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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. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






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






3. why is crohns disease associated with oxaloacetate kidney stones?






4. if there are keratin swirls does that mean well or poorly differentiated?






5. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






6. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






7. What is the mc outcome of a patient acutely infected with Hep C? 2nd mc?






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






9. What is diphenoxylate and What is it used for? what drug is it structurally similar to? What allows for potent anti diarrheal effect without signigicant opiate effects?






10. What actions increase venous return?






11. What type of drug is atropine? what else is needed in addition to atropine when treating organophosphate poison?






12. What is the mc manifestation of CMV in HIV patient? immunocompetent?






13. When does opening snap begin?






14. What is the most common location of colonization of all s. aureus types?






15. eukaryotes are often polycistronic (multiple genes per mRNA) so ____________ is linked






16. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






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






18. why does liver dysfunction cause coagulation disorders?






19. the rate of blood flow of which two circulations must equal each other at all times?






20. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






21. What is the key lab finding seen in type III serum sickness? What are some drugs that can induce it?






22. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






23. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






24. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






25. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






26. on What part of the clavicle does the SCM attach?






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






28. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






29. What three factors effect total oxygen content of blood?






30. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






31. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






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






33. What is somatomedin C?






34. 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?






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






36. What are biphosphanate drugs structurally similar to? What are they used in the treatment of?






37. What does NF- KB do?






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






39. how does achalasia present? What does barium swallow show on dilated esophagus?






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






41. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






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






43. which viruses require a protease?






44. what would be a sign of absence of cardiogenic pulm edem?






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






46. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with ambiguous genitalia in females and salt retention?






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






48. What are the three causes of acute MI in context of normal coronary arteries ?






49. Is the uterus enlarged in endometriosis? does it cause dyspareunia?






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