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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the presentation of sever aortic stenosis?






2. What is the precursor protein to beta amyloid and On what chromosome is it found?






3. what chromosome is c - myc found on?






4. What causes release of myosin head from the actin filament?






5. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






6. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






7. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






8. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






9. PDAs are often asymptomatic. How do you treat?






10. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






11. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






12. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






13. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






14. why is glucagon used in beta blocker toxicitiy?






15. after a thrombus extraction - what serum enzyme shoots up and why?






16. What can cause aortic regurg? What is the heart sound you hear?






17. What does extended consumption of appetite suppressants lead to?






18. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






19. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






20. where are the vegetations on the valves of a libman sacks endocarditis?






21. in overweight individuals What is thought to contribute to insulin resistance?






22. What does 'oxygen' content in blood refer to?






23. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






24. what disease causes a lack of intracellular killing? lack of killing viruses and fungi?






25. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






26. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






27. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






28. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






29. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






30. When is an S4 sound normal?






31. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






32. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






33. which congenital hyperbilirubinemia actually presents with serious symptoms? which are less serious/






34. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






35. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






36. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






37. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






38. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






39. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






40. what happens to PaO2 - % sat - and O2 content in: Anemia - polycythemia - CO poisoning?






41. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






42. at 2 years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






43. What does phosphoglycerate mutase produce? In what process - instead of what? what cells used this and why?






44. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with all genotypes as phenotypically female and with salt retention and hypertension?






45. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






46. What is the most common congenital adrenal hyperplasia? What does the enzyme convert What to what? and What is the presentation?






47. what bursa is affected when on knees like a maid/gardner?






48. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






49. What causes congenital QT prolongation syndrome? What is death caused by? in one of the syndromes - What is a common other symptom?






50. What type of cancer is keratin swirls indicative of ? What is the prognosis of this cancer in the esophagus? What is it associated with?






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