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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. How do villi appear in disaccharidease def






2. milk intolerance






3. What layer in the mucosa is responsible for absorption






4. What kind of diarrhea is produced from a disaccharide def






5. a false diverticulum - herniation of mucosal tissue at junction of pharynx and esophagus - How does this present






6. trypsinogen is converted to trypsin via what enzyme






7. What intervention will intervention will relieve portal HTN






8. What is the frequency of basal electric rhythm of the stomach






9. persistence of viteline duct or yolk stalk possibly containing ectopic acid secreting gastric mucosa and/or pancreatic tissue






10. What does loss of p53 cause






11. conjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to defective liver excretion






12. What causes nutmeg liver






13. What is biliary colic






14. What are the signs of peutz jehgers






15. People of what decent are associated with celiac sprue and what findings/antibodies are present






16. motilin - source - action - regulation






17. What are the complications of chronic pancreatitis






18. What is the prognosis of adenocarcinoma






19. What gives stool its characteristic color






20. What pancreatic proteases are secreted as zymogens






21. What is contained with in the hepatoduodenal ligament - What two spaces does it connect - and when would you need to compress it






22. What do mucins do?






23. What are the histological findings of the colon






24. twisting of portion of bowel around its mesentery leading to obstruction and infarction - usually in elderly






25. Why would a self - limited lactase def occur following an injury (viral diarrhea)






26. What structures feed into the common bile duct






27. In viral hepatitis - which liver enzyme is higher






28. What is the cause of physiologic neonatal jaundice






29. What is the presentation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma






30. Why does indirect inguinal hernia happen in infacnts






31. Painless bleedgin of submucosal veins in lower 1/3 of esophagus






32. Between what structures do strong anastamoses exist






33. Gq and inc cAMP both work to do what in parietal cells






34. What does alpha amylase do and what inactivates it






35. What pancreatic enzymes are responsible for fat digestion






36. What is the other name for GIP (gastric inhibitory peptide)






37. What do tumors that arise in the head of the pancreas cause






38. What receptors does gastrin bind on the parietal cell and What does it activate






39. If the abdomincal aorta is obstructed - What is the path of blood to the inferior epigastric






40. How does gastrin increase acid secretion?






41. Why are most diverticula considered false






42. What kind of cancer to celiac sprue put you as inc risk for






43. What is the rate limiting step of carbohydrate digestion






44. is meckels a true diverticulum and how common is it






45. Where is folate absorbed






46. How is bilirubin carried in the blood






47. Autodigestion of pancreas by pancreatic enzymes






48. signet ring cells - acanthosis nigracans - dz - character/association - spread






49. Dysphagia in achalasia results from






50. congenital megacolon characterized by lack of ganglion/enteric nervous plexuses in segment on intestinal biopsy