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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the primary determinants of colon cancer risk in UC patients






2. what pathology is found around the illeo cecal valve and presents in 2 year old children with colicky abdominal pain and currant jelly stools?






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






4. What agonists reduce the gradient across the LV outflow tract?






5. which cells produce surfactant? which ones mediate gas exchange?






6. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






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






8. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






9. hemaglobin and hematocrit levels cannot __________ between relative and absolute erythrocytosis






10. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?






11. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






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






13. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






14. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






15. What is difference between Arnold Chiari type I and II?






16. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






17. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






18. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






19. What is the fibrinogen level in patient with TTP- HUS? DIC?






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






21. What are the lab findings in poststreptococcal GN?






22. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






23. What is the best indicator for the severity of mitral stenosis?






24. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






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






26. which viruses require a protease?






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






28. What is the mc location for avascular necrosis? What is it associated with?






29. What is a keloid?






30. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






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






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






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






34. What is somatomedin C?






35. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






36. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






37. What does p53 do? what chrom is it on?






38. what phase do adenosine and acetylcholine act on? doing what?






39. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






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






41. Where does lysyl oxidase act? What is the cofactor for that?






42. what defines hypoxemia?






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






44. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






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






46. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






47. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






48. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






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






50. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?