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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






2. how can HAV be inactivated?






3. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






4. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






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






6. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






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






8. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






9. What is the difference between paranoid personality disorder and delusional disorder?






10. What is extraocular muscle weakness a common symptom of?






11. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






12. what marker should be followed in a patient with cirrhosis?






13. What is dobutamine? What is it used for?how it is it most helpful? What is bad about it?






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






15. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






16. what provides some cutaneous sensation to the posterior external auditory canal? What can happen if pressure is put there?






17. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






18. other than in pyelonephritis - where else are WBC casts seen?






19. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






20. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






21. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






22. Where is aromatase used?






23. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






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






25. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






26. What is a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






27. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






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






29. What is mcc of death pre hospital phase of MI? in hospital phase?






30. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






31. What does C1 esterase do other than inhibiting complement pathway?






32. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






33. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?






34. Where does 90% of serotonin lie? What is this NT responsible?






35. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






36. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






37. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






38. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






39. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






40. What are the lab findings in poststreptococcal GN?






41. What is omalizumab and What is it used for?






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






43. 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?)?






44. When is an S4 sound normal?






45. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






46. Where does glycolsylation occur of alpha procollagen chains occur? disulfide bond formation at the C terminus?






47. erythema nodosum - elevated ACE - scattered granulomas - arthralgias - hilar lymphadenoapthy are indicative of what?






48. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






49. which anti epileptic is preferred in patients with both absence and tonic clonic seizures?






50. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?