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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is somatomedin C?






2. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






3. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






4. Where is the base of the heart? apex?






5. What is epispadias caused by?






6. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






7. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






8. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






9. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






10. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






11. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






12. What is extraocular muscle weakness a common symptom of?






13. does congenital renal hypoplasia cause secondary hypertension? how about unilateral renal artery stenosis?






14. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






15. Where does 90% of serotonin lie? What is this NT responsible?






16. What type of drug is alendronate?






17. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






18. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?






19. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






20. h1 receptor anatagonists are not effective in treatment of asthma only for...






21. What is the mutation type in thalassemias? what process is defective because of this?






22. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






23. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






24. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






25. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






26. what color pigmentations are caused by malassezia furfur? when do they become more visible?






27. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






28. at 2 years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






29. what protein is increased in Crohns disease? What does it do?






30. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






31. What is epleronone?






32. the rate of blood flow of which two circulations must equal each other at all times?






33. when do ghon complexes form - primary or secondary TB?






34. PDAs are often asymptomatic. How do you treat?






35. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






36. erythema nodosum - elevated ACE - scattered granulomas - arthralgias - hilar lymphadenoapthy are indicative of what?






37. on What part of the clavicle does the SCM attach?






38. sporadic colon cancer tend to arise From what type of polyps?






39. where exactly is ACE expressed in the lungs? What type of enzyme is it?






40. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






41. What is the neurologic manifestation of ADPKD?






42. what nerve and artery course along the posterior aspect of the humerus?






43. Metronidizaole does not cover...






44. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






45. What does glycosylase do to DNA? endonuclease? lyase? What does the order here of enzymes represent? what other enzymes are needed?

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46. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?






47. Where is high frequency sound best recepted? low frequency sound? Which is lost more in elderly?






48. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






49. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






50. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?