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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






2. What is a primary HSV 1 infection like?






3. within the right ventricle - What are maximum pressures? the pulm arter?






4. What causes alpha helical proteins in alzheimers to become insoluble and prone to aggregating?






5. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






6. Would alpha 1 agonists cause flushing? muscarinic antagonist?






7. What triggers the neoplastic changes that are associated with HBV infecton?






8. how does eos release MBP to kill protozoa etc?






9. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






10. What are examples of action that decrease venous return to the heart?






11. Where does the aorta lie in relation to the pulmonary artery in transposition of the great arteries (is this right to left or left to right shunt?)?






12. what chromosome is c - myc found on?






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






14. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






15. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






16. What is epispadias caused by?






17. how can HAV be inactivated?






18. What actions increase venous return?






19. does congenital renal hypoplasia cause secondary hypertension? how about unilateral renal artery stenosis?






20. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






21. What is a clara cell?






22. if there are keratin swirls does that mean well or poorly differentiated?






23. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






24. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






25. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






26. What type of drug is alendronate?






27. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






28. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






29. 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?






30. what should you think of in 'smear of an oral ulcer base'?






31. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






32. Where does terminal peptide cleavage of collagen fibrils take place?






33. is Rifampin ever used as monotherapY? why either way?






34. What are the common causes of metabolic alkalosis? How do you differentiate between them?






35. Metronidizaole does not cover...






36. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






37. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?






38. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






39. What are diastolic (lowest) pressures in aorta? LV?






40. how long is substance P? What does it do?






41. why is crohns disease associated with oxaloacetate kidney stones?






42. eukaryotes are often polycistronic (multiple genes per mRNA) so ____________ is linked






43. non ceruloplasmin deposition - ceruloplasmin is...






44. Where is aromatase used?






45. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






46. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






47. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






48. What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






49. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






50. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?







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