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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 are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






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






3. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






4. What type of vision is myopia? In What type of patients does it improve?






5. What are the three dopaminergic systems and What are they responsible for? disease?






6. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






7. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






8. where are the two classical places that the ulnar nerve can be injured?


9. What is the mc malignancy in asbestosis?






10. What are the two growth factors associated with angiogenesis?






11. other than mycobacterim wha other bacteria is acid fast?






12. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






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






14. what organ would an activating mutation in PRPP synthetase effect?






15. what diseases can vit A be used to treat?






16. When does dysplasia become a carcinoma - in other words When does it nonreversible? What is high grade dysplasia synonymous with?






17. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






18. facial pain and headache in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is highly suggestive of what? How do you diagnose? What is a char finding?






19. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






20. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






21. what nerve and artery course along the posterior aspect of the humerus?






22. When is an S4 sound normal?






23. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






24. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






25. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






26. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?






27. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






28. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






29. What causes curlings ulcers?






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






31. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






32. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






33. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






34. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






35. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






36. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






37. What three things can reduce the risk of non hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancer?






38. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






39. What type of drug is atropine? what else is needed in addition to atropine when treating organophosphate poison?






40. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






41. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






42. Increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality has been observed in _____ over last four decades






43. What are the first generation anti histamines?






44. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






45. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






46. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






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






48. What is hypospadias caused by?






49. What is best to prevent GBS infection in a baby?






50. when do ghon complexes form - primary or secondary TB?