Hey guys,
Kinda really bummed bc I'm not improving much.
Do you think you could help me with these questions?
45 yo guys got shot in his abdomen. 70/40 bp. there's a ct scan shown. laparotomy shows that abdominal cavity is filled with blood. What was damaged?
1. descending colon.
2. left adrenal
3. left kidney.
4. spleen (you can see the bullet in the spleen)
5. tail of pancreas
65 y.o had abdominal mass. mass had lots of blood vessels. Further analysis shows increased VEGF in the tumor. What stimulated the VEGF?
Decreased endostain
Decreased PCO2
Decreased PO2 (HIF regulates VEGF)
Decreased thrombostatin
Increased endostatin
Increased PCO2
Increased PO2
Increased thrombostatin
30 y.o woman has scars on her antecubital fossae and she's in a methadone program. chest xray shows small nodules in perihilar lung fields. What would the biopsy show? Foreign particles surrounded by what?
Granulation tissue ( NOT RIGHT)
Granulomatous inflammation
Hemosiderin laden macs
Neutrophils
Proliferated capillaries
30 y.o woman with calcium oxalate renal calculi. 24 hr urine reveals increased [ca]. the physician recommends pharmacotherapy with a drug that decreased urinary calcium concentration. what it the mechanism of action of this drug?
( I though it would be a Loop-no?)
decrease 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol synthesis
decrease H+ secretion in distal tubule
decrease Mg reabsorption in TAL
increase Ca reabsorption in distal tubule (HCTZ)
icnrease bicarb secretion in proximal tubule
increase phosphate reabsorption in proximal tubule
inhibit parathyroid hormone secretion
lady with a baby with minimal fetal movement. no congenital anomoly family hx. ultrasound shows decreased amniotic fluid and normal sized fetal kidneys but the fetal bladder and ureters bilaterally are markedly distended. fetus is male. what is the abormaluty?
penile hypospadias
placental insuff.
PCKD
posterior urehtral valve
prostatic nodular hyperplasia
What's the difference in the 2 programs ( one with 2200 ppl, one with 1900 ppl) with a success rate difference is statistically significant ( P<.01) ?
Difference due to chance (p < 0.05 so it's not chance)
Distinguished btwn stasitical sig. and practical importance
p value too small (this would be better)
samples size too small. (the N is huge)
54 y.o woman with 5 cm coin lesion in right upper lobe of lung. proliferation of irregularly shaped glands with hyperchromatic and pleomorphic nuclei invading the pulmonary parenchyma and lymphovascular spaces.
Adenocarcinoma (pretty sure this was the answer, can someone else confirm?)
Carcinoid tumor
Hamartom
Small cell carcinoma
Squamos cell carcinoma
70 y.o with painless jaundice.dark urine with white stool for 7 days. CT shows poorly defined soft tissue density in head of pancrease. What is cause of jaundice?
Cholelithiasis
common bile duct obstruction (the tumor is squeezing it shut, may also present with courvoisier sign)
liver met.
pancreatic duct obstruction ( not this one
)
porta hepatitis met.
young girl with burn on finger. it formed a blister. when the blister resolves, epithelium forms at the base. what is involved in re-epitherliazation of blister?
basal layer keratinocytes (epithelial stem cells)
dermal dendritic cells
epitherlial langerhans
fibroblasts
macs.
25 y.o. pilot is 3 days w/o good. "Adipocytes play an important role in maintainign homeostasis in this woman b/c which of the following effects."?
glucagon activates glycerol utilization as a source of carbon for gluconeogensis by adipocytes?
glucagon activated glycogen mobilization to form free glucose.
glucagon activates hormone sesntive lipase
insulin activates free acid synth.
insulin activates hepatic lipoprotein lipase.
what in the world do adipocytes have to do with glucagon? i thought glucagon only effectd the liver?
44 y.o woman with new symptoms of numbess over the right thenar eminence. percussion of the area btwn the flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus tendons at the distal palmar wrist crease produces a painful shock-lick sensation radiating into the affect area of palm. what nerve was injured in surgery?
dorsal sensory branch of ulnar
lateral cutanous nerve of forearm
palamar cutaneous branch of median (it's a sensory deficit)
recurrent
motor brnach of median ( WHY NOT THIS ONE?
)
sensory branch of radial nerve.
i know it's super long but it's only 1 week till my test and I can't believe I got these wrong and don't know the right answer.