to pass through the walls of the intestines to enter the bloodstream.
Step 3: The process that helps the drug move from the intestines into the blood is called diffusion.
Step 4: Diffusion means that the drug moves from an area where there is a lot of it (inside the intestines) to an area where there is less of it (in the blood).
Step 5: This movement continues until the concentration of the drug is equal on both sides of the intestinal wall.
