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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






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






3. does congenital renal hypoplasia cause secondary hypertension? how about unilateral renal artery stenosis?






4. What is the most common cause of pyelonephritis in both adults and childre?






5. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






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






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






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






9. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






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






11. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






12. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






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






14. what dictates the resting membrane potential of most cells?






15. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






17. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






18. 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?






19. which nucleus releases serotonin?






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






21. What is the mutation type in thalassemias? what process is defective because of this?






22. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






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






24. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






25. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






26. What is the difference between paranoid personality disorder and delusional disorder?






27. What is the neurologic manifestation of ADPKD?






28. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?






29. which viruses require a protease?






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






31. What are the two pharmacologic antagonists that offer clear benefit in allergic asthma?






32. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






33. What is the precursor protein to beta amyloid and On what chromosome is it found?






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






35. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






36. If a patient has higher levels of HbF - What does this mean?






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






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






39. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






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






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






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






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






44. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






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






46. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






47. When is an S4 sound normal?






48. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






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






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