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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






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






3. in the fluid running along the PT - what happens to PAH - inulin - urea - creatinine? how about glucose - aa - bicarb?






4. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






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






6. there are mucus secreting cells in the bronchioles...






7. What is the mcc of cystitis and and acute pyelonephritis? mcc of UTI in sexually active women?






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






9. What is mcc of death pre hospital phase of MI? in hospital phase?






10. are strep pneumo bile sensitive or bile resistant? bile soluble or insoluble?






11. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






12. What is the mcc of extrinsic allergic asthma?






13. What is 5- HETE and What does it do?






14. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






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






16. where are the two classical places that the ulnar nerve can be injured?

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






18. Where does glycolsylation occur of alpha procollagen chains occur? disulfide bond formation at the C terminus?






19. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






20. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






21. within the right ventricle - What are maximum pressures? the pulm arter?






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






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






24. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






25. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What is an abortive viral infection?






35. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






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






37. 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?






38. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






39. What causes the blurry vision side effects in first generation anti histamines?






40. What is the mc location for avascular necrosis? What is it associated with?






41. What is low levels of C1 esterase inhibitor diagnostic of? how can this be acquired?






42. What can differentiate between relative and absolute erythrocytosis? What can distinguish between primary and secondary erythrocytosis (both absolute mind you)?






43. what happens to PaO2 - % sat - and O2 content in: Anemia - polycythemia - CO poisoning?






44. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






45. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






46. What does protein M do in Group A strep<






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






48. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






49. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






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