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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






2. What does TGF beta do? What produces it?






3. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






4. What are examples of action that decrease venous return to the heart?






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






6. What are the three dopaminergic systems and What are they responsible for? disease?






7. 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?






8. integrin mediated adhesion of cells to ECM (and BM) involves integrin binding to what?






9. What three things can reduce the risk of non hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancer?






10. what happens with LDL receptor density in statin therapy?






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






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






13. What are diastolic (lowest) pressures in aorta? LV?






14. What are the two pharmacologic antagonists that offer clear benefit in allergic asthma?






15. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






16. What does 'oxygen' content in blood refer to?






17. What causes alpha helical proteins in alzheimers to become insoluble and prone to aggregating?






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






19. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






20. What is suggestive of complete central DI?






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






22. Axillary lymph node dissection is a risk factor for the development of chronic lymphedema of the ipsilateral arm. What does chronic lymphedema predispose to?






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






24. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






25. what composes the superior and inferior borders of the right side of the cardiac silouhette in a CXR? Where is the pulm arter?






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






27. 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?






28. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






29. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






30. What can nitrates lead to that is bad for angina therapy? How do you counter this?






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






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






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






34. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






35. What is the mcc of elevated AFP leves in pregnancy>






36. What is the presentation of sever aortic stenosis?






37. What can cause virilization of a mother during pregnancy?






38. other than in pyelonephritis - where else are WBC casts seen?






39. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






40. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






41. What is the sole neurologic manifestation of acute rheumatic fever?






42. What are some of the permissive effects of cortisol?






43. What are the two growth factors associated with angiogenesis?






44. What is the mc manifestation of CMV in HIV patient? immunocompetent?






45. What type of vision is myopia? In What type of patients does it improve?






46. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






47. are there signs of inflammation in avascular necrosis? then How do you diagnose?






48. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






49. what diseases can vit A be used to treat?






50. Is there edema in primary Conns? secondary hyperaldosteronism? why?