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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. how does eos release MBP to kill protozoa etc?






2. What type of mutation does aflatoxin cause? what cancer does this increase for?






3. 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?






4. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






5. What is a keloid?






6. what color pigmentations are caused by malassezia furfur? when do they become more visible?






7. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






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






9. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






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






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






12. Metronidizaole does not cover...






13. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






14. where exactly is ACE expressed in the lungs? What type of enzyme is it?






15. What does protein M do in Group A strep<






16. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






17. What is pickwickian syndrome? What are the lab findings?






18. what happens to capacitance with age?






19. why is there only minor blood pressure increase during exercise if sympathetic activity is high (to increase CO and HR)?






20. in a positively skewed distribution is the mean greater than or equal to the median or the mode?






21. what protein is increased in Crohns disease? What does it do?






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






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






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






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






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






27. What does anti phospholipid syndrome in SLE patients predispose them to?






28. What is the most common initital symptom of ADPKD? what else?






29. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






30. What is the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






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






32. Where is aromatase used?






33. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?






34. in the LV and aorta - What are the pressures?






35. What is the stabilizing force for the secondary structure of proteins?






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






37. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






38. are strep pneumo bile sensitive or bile resistant? bile soluble or insoluble?






39. 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?






40. What is the mcc of elevated AFP leves in pregnancy>






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






42. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






43. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






44. which viruses require a protease?






45. What can inhaled anesthetics (like halothane) cause post operatively? what virus does it immitate? What are the presenting symptoms?






46. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






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






48. What is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






49. other than proteinuria - What can cause foamy froathy urine?






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