KROK 1 2010 – Question 143 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A man was intoxicated with mushrooms. They contain muscarine that stimulates muscarinic cholinoreceptors. What symptoms signalize intoxication with inedible mushrooms?
- A. Rise of arterial pressure
- B. Myotic pupils
- C. Increased heart rate
- D. Bronchi dilatation
- E. Mydriatic pupils
Hint
Muscarinic stimulation reproduces parasympathetic activity, so think through how that branch of the autonomic system affects the heart, the bronchi and the eye.
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