KROK 1 2012 – Question 122 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A man got poisoned with mushrooms. They contain muscarine that stimulates muscarinic cholinoreceptors. What symptom is typical for poisoning with inedible mushrooms?
- A. Bronchi dilation
- B. Arterial pressure rise
- C. Heart rate rise
- D. Mydriasis
- E. Miosis
Hint
Muscarine mimics acetylcholine at parasympathetic effector organs, so ask what parasympathetic stimulation does to the eye, airways, heart and vessels.
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