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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What findings are associated with reyes






2. secretin - source - action - regulation






3. Abuse of what substance leads to acute gastritis






4. What causes carcinoid syndrome amd What are the symptoms






5. If the abdominal aorta is blocked - How does blood get to the left colic artery






6. What is the ddx associated with appendicitis






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






8. why infxn is implicated in duodenal PUD






9. What are the treatment options for uclerative colitis






10. What does loss of APC cause






11. What does autoimmune destruction of parietal cells lead to...






12. What kind of pathways do CCK act on to cause pancreatic secretion






13. What kind of cancer to celiac sprue put you as inc risk for






14. What does extrahepatic biliary obstruction cause






15. What is the most common cause of gallstones






16. Scleroderma is associated with what kind of esophageal dysmotility






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






18. At what level do the testicular/ovarian arteries exit the aorta






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






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






21. Cholecytsokinin - source - action - regulation






22. What is the path of an indirect inguinal hernia






23. What does alpha amylase do and what inactivates it






24. AD mutation in DNA mismatch repair genes - 80% progress to CRC - proximal colon always involved






25. How does abetalipoproteinemia lead to malabsorption






26. What structure is Not contained in the femoral sheath






27. Which monosaccharides are absorbed by the enterocytes and which transporters carry each






28. What kind of insults results in macronodular cirrhosis






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






30. Is there any structural abnl with IBS - What is the course of disease and presentation






31. What serum enzyme is elevated in acute pancreatitis and mumps






32. likely infectious form of malabsorption - responds to antibiotics






33. Where is B12 absorbed






34. How do NSAIDs cause acute gastritis






35. What is the term for deposition of hemosiderin and What is the name of the disease caused by that deposition






36. What are the borders of Hesselbach's triangle






37. At what level of the spine does the IM exit the aorta






38. In PUD - with gastric ulcers - does pain inc or dec with meals?






39. What cells secrete bicarb - What does it do - and what regulates it






40. involvement of left supraclavicular node by mets from stomach

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41. What makes a true diverticula






42. How do you DX and TX gallstones






43. Autoantibodies to gluten (gliadin) in wheat and other grains






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






45. B cells stimuated in the germinal centers of peyers patches differentiate into what?






46. What can fistula between the gallbladder and small intestine create and how can you tell






47. What does TOASTED with alcoholic hepatitis stand for






48. What pancreatic enzymes are responsible for fat digestion






49. What is contained within the submucosa

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50. In jaundice of hepatocellular etiology - is the hyperbilirubinemia conjugate or UN - what happens to urine bili - and urine urobilinogen