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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






2. what stimulates bicarb secretion from the pancreas? Where is this hormone produced?






3. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






4. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






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






6. What is intussusception? how does ischemia and necrosis occur?






7. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






9. What is the mcc of extrinsic allergic asthma?






10. When does neovascularization granulation tissue begin to form after severe ischemia and MI? what happens in 12-24 hours? 2 weeks to 2 months? 1-5 days? 0-4 hours? when do you see edema - hemorrhage - wavy fibers?






11. 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?






12. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






13. what happens to the cell body of a neuron after the axon has been severed? What is this called? What is it second to?






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






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






16. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






17. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with all genotypes as phenotypically female and with salt retention and hypertension?






18. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






19. which has better side effect profile - SSRI or TCA?






20. How do bradykinin - C3a and C5a cause edema?






21. ___________ is liver specific






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






23. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?






24. What is diagnostic (and possible therapeutic for intussusception)?






25. What can cause aortic regurg? What is the heart sound you hear?






26. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






27. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






28. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






29. what makes bruits?






30. are there signs of inflammation in avascular necrosis? then How do you diagnose?






31. Where is the base of the heart? apex?






32. what kind of drug is sertraline? What is a common side effect?






33. What is the only catecholamine that is made in only one place? where? By what enzyme? controlled by what?






34. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






35. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






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






37. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






38. who bleed more DIC or TTP- HUS patients?






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






40. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






41. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






42. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






43. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






44. hypertensive crises on food intake is typical of What antidepressant? what kind of food?






45. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?






46. how much percent of sodium is excreted? urea? glucose?






47. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






48. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






49. what bursa is affected when on knees like a maid/gardner?






50. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?