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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






2. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






3. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






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






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






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






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






8. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






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






10. What is the mcc of cystitis and and acute pyelonephritis? mcc of UTI in sexually active women?






11. ___________ is liver specific






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






13. Where is the base of the heart? apex?






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






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






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






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






18. What is epleronone?






19. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






20. Where does 90% of serotonin lie? What is this NT responsible?






21. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






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






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






24. neisseria are...






25. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






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






27. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






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






29. When does opening snap begin?






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






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






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






33. What is tachyphylaxis?






34. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






35. Where does lysyl oxidase act? What is the cofactor for that?






36. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






37. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






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






39. why does variocele occur more in left side?






40. Where does the aorta lie in relation to the pulmonary artery in transposition of the great arteries (is this right to left or left to right shunt?)?






41. What is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






42. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






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






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






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






46. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






47. What is the most common initital symptom of ADPKD? what else?






48. What does NF- KB do?






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






50. What is hypospadias caused by?