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Musculoskeletal

Subject : health-sciences
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1. excessive fibrosis and collagen deposition throughout the body - common in skin manifesting as puffy taut skin with absence of wrinkles






2. What are the subQ rheumatoid nodules made of...






3. Anterior hip dislocation causes injury to what nerve and What are the motor and sensory defs






4. What are common features of lupus






5. hyperkeratosis with retention of nuclei in stratum corneum seen in psoriasis






6. What are the characterstic joints affected in RA






7. What causes the symptoms of MG to worsen - and What is used to diagnose






8. Associated with M. pneumonia - HSV - sulfa drugs - B lactams - phenytoin - cancers and autoimmune dz - skin disorder and description






9. Depolarizaition causes what voltage sensitive receptor coupled to what other receptor to induce a conformational change In what structure - releasing what?






10. epi of SLE






11. What kind of endocrine abnl are associated with McCune Albright






12. Thenar eminence - nerve and muscles






13. What test if specific for lupus but doesn't indicate prognosis






14. What are the motor - sensory deficits and sign of carpal tunnel syndrome






15. What are characteristic findings of gout






16. What supplies innervation to the thenar muscles






17. white painless plaques on the tongue that cannot be scraped off - dz - population - implicated virus






18. What is a very specific test for lupus






19. appreas in 30s to 40s - does not regress






20. In which form is myosin light chain active






21. mechanical wear and tear of joints leading to destruction of articular cartilage






22. Where is C7 dermatome






23. acute painful spreading infxn of dermis and subQ tissues - condition and orgs






24. What is the test for drug induced lupus






25. What is the primary screening test for lupus






26. What are the possible origins of the paget's disease






27. What causes hypercalcemia in pts with sarcoid






28. What do dorsal interosseous muscles do






29. What are predisposing factors for osteosarcoma - xray finding


30. exotoxin destroys keratinocyte attachments in the stratum granulosum - fever - generalized erythematous rash with sloughing of the upper layers of the dermis - newborns and children






31. loss of what muscles in Erbs causes the medial rotation






32. What do the lumbrical muscles do






33. What kind of jxn is in the zona adherens and Where is it - What is it composed of - and what ion does it does it depend on...






34. What lesion causes difficulty flexing elbow with variable sensory loss






35. separation of epidermal cells






36. What does soft bones result from and What is the dz called in adults and children






37. Tumor occuring mostly at epiphyseal end of long bones - occuring btw 20 and 40 - locally aggressive bening tumor around distal femur and proximal tibia - tumor and characteristic xray findings






38. bone replaced by fibroblasts and irregular bony trabeculae affecting many bones






39. dried exudates from a vesicle - bulla or pustule seen impetigo






40. irregular raised lesion resulting from scar tissue hypertrophy - follows trauma to skin - common to african americans see in T. pertenue (yaws)






41. Which nerve is compressed in deep forearm






42. What causes a lesion in the axillary nerve






43. Reduction of primarily trabecular (spongy) bone mass despite nl bone mineralization lab values






44. What organisms can cause chronic infectious arthritis






45. which muscle type is fast twitch and why are fibers white






46. What signal initiates a muscle contraction






47. What nerve is injured by a superficial laceration of the hand






48. Which muscle is the pitching injury and What does it do






49. flat - greasy - pigmented - squamous epithelial proliferation with keratin - filled cyts (horn cysts) - looks pasted on...






50. Deposition of calcium pyrophosphate cyrstals within the joint space