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1. Where is the arterial supply from above the pectinate line - and What is the venous drainage






2. Who is at risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma






3. Dysphagia in achalasia results from






4. Where and How is iron absorbed






5. What complication can arise from indirect inguinal hernias






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






7. What structures feed into the cystic duct






8. most common non - neoplastic polyp in colon






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






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






11. What is charcot triad of cholangitis






12. What can hemochromatosis be secondary to...






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






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






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






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






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






18. Bilirubin is the product of what?






19. What serum enzyme is elevated in obstructive liver disease - bone disease and bile duct disease






20. What congenital birth defect is associated with Hirschsprung






21. What are the histological findings in the jejunum






22. How is salivary secretion stimulated






23. What does alpha amylase do and what inactivates it






24. How does brain injury lead to acute gastritis and What is it called






25. How does gastrin increase acid secretion?






26. What is indirect bilirubin






27. At what spinal level does the celiac trunk exit






28. What is the prognosis of adenocarcinoma






29. What do tumors that arise in the head of the pancreas cause






30. What artery passes around the duodenum






31. What causes carcinoid syndrome amd What are the symptoms






32. subQ peribumbilical metastasis






33. Are single polyps malignant in peutz jehgers






34. What drug inhibits the H/K ATPase






35. What is the ddx associated with appendicitis






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






37. Where is IgA shuttled






38. How do villi appear in disaccharidease def






39. Where does crohns usually affect the GI tract






40. GIP - source - action regulation






41. What carcinogens are associated with HCC






42. List the clinical findings of HCC






43. What portion of the bowel does sprue effect






44. Which area of the hindgut is a watershed area






45. What do mucins do?






46. Which IBD may or may not have blood diarrhea - and which will always have bloody diarrhea






47. What is a positive murphy's sign






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






49. When do you see hypertrophy of brunners glands






50. What is the sphincter of the pancreatic duct