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NCLEX Question: What does Ace Inhibitor Mean?

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QUESTION NUMBER 2:

What does ACE in ACE Inhibitor mean?
A. Aldosterone-Converting Enzyme
B. Angiotensin-Channel Enzyme
C. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
D. Adrenergic-Channel Enzyme

When you encounter questions like this, hopefully you’ll recall “little prompts” that you created during your studies to arrive at the correct answer.
I remember that an ACE inhibitor works by causing the blood vessels to become enlarged or dilated, and thus causing a reduction in the blood pressure.  SO…I would link this answer mentally first to B or C, because I see the previx “angio”, so I would think of “blood vessels”. Now the correct answer is narrowed down to 2 instead of 4 choices. This is a common medication and one that you might have repeated on numerous occasions to explain to your patients about “how ACE inhibitors work by changing the blood vessels with a converting enzyme.  
This works for me, and maybe it will for you also!

The answer is C.   ACE in ACE inhibitor means Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme

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