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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is epispadias caused by?






2. how does eos release MBP to kill protozoa etc?






3. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






4. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






5. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






6. 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?






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






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






9. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






10. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






11. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






12. what stimulates bicarb secretion from the pancreas? Where is this hormone produced?






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






14. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






15. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






16. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






17. what dictates the resting membrane potential of most cells?






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






19. IL4 is used for isotypye switching to what?






20. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






21. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






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






23. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






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






25. 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?






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






27. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






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






29. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






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






31. what indicates the severity of a mitral regurg ? mitral stenosis?






32. eukaryotes are often polycistronic (multiple genes per mRNA) so ____________ is linked






33. at three years of age What are social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






34. What are biphosphanate drugs structurally similar to? What are they used in the treatment of?






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






36. What torch causes an intrapartum infection (as opposed to the rest which are in utero)?






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






38. Where is aromatase used?






39. What does anti phospholipid syndrome in SLE patients predispose them to?






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






41. other than proteinuria - What can cause foamy froathy urine?






42. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






43. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






44. What type of drug is atropine? what else is needed in addition to atropine when treating organophosphate poison?






45. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






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






47. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






48. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






49. why are pregnant predisposed to cholelithiasis?






50. What actions increase venous return?