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1. Name the associated chromosomal translocation - Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)






2. What acid - base disturbance is produced from vomiting?






3. What disease is described by the following characteristics: multiple motor and vocal tics - average age of onset 7 - a M:F ratio of 3:1 - and association with increased levels of dopamine?

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4. What vitamin is a component of the enzymes fatty acid synthase and acyl CoA?






5. What slow - growing CNS tumor in 30- to 50-year - old patients with a long history of seizures has fried egg cellular appearance in a network of chicken wire?






6. Name the compartment of the mediastinum associated with the following thoracic structures: Aortic arch






7. What form of Plasmodium species affects the liver?






8. What genetic defect is characterized by coarse facial features - gingival hyperplasia - macroglossia - psychomotor and growth retardation - club foot - claw hand - cardiorespiratory failure - and death in the first decade of life?






9. When is the surface tension the greatest in the respiratory cycle?






10. What is the central issue regarding the Roe vs. Wade decision (legalization of abortion)?






11. Is used to detect Abs in a patient?






12. What cells lining the ventricles have cilia on their luminal surface to move CSF?






13. What cell type of the epidermis originates from the neural crest?






14. What is the rate - limiting step in the production of steroids?






15. What syndrome is characterized by the triad of renal tubular acidosis - nephrosis - and amino aciduria?






16. What is the central chemoreceptor's main drive for ventilation?






17. What phase of the cell cycle are the following antineoplastic agents specific for? - Vincristine






18. What happens to extracellular volume with a net gain in body fluid?






19. What enzyme of the purine salvage pathway is deficient in the following? - SCID






20. What type of correlation is defined as x Two variables with no linear relation to one another?






21. What form of poisoning is associated with bitter almond - scented breath?






22. Name the type of mutation: x New codon specifies for the same AA






23. What class of drugs is used in the treatment of demineralization of the bone?






24. What two vessels in fetal circulation have the highest PO2 levels?






25. What two AAs act as excitatory transmitters in the CNS - generating EPSPs?






26. What is the term for Ags that activate B cells without T- cell signaling?






27. Name the type of necrosis - Due to lipase activity and has a chalky white appearance






28. What causes an increase in bone mineralization and Ca2+ along with PO4- absorption from the GI tract and kidney tubules?






29. What are the two essential fatty acids?






30. Name the lung measurement based on the following descriptions: x Additional volume that can be expired after normal expiration






31. What component of the ANS - when stimulated - results in bronchoconstriction?






32. What artificial sweetener must patients with PKU avoid?






33. What is the most common one? - Pituitary adenoma






34. What is the MCC of cancer mortality in males and females?






35. What are the top three causes of infant mortality?






36. What phase of Food and Drug Administration approval tests x The safety in healthy volunteers?






37. What embryonic structure forms the adult female structures? - Urinary bladder - urethra - greater vestibular glands - vagina






38. What is the name for the most prominent spinous process?






39. Leukopenia - neutropenia - and mental deterioration are signs of what mineral deficiency?






40. What is the most common one? - Malignancy of the female genital tract






41. What lower extremity nerve is described by the following motor loss? - Loss of flexion of the knee and all function below the knee - weakened extension of the thigh






42. What is the MCC of the following meningitides? - In patients who have AIDS or are immunocompromised






43. What is the most common opportunistic infection of the CNS in HIV?






44. What facultative gram - negative anaerobic rod is motile - ferments lactose - and is the MCC of UTIs?






45. Which type of hepatitis is a picornavirus?






46. What is the major ketone body produced during alcoholic ketoacidosis?






47. What happens to prevalence as the number of long - term survivors increases?






48. What is the term for having fantasies or dressing in female clothes for sexual arousal by heterosexual men?






49. Is spousal abuse a mandatory reportable offense?






50. What sensory system is affected in the late spinal cord manifestation of syphilis?