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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. At what level of the spine does the IM exit the aorta






2. motilin - source - action - regulation






3. What color is the liver in dubin johnson - and what similar syndrome doesn't have gross color changes in the liver






4. What gives urine its characteristic color






5. What intervention will intervention will relieve portal HTN






6. What are the complications of duodenal PUD






7. Failure of relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter - Name and etiology






8. final and irreversible alcoholic liver disease with micronodular irregularly shrunken liver with hobnail appearance






9. What nerve innervates the external hemorrhoids






10. What kind of pathways do CCK act on to cause pancreatic secretion






11. What is the most common diaphragmatic hernia and What are the two types






12. How many layers outpouch in a false diverticula and they occur At what point of weakness and what?






13. How does loss of NO secretion affect the esophagus and what results






14. What is indirect bilirubin






15. What serum enzyme is decreased in wilsons disease






16. What are the histological findings in the jejunum






17. What are the layers of the gut wall from inside out






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






19. Which patients have pigment stones






20. Which IBD may or may not have blood diarrhea - and which will always have bloody diarrhea






21. Tumor of neuroendocrine cells constituting 50% of small bowel tumors - most common sites are the appendix - ileum and rectum






22. AD syndrome featuring multiple nonmalignant hamartomas throughout GI tract






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






24. What are the main components of bile






25. Why does carcinoid syndrome not occur if tumor is confined to GI system






26. What is the cause of physiologic neonatal jaundice






27. If the abdominal aorta is blocked - How does blood get to the left colic artery






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






29. Esophagitis can result From which 3 infectious agents - or chemical ingestion






30. What are the longterm sequelae of nutmeg liver






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






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






33. What do the rugae of stomach look like in menetriers disease






34. What drug blocks the H2R






35. In PUD with a duodenal ulcer does pain inc or dec with meals






36. Which area of the hindgut is a watershed area






37. What retroperitoneal structure flanks both sides of the pancreas on CT






38. Who gets Whipple disease and How do they present






39. Where is there sclerosis in alcoholic cirrohosis






40. in CF - meconium plug obstructs intestine - preventing stool passage at birth






41. What is the main symptom if a VIPoma






42. alcoholic liver disease that requires sustained - long term consumption - with swollen and necrotic hepatocytes with neutrophilic infiltration






43. somatostatin - source - action - regulation






44. What drug inhibits the H/K ATPase






45. What are the extraintestinal manifestations of crohns






46. misfolded gene product protein accumulates in hepatocellular ER - dec in elastic tissu in lungs leading panacinar emphysema






47. What is the most important mechanism in gastric acid secretion






48. Which kind of hemorrhoids are painful and why






49. What pancreatic enzymes are responsible for fat digestion






50. What kind of hernia protrudes below the inguinal ligament - Where does travel relative to pubic tubercle and who gets them