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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 anti epileptic is preferred in patients with both absence and tonic clonic seizures?






2. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






3. What actions increase venous return?






4. What are the common causes of metabolic alkalosis? How do you differentiate between them?






5. what nerve and artery course along the posterior aspect of the humerus?






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






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






8. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






9. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






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






11. 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?






12. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






13. If a patient has higher levels of HbF - What does this mean?






14. in treating an anemia and erythropoiesis results - what would you expect to see in peripheral blood findings transiently?






15. What does the tuberoinfundibular pathway connect? What is it responsible for?






16. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






17. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






18. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






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






20. Where is aromatase used?






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






22. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






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






24. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






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






26. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






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






28. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






29. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






30. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






31. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






32. What is pickwickian syndrome? What are the lab findings?






33. What is the precursor protein to beta amyloid and On what chromosome is it found?






34. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






35. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






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






37. What is tachyphylaxis?






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






39. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






40. What causes the blurry vision side effects in first generation anti histamines?






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






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






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






44. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






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






46. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






47. what provides some cutaneous sensation to the posterior external auditory canal? What can happen if pressure is put there?






48. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






49. Increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality has been observed in _____ over last four decades






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