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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What is the most common cause of gallstones






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






3. which pancreatic enzyme - secreted in its active form - is responsible for starch digestion






4. What causes primary biliary cirrhosis






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






6. What intervention will intervention will relieve portal HTN






7. AD syndrome featuring multiple nonmalignant hamartomas throughout GI tract






8. malnutrition - toxic megacolon - colorectal carcinoma






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






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






11. Acute gastritis is caused By what process






12. Which area of the hindgut is a watershed area






13. What are the histological findings in the ileum

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14. What source of salivary secretion is the most serous and What is the most mucinous






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






16. Painless bleedgin of submucosal veins in lower 1/3 of esophagus






17. What can hemochromatosis be secondary to...






18. Where is there sclerosis in alcoholic cirrohosis






19. Pain improves with defaction - changes in stool frequency and changes in stool appearance are associated with






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






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






22. telescoping of 1 bowel segment into distal segment which can compromise blood supply - abdominal emergency in early childhood






23. When and why is stomach cancer termed linitis plastica






24. What is the epi for CRC






25. What happens to the short gastics if the splenic artery is blocked






26. What is the frequency of basal electric rhythm of the stomach






27. What are the four Fs of gallstones






28. What separates the right greater and lesser sacs






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






30. What is the lumen of the pancreatic duct






31. What conditions are associated with budd chiari






32. HyperIgM associated with ulcerative colitis can lead to what biliary tract disease






33. Where are peyers patches found






34. most common non - neoplastic polyp in colon






35. What gives urine its characteristic color






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






37. What is the most common indication of emergent abdominal surgery in children






38. somatostatin - source - action - regulation






39. What are the signs and symptoms of budd chiari






40. What is the prognosis of adenocarcinoma






41. What is one potential precipitating factor for intussusception






42. What serum enzyme is elevated in obstructive liver disease - bone disease and bile duct disease






43. HCC is associated with what other conditions






44. Where are oligosaccharide hydrolases and What do they do






45. What layer in the mucosa is repsonsible for motility






46. Why does indirect inguinal hernia happen in infacnts






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






48. What is the path of a direct inguinal hernia and Where does it travel relative to the inferior epigastric artery

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






50. Who is at risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma