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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What is the presenting course for appendicity

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






3. What are the complications of acute pancreatitis






4. In which portion of the esophagus is it sqamous cell cancer and in which portion is adenocarcinoma






5. Where is there sclerosis in alcoholic cirrohosis






6. What does a gastrinoma cause






7. GIP - source - action regulation






8. What are the complications of duodenal PUD






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






10. How do you DX and TX gallstones






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






12. why infxn is implicated in duodenal PUD






13. Where does inflammation in diverticula likely cause pain - what other signs/symptoms are present and What are the complications






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






15. persistence of viteline duct or yolk stalk possibly containing ectopic acid secreting gastric mucosa and/or pancreatic tissue






16. What nerve innervates the external hemorrhoids






17. What is contained within the submucosa

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18. What receptor does histamine bind on the parietal cell and What does it activate






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






20. What causes carcinoid syndrome amd What are the symptoms






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






22. Which IBD usually has transmural inflammation and which has mucosal and submucosal inflammation and What are the characteristic signs of each






23. How does loss of NO secretion affect the esophagus and what results






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






25. Where is the pectinate line






26. What findings are associated with reyes






27. What is the cause of physiologic neonatal jaundice






28. subQ peribumbilical metastasis






29. What tumor cause PUD with duodenal ulcer and what glands become hypertrophied






30. With internal hemorrhoids Where is the anastomoses and Where is it






31. secretin - source - action - regulation






32. What are the results of hemochromatosis






33. List the clinical findings of HCC






34. What are the ABCDEF of esophageal cancer






35. What do the rugae of stomach look like in menetriers disease






36. What cells make pepsin - What does it do - and what regulates it






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






38. Why are most diverticula considered false






39. What are the borders of Hesselbach's triangle






40. What layer in the mucosa is repsonsible for motility






41. What are the treatment options for uclerative colitis






42. At what spinal level does the is the bifurcation of aorta






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






44. What factors increase risk of malignancy of adenomatous polyps






45. a false diverticulum - herniation of mucosal tissue at junction of pharynx and esophagus - How does this present






46. Which viral infxns/treatments are associated with reyes syndrome






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






48. What are the extraintestinal manifestations of crohns






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






50. What artery passes around the duodenum