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USMLE Step 1 Prep

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1. What estrogen - producing tumor of the female genital tract is characterized by Call - Exner bodies?






2. Why is the cell's resting membrane potential negative?






3. Which cestode infection results in alveolar hydatid cyst disease?






4. Which acid - fast rod is an obligate intracellular parasite?






5. What is the MCC of the following meningitides? - In adults






6. Is the Salk polio vaccine inactivated?






7. Name the most common cause - Blindness in the United States






8. What is the tetrad of tetralogy of Fallot?






9. What two drugs block dopa - decarboxylase in the periphery to decrease the conversion of L- dopa to dopamine?






10. What is the term for flattened nose - low - set ears - and recessed chin seen in patients with bilateral renal agenesis?






11. What DNA virus is associated with exanthem subitum (roseola)?






12. What component of the cardiovascular system has the largest blood volume? Second largest blood volume?






13. What major side effect of neuroleptics is characterized by pill rolling - shuffling gait - and tremors that abate during sleep?






14. What is the drug of choice for treating a patient with hyperuricemia due to overproduction of uric acid?






15. Oxidation of Hgb forms what bodies in patients with G-6- PD deficiency?






16. What is the epithelial lining of the prostatic portion of the urethra?






17. How is velocity related to the total cross - sectional area of a blood vessel?






18. What changes does more negative intrathoracic pressure cause to systemic venous return and to the pulmonary vessels?






19. Russell bodies






20. How is sleep affected in a person with alcohol intoxication?






21. Name the most common type or cause - Infantile bacterial diarrhea






22. What are the primary neurotransmitters at the following sites? - Autonomic preganglionic neurons






23. What is the direction of growth for the primitive streak - caudal to rostral or rostral to caudal?






24. Name the Plasmodium species based on the following information:Persistent hypnozoite liver stage with relapses; blood smear shows amoeboid trophozoites with oval - jagged infected RBCs; 48- hour fever spike pattern






25. What are the three posttranscriptional modifications?

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26. Does physiologic splitting of the first heart sound occur during inspiration or expiration? Why?






27. An 80-year - old woman presents to you with right - sided temporal headache - facial pain and blurred vision on the affected side - and an elevated ESR. Your diagnosis?






28. Has very little effect on arteriolar dilation or constriction.






29. Name the most common type or cause - Lung abscess






30. In high altitudes - What is the main drive for ventilation?






31. Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin? - RBCs






32. What is the drug of choice for steroid - induced osteoporosis?






33. What eukaryotic translation enzyme is associated with the following: x Initiation






34. Name the components of the femoral canal - working laterally to medially.






35. In what form is excess folate stored in the body?






36. What are the three major functions of secretory IgA?






37. What is the most common sexual assault?






38. What two ligaments of the uterus are remnants of the gubernaculum?






39. What prevents the down - regulation of the receptors on the gonadotrophs of the anterior pituitary gland?






40. What inhibitor of microtubule synthesis is the drug of choice for whipworm and pinworm?






41. The blood stored in the systemic veins and the pulmonary circuit are considered part of the...






42. What two pituitary hormones are produced by acidophils?






43. What part of a neuron receives information?






44. What AA is a phenol?






45. What Hgb - derived endogenous pigment is found in areas of hemorrhage or bruises?






46. Paranoid and catatonic schizophrenia are good...






47. What are the three tissues where triacylglycerols are produced?






48. What is the only laryngeal muscle innervated by the external laryngeal nerve?






49. What structure of the knee is described thus? - C- shaped shock absorber; aids in attachment of the tibia to the femur via the medial collateral ligament






50. Which PG is associated with maintaining a PDA?