KROK 1 2023 – Question 51 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient has an attack of bronchospasm. What membrane cytoreceptors of bronchial smooth muscles should be stimulated to improve the patient’s condition?
- A. Histamine H2 receptors
- B. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
- C. α-adrenergic receptors
- D. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
- E. β-adrenergic receptors
Hint
Think about which sympathetic receptor population relaxes airway smooth muscle, and which receptor type the rescue inhalers used in asthma attacks are designed to activate.
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