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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. what kind of muscle is in the upper 1/3 of esophagus






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






3. Which area of the hindgut is a watershed area






4. secretin - source - action - regulation






5. Where does type A chronic gastritis occur and What causes it






6. What serum enzyme is elevated inacute pancreatitis






7. mostly sporadic lesions in children < 5 - 80% in rectum - When is there no risk of malignant potential






8. What are the complications of Meckels






9. What kind of diarrhea is produced from a disaccharide def






10. Where is IgA shuttled






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






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






13. Which patients have pigment stones






14. in CF - meconium plug obstructs intestine - preventing stool passage at birth






15. alcoholic liver disease with short term change and moderate EtOH intake - macrovesicular fatty change that may be reversible






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






17. FAP + malignant CNS tumor






18. motilin - source - action - regulation






19. alcoholic liver disease that requires sustained - long term consumption - with swollen and necrotic hepatocytes with neutrophilic infiltration






20. How many layers of spermatic fascia are covers an indirect inguinal hernia






21. HCC is associated with what other conditions






22. What does primary sclerosing cholangitis lead to...






23. If the hemochromatosis is primary - What is the pattern of inheritance






24. What does loss of p53 cause






25. What do you use to diagnose meckels






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






27. What is the mechanism for reyes syndrome






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






29. What is the most common indication of emergent abdominal surgery in children






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






31. What type of insults result in micronodular cirrhosis






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






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






34. What source of salivary secretion is the most serous and What is the most mucinous






35. What are the midgut structures and what supplies their blood and PANS innervation






36. What are additional risk factors for CRC






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






38. acute bowel obstruction - commonly from a recent surgery - can have well demarcated necrotic zones






39. in carcinoid tumors - What is seen on EM






40. What does a low flow rate mean for saliva






41. What is the characteristic histo finding in alcoholic hepatitis






42. How does abetalipoproteinemia lead to malabsorption






43. Where is folate absorbed






44. What separates the right greater and lesser sacs






45. Gastrin - source - action - regulation






46. What structure is Not contained in the femoral sheath






47. How is salivary secretion stimulated






48. internal hemorrhoids and adenocarcinoma occur above or below pectinate line?






49. What is the sphincter of the pancreatic duct






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