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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 does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






2. in overweight individuals What is thought to contribute to insulin resistance?






3. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






4. What aa is NAD+ coenyzme synthesized endogenously from? What does def cause?






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






6. What is 5- HETE and What does it do?






7. What are the three presentations of ataxia telangectasia? What does the mutation cause? What is the mode of inheritance?






8. What agonists reduce the gradient across the LV outflow tract?






9. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






10. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






11. What is the neurologic manifestation of ADPKD?






12. When is acid phosphatase elevated (Name two times)?






13. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






14. What is diagnostic (and possible therapeutic for intussusception)?






15. which nucleus releases serotonin?






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






17. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






18. What are the primary determinants of colon cancer risk in UC patients






19. within the right atrium - What is the maximum pressure? left atrium?






20. What is mcc of death pre hospital phase of MI? in hospital phase?






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






22. what has the greatest effect on prognosis when treating c. diptheriae?






23. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?






24. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






25. In what view of CXR is anterior part of heart best seen? anterior part of heart is formed by?right border of heart is formed by? left border?






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






27. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






28. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






29. facial pain and headache in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is highly suggestive of what? How do you diagnose? What is a char finding?






30. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






31. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






32. What is somatomedin C?






33. What is epispadias caused by?






34. What are the acute effects of corticosteroids on the CBC?






35. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






36. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






37. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






38. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






39. 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?






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






41. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






42. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






43. How do bradykinin - C3a and C5a cause edema?






44. 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?






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






46. why does variocele occur more in left side?






47. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






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






49. what bursa is affected when on knees like a maid/gardner?






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