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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What are the treatment options for uclerative colitis






2. What are the labs for primary/secondary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis






3. What percentage of gall stones are cholesterol stones and What are the associations






4. Why does carcinoid syndrome not occur if tumor is confined to GI system






5. What is a positive murphy's sign






6. congenital megacolon characterized by lack of ganglion/enteric nervous plexuses in segment on intestinal biopsy






7. inflammatino of gallbadder






8. What is charcot triad of cholangitis






9. Which glands secrete alkaline mucus to neutralize acid contents entering the duodenum from the stomach and are located in the duodenal submucosa






10. What reaction does salivary amylase catalyze






11. blind pouch protruding from alimentary tract that communicates with lumen of the gut






12. Where is the pancreatic enzyme concentration highest and what reaction does it catalyze






13. What are the treatmet options for crohns






14. Esophagitis can result From which 3 infectious agents - or chemical ingestion






15. What are the common causes of gastric ulcers - What causes gastric ulcer






16. What is the frequency of basal electric rhythm in the duodenum






17. What serum markers increase in cholecystitis with bile duct involvement






18. What kind of gall stones are mostly radiolucent and what percentage is opaque and due to what?






19. What are the borders of Hesselbach's triangle






20. What gives stool its characteristic color






21. Which is used more quickly - an oral glucose load - or that by IV






22. Where is bicarb trapped






23. Where are oligosaccharide hydrolases and What do they do






24. Where on the stomach does the gastrohepatic ligament attach to - What does it contain - and How is used in surgery






25. Unencapsulated lymphoid tissue found in lamina proporia and submucosa of small intestine containing specialized M cells that take up antigen






26. How do villi appear in disaccharidease def






27. Where is the deep inguinal ring relative to the inferior epigastric vessels






28. In what scenarios do pts with gilberts have inc bili






29. What are the complications of acute pancreatitis






30. inc cholesterol and/or bilirubin - dec bile salts and gallbladder stasis






31. How does abetalipoproteinemia lead to malabsorption






32. What is biliary colic






33. most common non - neoplastic polyp in colon






34. What layer of fascia covers a direct inguinal hernia






35. Who is at risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma






36. How does CRC present in the distal and proximal colon






37. What conditions are associated with budd chiari






38. What kind of salivary gland tumor is painless - moveable mass - bening with high rate of recurrence - most common salivary gland tumor






39. Achalasia can be secondary to what infectious disease common in South America






40. People of what decent are associated with celiac sprue and what findings/antibodies are present






41. what kind of muscle is in the upper 1/3 of esophagus






42. What are the complications of chronic pancreatitis






43. What kind of hernia protrudes below the inguinal ligament - Where does travel relative to pubic tubercle and who gets them






44. Dysphagia in achalasia results from






45. multiple juvenil polyps in GI tract - risk






46. Achalasia increases the risk For what complication






47. What are the signs and symptoms of budd chiari






48. reduction in intestinal blood flow causes ischemia - pain after eating - weight loss - occurs at splenic flexure and distal colon - elderly






49. misfolded gene product protein accumulates in hepatocellular ER - dec in elastic tissu in lungs leading panacinar emphysema






50. What does bicab do in the mouth