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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What are the treatment options for uclerative colitis






2. What are additional risk factors for CRC






3. In PUD - with gastric ulcers - does pain inc or dec with meals?






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






5. What kind of digestion is bile needed for






6. necrosis of intestinal mucosa and possible perforation - usual colon involvement - more common in preemies






7. likely infectious form of malabsorption - responds to antibiotics






8. What commonly leads to appendicity in kids vs adults






9. At what spinal level does the celiac trunk exit






10. why infxn is implicated in duodenal PUD






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






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






13. What parts of the small bowel can tropical sprue effect






14. What does loss of p53 cause






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






16. Achalasia increases the risk For what complication






17. How many layers of spermatic fascia are covers an indirect inguinal hernia






18. Mucosal lacerations at the gastroesophageal junction due to severe vomiting - presentation - and risk groups






19. Acute gastritis is caused By what process






20. Progressive dyshphage beginning with solids and moving to liquids and weight loss






21. At what level do the testicular/ovarian arteries exit the aorta






22. How are all 3 monosaccharides transported to the blood






23. How does HCC spread - What is a common tumor marker and what syndrome can it lead to...






24. How do villi appear in disaccharidease def






25. multiple juvenil polyps in GI tract - risk






26. Achalasia can be secondary to what infectious disease common in South America






27. What is the action of NO as a GI hormone






28. Through which aspect of the inguinal canal does a direct inguinal go






29. With caput medusaw - between what vessels is the anastomoses and Where is it






30. If the abdominal aorta is blocked - How does blood get to the inferior pancreaticduodenal arter






31. With internal hemorrhoids Where is the anastomoses and Where is it






32. Where does an indirect inguinal hernia enter the deep inguinal ring






33. What makes a true diverticula






34. Where is folate absorbed






35. What does K- ras mutation cause






36. trypsinogen is converted to trypsin via what enzyme






37. What kind of muscle is in the lower 1/3 of the esophagus






38. Why does indirect inguinal hernia happen in infacnts






39. What are the foregut structures and what supplies their blood and PANS innvervation






40. Where is the pectinate line






41. Where on the stomach does the gastrohepatic ligament attach to - What does it contain - and How is used in surgery






42. What serum markers increase in cholecystitis with bile duct involvement






43. What are the four Fs of gallstones






44. What is Trousseau's sign






45. What structures feed into the common bile duct






46. With esophageal varices - between What two vessels is the portosystemic anastomoses and Where is it






47. inc cholesterol and/or bilirubin - dec bile salts and gallbladder stasis






48. What layer of fascia covers a direct inguinal hernia






49. Where is the pancreatic enzyme concentration highest and what reaction does it catalyze






50. How does hirschsprung present and appear on imaging