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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






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






3. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






4. in the LV and aorta - What are the pressures?






5. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






6. What is a common complication of acute pancreatitis? What is it?






7. What is the most important prognostic indicator in patients with malignant melanoma?






8. 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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9. What is the fibrinogen level in patient with TTP- HUS? DIC?






10. what happens to the cell body of a neuron after the axon has been severed? What is this called? What is it second to?






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






12. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






13. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






14. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






15. in the fluid running along the PT - what happens to PAH - inulin - urea - creatinine? how about glucose - aa - bicarb?






16. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






17. what disease causes a lack of intracellular killing? lack of killing viruses and fungi?






18. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with ambiguous genitalia in females and salt retention?






19. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






20. What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






21. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






22. What type of cancer is keratin swirls indicative of ? What is the prognosis of this cancer in the esophagus? What is it associated with?






23. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






24. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






25. When does opening snap begin?






26. What is low levels of C1 esterase inhibitor diagnostic of? how can this be acquired?






27. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






28. which cells produce surfactant? which ones mediate gas exchange?






29. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






30. how long is substance P? What does it do?






31. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






32. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






33. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






34. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






35. What does phosphoglycerate mutase produce? In what process - instead of what? what cells used this and why?






36. how will ectopic pregnancy rupture present? What is key history question for diagnosis? what would a uterine biopsy show?






37. What is the mainstay treatment for acute mania?






38. What is epleronone?






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






40. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






41. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






42. What can cause aortic regurg? What is the heart sound you hear?






43. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






44. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






45. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






46. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






47. What is intussusception? how does ischemia and necrosis occur?






48. What triggers the neoplastic changes that are associated with HBV infecton?






49. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






50. hemaglobin and hematocrit levels cannot __________ between relative and absolute erythrocytosis