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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Where does crohns usually affect the GI tract






2. Acute gastritis is caused By what process






3. What are the complications of chronic pancreatitis






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






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






6. Which patients have pigment stones






7. What histological findings are present in the esophagus






8. When and why is stomach cancer termed linitis plastica






9. Which is used more quickly - an oral glucose load - or that by IV






10. What are the labs in acute pancreatitis






11. Where is folate absorbed






12. Where is the arterial supply from above the pectinate line - and What is the venous drainage






13. What kind of digestion is bile needed for






14. AD syndrome featuring multiple nonmalignant hamartomas throughout GI tract






15. What does high flow rate mean






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






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






18. What is the ddx associated with appendicitis






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






20. At what spinal level does the is the bifurcation of aorta






21. most common non - neoplastic polyp in colon






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






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






24. What are the extraintestinal manifestations of ulcerative colitis






25. milk intolerance






26. What percentage of gall stones are cholesterol stones and What are the associations






27. Dysphagia in achalasia results from






28. What is contained within the muscularis externa






29. In alchoholic hepatitis which liver enzyme is higher






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






31. What histological findings are present in the stomach






32. What are the complications of Meckels






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






34. Autodigestion of pancreas by pancreatic enzymes






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






36. What does a gastrinoma cause






37. How is bilirubin carried in the blood






38. What cells secrete bicarb - What does it do - and what regulates it






39. What are the longterm sequelae of nutmeg liver






40. People of what decent are associated with celiac sprue and what findings/antibodies are present






41. At what spinal level does the SMA exit






42. What kind of gall stones are mostly radiolucent and what percentage is opaque and due to what?






43. twisting of portion of bowel around its mesentery leading to obstruction and infarction - usually in elderly






44. What is indirect bilirubin






45. inflammatino of gallbadder






46. Which serum enzyme increases with heavy EtOH consumption






47. What carcinogens are associated with HCC






48. Where is the pectinate line






49. Where does type A chronic gastritis occur and What causes it






50. Malabsorption syndromes have what common clinical presentation