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USMLE Step 1 Prep

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1. What phosphodiesterase inhibitor is used IV in the management of status asthmaticus ?






2. Are used in combination with estrogens to decrease the risk of endometrial cancer.






3. What is the most common one? - Cardiac tumor






4. What causes an increase in bone mineralization and Ca2+ along with PO4- absorption from the GI tract and kidney tubules?






5. What is the term for the pH at which the structure carries no charge?






6. What HPV serotypes are associated with increased risk of cervical cancer?






7. What type of cerebral bleed is due to a rupture of a berry aneurysm in the circle of Willis?






8. How many oogonia are present at birth?






9. Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.) x PSA and prostatic acid phosphatase






10. Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.) x Nitrosamines






11. What is the most common one? - Primary malignant tumor of the female genital tract in the world






12. Are the following parameters associated with an obstructive or restrictive lung disorder: decreased FEV1 - FVC - peak flow - and FEV1/FVC; increased TLC - FRC - and RV?






13. WBCs in the urine






14. What hormone is required for 1 - 25- dihydroxy- vitamin D (1 - 25- diOH- D) to have bone resorbing effects?






15. What nerves carry the sensory and motor components of the blink reflex?






16. What is the most common one? - Tumor of the female genital tract






17. Does the heart rate determine the diastolic or systolic interval?






18. What is the most common form of dementia?

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19. How many days after the LH surge is ovulation?






20. What is the DOC for coccidioidomycosis?






21. What cancer of the male genitourinary system is associated with osteoblastic bony metastasis?






22. Where are the preganglionic neuron cell bodies - the CNS or the PNS?






23. From What embryonic structure are the following structures derived? - The ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk






24. Name the DNA virus: x Linear dsDNA; naked; replicates in the nucleus






25. Close before the valves on the left side of the heart.






26. What type of chromatin is transcriptionally active?






27. What complement factor or factors are associated with x Membrane attack complex (MAC)?






28. Name the antidote - Nitrates






29. Name the ventricular muscle membrane channel: x Closed at rest; depolarization causes channels to open slowly






30. What is the term for the copper corneal deposits found in Wilson's disease?






31. What cell of the nephron is responsible for renin production and secretion?






32. What blotting technique uses the following for analysis? - DNA






33. Are the following responses associated with histamines H1 or H2 receptor activation? - Pain and pruritus






34. Name three opsonins.






35. What are the three mechanisms of action for atrial natriuretic peptide's diuretic and natriuretic affects?






36. What ocular muscle x Abducts the eyeball and is involved in horizontal conjugate gaze?






37. What is the first Ag seen in an individual with hepatitis?






38. What antiviral agents inhibit neuraminidases of influenza A and B?






39. What small - facultative gram - negative intracellular rod's transmission is associated with unpasteurized dairy products and undulant fever?






40. What is the PO2 of aortic blood in fetal circulation?






41. Name the most common type or cause - Acute renal failure in the United States






42. What cestode causes cysticercosis?






43. What pancreatic islet cell tumor is associated with hypoglycemia - sweating - hunger - confusion - and increased C- peptide levels?






44. If a patient with a cerebellar lesion has nystagmus - which way is the fast component directed - toward or away from the lesion?






45. What is the term for the first 3 to 5 days of the female reproductive cycle?






46. What is the only trematode that is not hermaphroditic?






47. What seronegative spondyloarthropathy is seen in HLA- B27- positive young men - involves the sacroiliac joints - has no subcutaneous nodules - and has a bamboo spine appearance on radiograph?






48. Name the form of spina bifida - Defect in the vertebral arch






49. Lack platelets.






50. Which hepatitis virus is in the Picornaviridae family?