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1. What is one potential precipitating factor for intussusception






2. Gastrin - source - action - regulation






3. What are the histological findings in the jejunum






4. What are the labs in acute pancreatitis






5. Which viral infxns/treatments are associated with reyes syndrome






6. What is contained in the gastrosplenic and What areas does it separate






7. gastric hypertrophy with protein loss - parietal cell atrophy and inc mucous cells






8. AD syndrome featuring multiple nonmalignant hamartomas throughout GI tract






9. Who gets gastric ulcers






10. Who gets Whipple disease and How do they present






11. motilin - source - action - regulation






12. What does the splenorenal ligament connect - and What does it contain






13. What histological findings are present in the esophagus






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






15. What kind of pancreatitis is associated with EtOH and smoking






16. reduction in intestinal blood flow causes ischemia - pain after eating - weight loss - occurs at splenic flexure and distal colon - elderly






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






18. What causes hirschsprungs






19. What are the tumor markers for pancreatic adenocarcinoma






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






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






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






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






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






25. What gives urine its characteristic color






26. blind pouch protruding from alimentary tract that communicates with lumen of the gut






27. What kind of digestion is bile needed for






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






29. external hemorrhoids and squamous cell carcinoma occur above or below the pectinate line






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






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






32. What are the hindgut structures and what supplies their blood and PANS innvervation






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






34. What serum enzyme is elevated in acute pancreatitis and mumps






35. secretin - source - action - regulation






36. What are the borders of the femoral triangle






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






38. Which serum enzyme increases with heavy EtOH consumption






39. What is the rate limiting step of carbohydrate digestion






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






41. Where is IgA shuttled






42. Where are tumors commonly in pancreatic adenocarcinoma






43. What cells make gastric acid - What does it do to stomach pH and what substances regulate it






44. In what clinical scenarior do you see portosystemic anastomoses






45. What is the rule of 2s for meckels






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






47. what kind of fistula is associated with diverticulitis






48. What do you treat Wilsons disease with and What is the inheritance






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






50. Which IBD usually has transmural inflammation and which has mucosal and submucosal inflammation and What are the characteristic signs of each






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