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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. twisting of portion of bowel around its mesentery leading to obstruction and infarction - usually in elderly






2. What are the layers of the gut wall from inside out






3. How do secondary biliary cirrhosis - primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis present






4. vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) - source - action - regulation






5. final and irreversible alcoholic liver disease with micronodular irregularly shrunken liver with hobnail appearance






6. What is contained with in the hepatoduodenal ligament - What two spaces does it connect - and when would you need to compress it






7. What test and result confirms H pylori infxn






8. HyperIgM associated with ulcerative colitis can lead to what biliary tract disease






9. diffuse fibrosis of liver destroying nl architecture with nodular regeneration






10. Which IBD has skip lesions and can hit any portion of the GI tract but sprares the rectum - and Which is mainly has continuous lesions in the colon and always has rectal involvement






11. What kind of digestion is bile needed for






12. strictures - fistulas - perianal disease - malabsorption - nutritional depletion - colorectal cancer






13. What is a positive murphy's sign






14. What conditions are associated with budd chiari






15. What are the borders of Hesselbach's triangle






16. To what substance is bilirubin conjugated and why






17. Why does volvulus occur more at cecum and sigmoid colon






18. Where is IgA shuttled






19. Acute gastritis is caused By what process






20. What does bicarb do in the duodenum






21. What does high flow rate mean






22. What does alpha amylase do and what inactivates it






23. in budd chiari syndrome - Where is the congestion and necrosis






24. What are the branches of the celiac trunk and What do they supply






25. Which IBD has noncaseating granulomas and lymphoid aggregates - and which has crypt abscesses and ulcers with bleeding






26. What are additional risk factors for CRC






27. What is biliary colic






28. What does K- ras mutation cause






29. What is the TX of physiologic neonatal jaundice






30. What is the leading cause of bowel incarceration






31. AD - mutation of APC gene on chromosome 5q - two hit hypothesis - 100% progress to CRC - 1000s of polyps - pancolonic - rectal involvement






32. likely infectious form of malabsorption - responds to antibiotics






33. If trypsin activates more trypsinogen - what kind of feedback loop is established






34. What kind of muscle is in the lower 1/3 of the esophagus






35. What kind of lesions are characteristic of duodenal PUD vs cancer






36. What color is the liver in dubin johnson - and what similar syndrome doesn't have gross color changes in the liver






37. What cells make gastric acid - What does it do to stomach pH and what substances regulate it






38. What structures feed into the cystic duct






39. Diaphragmatic hernias occur in infants because of defective development of which membrane






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






41. What does bicab do in the mouth






42. What is the rate limiting step of carbohydrate digestion






43. Where does copper accumulate in Wilsons and What are ABCD






44. What histological findings are present in the esophagus






45. In MSI - What is the mechanism for CRC and what syndrome is associated with this defect






46. What does histo show for alpha1 antitrypsin def






47. Dysphagia in achalasia results from






48. What causes nutmeg liver






49. What is the most common esophageal cancer worldwide and in the US






50. At what spinal level does the SMA exit