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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Is the uterus enlarged in endometriosis? does it cause dyspareunia?






2. in treating an anemia and erythropoiesis results - what would you expect to see in peripheral blood findings transiently?






3. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






4. other than parvo B19 - what else is associated with red cell aplasia?






5. What is it called when you see double vision when walking down stairs or looking at nose or reading newspaper?






6. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






7. What type of antiarrythmics can protect against both atrial and ventricular arrythmias?






8. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






9. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






10. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






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






12. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






13. IL4 is used for isotypye switching to what?






14. what indicates the severity of a mitral regurg ? mitral stenosis?






15. What is epleronone?






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






17. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






18. neisseria are...






19. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






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






21. In what form are mitochondrial DNA? What do they transcribe?






22. Where does complement bind on the Fc region of Ig chains?






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






24. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






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






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






27. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






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






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






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






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






32. where are the vegetations on the valves of a libman sacks endocarditis?






33. What is best to prevent GBS infection in a baby?






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






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






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






37. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






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






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






40. ___________ is liver specific






41. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






42. 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?)?






43. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






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






45. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






46. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






47. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






48. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






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






50. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?