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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Which kind of hemorrhoids are painful and why






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






3. What findings are associated with reyes






4. What is the leading cause of bowel incarceration






5. What cells make pepsin - What does it do - and what regulates it






6. What test and result confirms H pylori infxn






7. What is the most common cause of gallstones






8. What does K- ras mutation cause






9. inadequate hepatic liver copper excretion and failure of copper to enter circulation as ceruloplasmin






10. What do you use to diagnose meckels






11. Is there any structural abnl with IBS - What is the course of disease and presentation






12. Bilirubin is the product of what?






13. What artery passes around the duodenum






14. What is the risk with peutz jehgers






15. What is the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis






16. strictures - fistulas - perianal disease - malabsorption - nutritional depletion - colorectal cancer






17. bilateral mets to ovaries with abundant mucus - signet ring cells






18. Which glands secrete alkaline mucus to neutralize acid contents entering the duodenum from the stomach and are located in the duodenal submucosa






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






20. What can fistula between the gallbladder and small intestine create and how can you tell






21. Which IBD is autoimmune and which may be a disordered response to bacteria






22. What causes pancreatic insuff and What does it cause






23. what percentage of colonic polyps are non - neoplastic






24. in budd chiari syndrome - Where is the congestion and necrosis






25. What is a positive murphy's sign






26. What factors increase risk of malignancy of adenomatous polyps






27. At what spinal level does the SMA exit






28. masses protruding into gut lumen leading to a sawtooth appearance - often rectosigmoid






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






30. What are the complications of chronic pancreatitis






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






32. What are the two molecular pathways that lead to CRC






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






34. crigler - najjar type II responds to which therapy and How does it work






35. Where and How is iron absorbed






36. What complication can arise from indirect inguinal hernias






37. Which IBD has noncaseating granulomas and lymphoid aggregates - and which has crypt abscesses and ulcers with bleeding






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






39. How are all 3 monosaccharides transported to the blood






40. Achalasia increases the risk For what complication






41. What is the characteristic histo finding in alcoholic hepatitis






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






43. What does a low flow rate mean for saliva






44. What is the omphalomesenteric cyst






45. AD mutation in DNA mismatch repair genes - 80% progress to CRC - proximal colon always involved






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






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






48. What receptor does histamine bind on the parietal cell and What does it activate






49. What are the effects of atropine on parietal cells and G cells






50. Gallstones that reach the common channel at ampulla can block which two ducts