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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 composes the superior and inferior borders of the right side of the cardiac silouhette in a CXR? Where is the pulm arter?






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






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






4. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






5. In What type of nephritis would you see high serum eos count?






6. h1 receptor anatagonists are not effective in treatment of asthma only for...






7. What are two common side effects of both acute and long acting nitrates? What causes them?






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






9. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






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






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






12. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






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






14. What triggers the neoplastic changes that are associated with HBV infecton?






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






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






17. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






18. What are some of the permissive effects of cortisol?






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






20. What is the only cranial nerve that comes out dorsally? What does this mean clinically?






21. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






22. PDAs are often asymptomatic. How do you treat?






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






24. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






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






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






27. What does the tuberoinfundibular pathway connect? What is it responsible for?






28. sporadic colon cancer tend to arise From what type of polyps?






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






30. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






31. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






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






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

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34. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






35. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






36. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






37. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






38. at three years of age What are social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






39. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






40. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






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






42. 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?






43. What is epleronone?






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






45. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






46. what chromosome is c - myc found on?






47. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






48. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






49. what happens with LDL receptor density in statin therapy?






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