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1. What happens to dopamine levels when we awaken?






2. What is the leading cause of school dropout?






3. What are effects of PTH in the kidney?






4. What paraphilia is defined as x Deriving sexual pleasure from watching others having sex - grooming - or undressing?






5. Which organisms have polycistronic mRNA?






6. What is the most common one? - Primary CNS tumor






7. What syndrome is characterized by bilateral medial temporal lobe lesion - placidity - hyperorality - hypersexuality - hyperreactivity to visual stimuli - and visual agnosia?






8. Which form of emphysema is associated with an alpha1- antitrypsin deficiency?






9. What type of resistance system (i.e. - high or low) is formed when resistors are added in parallel?






10. In a topographical arrangement of the cerebellar homunculus map - What area or lobe x Controls distal musculature?






11. Which major cell type is found in the red pulp of the spleen?






12. With what stage of sleep are night terrors associated?






13. What preganglionic sympathetic fibers are responsible for innervating the foregut and the midgut?






14. Does ELISA or Western blot confirm whether a patient is HIV- positive?






15. Name the laryngeal muscle described by the following: x Pulls the arytenoids cartilages closer to the thyroid - relaxing the vocal ligaments and thereby decreasing the pitch






16. What is the term for formation of a stable fibrin - platelet plug to stop bleeding?






17. What viral infection is known to cause intracerebral calcifications?






18. What is the most common form of non - Hodgkin lymphoma in the United States?






19. Which three aminoglycosides have vestibular toxicity?






20. What disease is seen in the 20- to 40-year - old age group - is more prevalent in women than men - involves diarrhea with or without bloody stools - starts in the rectum and ascends without skipping areas - includes pseudopolyps - and has a thickness






21. Name the cerebral vessel associated with the following vascular pathologies - Subarachnoid hemorrhage






22. What are the following changes seen in the luminal fluid by the time it leaves the PCT of the nephron? - Osmolarity






23. Which of the following






24. Name the RNA subtype based on the following: x Only type of RNA that is translated






25. What percent of sexual abuse cases are committed by family members?






26. What is the term to describe how easily a vessel stretches?






27. What is the DOC for the following protozoal infections? - Leishmaniasis






28. What are the three polymorphonuclear leukocytes? Be specific.






29. What receptor is in the smooth muscle cells of the small bronchi - is stimulated during inflation - and inhibits inspiration?






30. Name the primary vesicle the following structures are derived from (proencephalon - mesencephalon - or rhombencephalon) - Pons






31. What syndrome results when there is a deletion to paternal chromosome 15? Maternal?






32. What type of DNA library is made from the mRNA from a tissue expressing a particular gene?






33. What fructose metabolism enzyme is deficient in patients with vomiting - apathy - diarrhea - jaundice - proximal renal tubular acidosis - hypoglycemia - and hyperuricemia?






34. What is the most common one? - Sites for abdominal aorta aneurysm






35. What gene inhibits apoptosis by preventing the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria?






36. How are flow through the loop of Henle and concentration of urine related?






37. What is the only glycosaminoglycan (GAG) that binds to the linker portion of the proteoglycan?






38. What is the major ketone body produced during alcoholic ketoacidosis?






39. What is the most common one? - Cardiac pathology in patients with SLE






40. What is the term for a substance secreted by a leukocyte in response to a stimulus?






41. Name the compartment of the mediastinum associated with the following thoracic structures: Descending aorta






42. What happens to REM - REM latency - and stage 4 sleep during major depression?






43. What drug that penetrates the blood - brain barrier is found in asthma preparations and used as a nasal decongestant?






44. What is the most common lethal AR disorder affecting white Americans?






45. In the elderly - what happens to total sleep time - percentage of REM sleep - and percentage of NREM sleep?






46. What aspects of sleep are affected during benzodiazepine use?






47. What DNA virus is associated with exanthem subitum (roseola)?






48. Name the four components of the narcoleptic tetrad.






49. What vascular injury may result from a supracondylar fracture of the femur?






50. What drug is an M1- specific antispasmodic?







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