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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






2. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






3. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






4. What type of drug is alendronate?






5. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






6. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






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






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






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






10. hypertensive crises on food intake is typical of What antidepressant? what kind of food?






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






12. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






13. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






14. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






15. What causes release of myosin head from the actin filament?






16. What does NF- KB do?






17. What is an abortive viral infection?






18. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






19. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






20. What are the primary determinants of colon cancer risk in UC patients






21. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






22. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. what has the greatest effect on prognosis when treating c. diptheriae?






30. What causes wrist drop?






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






32. What is the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






33. What are the three presentations of ataxia telangectasia? What does the mutation cause? What is the mode of inheritance?






34. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






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






36. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






37. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






38. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






39. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?






40. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






41. What can cause virilization of a mother during pregnancy?






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






43. non ceruloplasmin deposition - ceruloplasmin is...






44. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






45. What almost exclusively causes Epliglottitis?What type of capsule does it have? What are the symptoms?


46. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






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






48. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






49. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






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