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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. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






2. 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?






3. what should you think of in 'smear of an oral ulcer base'?






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






5. What is hypospadias caused by?






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






7. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






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






9. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






10. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






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






12. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






13. what nerve and artery course along the posterior aspect of the humerus?






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






15. Would alpha 1 agonists cause flushing? muscarinic antagonist?






16. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






17. which trisomy is associated with endocardial cushion defects? What does thsi mean>






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






19. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






20. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






21. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?






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






23. What is achalasia and how would this correlate on the esophageal mannometry?






24. what diseases can vit A be used to treat?






25. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






26. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






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






28. What are the two growth factors associated with angiogenesis?






29. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






30. What is a cord factor and Which bugs have it? How do they appear on culture?






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






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






33. non ceruloplasmin deposition - ceruloplasmin is...






34. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






35. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






36. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






37. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






38. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






39. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






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






41. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






42. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






43. Is there edema in primary Conns? secondary hyperaldosteronism? why?






44. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






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






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






47. What causes wrist drop?






48. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






49. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






50. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?