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USMLE Step 1 Prep

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1. What viruses are associated with cervical carcinoma?






2. What is the only CN nucleus found in the cervical spinal cord?






3. What are the two precursors of heme?






4. What embryonic structure forms the following adult structures? - Median umbilical ligament






5. What competitive estrogen receptor antagonist is used in the treatment of breast cancer?






6. What three drugs are associated with SLE- like syndrome in slow acetylators?






7. Name the most common type or cause - Nonorganic pneumoconiosis






8. What is the only 17- hydroxysteroid with hormonal activity?






9. What childhood pathology involves anterior bowing of the tibia - epiphyseal enlargements - and costochondral widening - with the endochondral bones being affected?






10. Name the Hgb - O2 binding site based on the following information: x Remains attached under most physiologic conditions






11. What gene stimulates apoptosis when DNA repair is unable to be done?






12. What enzyme catalyzes the rate - limiting step in fatty acid oxidation?






13. Which subtype of AML is most commonly associated with Auer rods?






14. What AA is a precursor of the following substances? - Creatine






15. What linkage of complex CHOs does pancreatic amylase hydrolyze? What three complexes are formed?






16. Name the most common type or cause - Nephrotic syndrome






17. What substrate gets built up in Gaucher's disease?






18. Name the most common type or cause - Noniatrogenic hypothyroidism in the United States






19. What ethnic group has the highest adolescent suicide rate?






20. Name the associated chromosome - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)






21. What subtype of schizophrenia is characterized by x Stuporous mute echopraxia and automatic obedience - waxy flexibility with rigidity of posture?






22. Name the lung measurement based on the following descriptions: x Amount of air in the lungs after maximal inspiration






23. What is the most common disease or infection reported to the CDC?






24. What syndrome is associated with the following brainstem lesions? - Occlusion of the PICA - resulting in ipsilateral limb ataxia - ipsilateral facial pain and temperature loss - contralateral pain and body temperature loss - ipsilateral Horner's synd

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25. What happens to flow and pressure in capillaries with arteriolar dilation? Arteriolar constriction?






26. What is the second most common cancer diagnosed in both males and females?






27. When is the first arrested stage of development in the female reproductive cycle?






28. What fissure of the cerebral cortex runs perpendicular to the lateral fissure and separates the frontal and the parietal lobes?






29. Where is the lesion that produces these symptoms when a patient is asked to look to the left? - Left eye can't look to the left






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






31. What branch of the immune system is acquired in response to an Ag?






32. What is the most common one? - Tumor in individuals exposed to asbestos






33. Which benzodiazepine is most commonly used IV in conscious sedation protocols?






34. What is the name of the tumor when gastric carcinoma spreads to the ovaries?






35. Which IL is associated with increases of IgG and IgE?






36. Name the most common type or cause - Sinusitis and otitis media in children






37. What chromosome 4 - AD disorder is a degeneration of GABA neurons in the striatum of the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia?

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38. What somatomedin serves as a 24- hour marker of GH secretion?






39. Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer) x N- myc






40. What area of the GI tract has the highest activity of brush border enzymes?






41. At the apex of the lung - What is the baseline intrapleural pressure - and what force does it exert on the alveoli?






42. What is the name of the B cell - rich area in the lymph node?






43. What parasitic infection is associated with cholangiocarcinoma?






44. What are the two chains of the TCR that are mainly found on the skin and mucosal surfaces?






45. What nematode is known as whipworms? What is the treatment?






46. What are known as jumping genes?






47. What connects the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle?






48. Name the cerebral vessel associated with the following vascular pathologies - Epidural hemorrhage






49. Is used to detect Abs in a patient?






50. What enzyme produces an RNA primer in the 5'-3' direction and is essential to DNA replication because DNA polymerases are unable to synthesize DNA without an RNA primer?