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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Where is bicarb trapped






2. Where is IgA shuttled






3. How do secondary biliary cirrhosis - primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis present






4. Where is folate absorbed






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






6. What histological findings are present in the stomach






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






8. What pancreatic proteases are secreted as zymogens






9. What do you use to diagnose meckels






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






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






12. Who gets gastric ulcers






13. How does gastrin increase acid secretion?






14. Which serum enzyme increases with heavy EtOH consumption






15. Where is the pectinate line






16. What is the risk with peutz jehgers






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






18. conjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to defective liver excretion






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






20. How does CRC present in the distal and proximal colon






21. vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) - source - action - regulation






22. What does autoimmune destruction of parietal cells lead to...






23. Which monosaccharides are absorbed by the enterocytes and which transporters carry each






24. What does a gastrinoma cause






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






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






27. What findings are associated with reyes






28. Where are carcinoid tumors most commonly malignant






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






30. mostly sporadic lesions in children < 5 - 80% in rectum - When is there no risk of malignant potential






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






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






33. Where are tumors commonly in pancreatic adenocarcinoma






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






35. What layer in the mucosa is responsible for absorption






36. What are the labs in acute pancreatitis






37. What congenital birth defect is associated with Hirschsprung






38. What are the four Fs of gallstones






39. What commonly leads to appendicity in kids vs adults






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






41. How does abetalipoproteinemia lead to malabsorption






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






43. What does K- ras mutation cause






44. What are the midgut structures and what supplies their blood and PANS innervation






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






46. What does alpha amylase do and what inactivates it






47. Where does crohns usually affect the GI tract






48. What causes primary biliary cirrhosis






49. B cells stimuated in the germinal centers of peyers patches differentiate into what?






50. What infection causes Whipple disease and What can you see on LM