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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. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






2. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






3. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






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






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






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






7. What is the stabilizing force for the secondary structure of proteins?






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






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






10. What is a major risk factor for progression ARDS? What is the pathology seen in ARDS- d/t what?






11. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






12. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






13. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






14. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






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






16. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






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






18. What causes curlings ulcers?






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






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






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






22. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






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






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






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






26. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






27. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






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






29. What is epispadias caused by?






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






31. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






32. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






33. 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?






34. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






36. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






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






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






39. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






40. Where does terminal peptide cleavage of collagen fibrils take place?






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






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






43. What actions increase venous return?






44. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






45. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






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






47. What are the two mcc of focal brain lesions in HIV positive patients?






48. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






49. there are mucus secreting cells in the bronchioles...






50. What type of antiarrythmics can protect against both atrial and ventricular arrythmias?