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The primary abnormality seen in Paget's Disease?
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osteoclastic bone resorption
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What microscopic finding is found in Paget's Disease of the bone?
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cement lines
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How could a metastatic tumor of the CNS present?
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seizures
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The three most common types of cancers that are metastatic to the brain?
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(1) Lung CA
(2) Breast CA (3) Melanoma |
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Type of cancer that is a malignancy of melanocytes?
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melanoma
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Melanocytes are derived from what cell types embryologically?
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neural crest cells
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Melanoma commonly metastasizes to what areas of the body?
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-brain
-GI tract -Bone -liver -lungs |
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Three clinical signs of phenylketonuria-PKU?
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mental retardation, eczema, and a mousy...musty body odor in a toddler
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PKU is inherited in what fashion?
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autosomal recessive
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Autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation that leads to deficient phenylalanine hydroxylase?
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phenyketonuria
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What enzyme is deficient in PKU?
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phenylalanine hydroxylase
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Genotype of parents if their offspring has an autosomal recessive condition like PKU?
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heterozygous carriers
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Probability that heterozygous carrier parents will transmit an autosomal recessive disease to their offspring?
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1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4
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This parameter respresents the extent of variance from the mean?
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standard deviation
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68% of observations lie within how many standard deviations from the mean?
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one standard deviation
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What % of observations lie within two standard deviations of the mean?
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95%
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99.7% of observations lie within how many standard deviations of the mean?
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3 standard deviations
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This ligament of the knee can be damaged by anterior motion of the tibia with respect to the femur?
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anterior cruciate ligament
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These giant cells make up the casseating granulomas seen in the lung during M. Tuberculosis infections?
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Langhans giant cells
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What type of cell makes up Langhans giant cells seen in tuberculosis infections?
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macrophages
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These t lymphocytes stimulate macrophages allowing them to kill intracellular M. Tuberculosis organisms?
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CD4+ t lymphocytes
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Common acid fast bacilli that deposits in the lungs?
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M. tuberculosis
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Type of immune cell that causes the death of virally infected cells?
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CD 8+ t lymphocyte
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Name of apical lung tumors?
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Pancoast tumors
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How does Horner's syndrome present?
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triad of ipsilateral.... miosis, ptosis, and anhidrosis
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Pancoast tumors (apical lung tumors) can cause what types of sxs through local invasion?
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Horner syndrome, SVC syndrome, arm weakness, arm parathesias, and hoarseness
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Most common pituitary tumor?
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prolactinoma
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Clinical symptom seen when pituitary tumors are within the hypophysial fossa?
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bitemporal hemianopsia
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What is anosmia?
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loss in the sense of smell
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How do pancoast tumors cause Horner's Syndrome?
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the tumor invades the paravertebral sympathetic chain
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What is the diagnosis when symptoms of schizophrenia are present for 1-6 months?
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schizophreniform disorder
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Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last for less than 1 month?
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brief psychotic disorder
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Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last 1-6 months?
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schizophreniform disorder
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Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last more than 6 months?
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schizophrenia
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Hormone that causes linear bone growth by stimulating the production of IGF-1 from the liver?
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growth hormone
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Factor that causes bone growth by stimulating the proliferation of cartilage in bone cells?
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IGF-1 from the liver
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Diagnosis of excess hormone production in a kid before puberty when the epiphyseal plates fuse?
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gigantism
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This type of IGF-1 DOES NOT contribute to a person's linear bone growth?
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IGF-1 from the hypothalamus
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This hormone inhibits the release of growth hormone?
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somatostatin
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This hormone stimulates the release of growth hormone?
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GHrH
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What are the secondary pathways involved in growth hormone signaling?
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JAK-STAT pathway
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A result of defective growth hormone receptors that leads to a DECREASE in linear bone growth?
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Laron dwarfism
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What do GH and IGF-1 levels look like in Laron dwarfism?
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high serum GH levels...with low IGF-1 levels
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When does the mitral valve open during the cardiac cycle?
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when the pressure in the left atrium is GREATER than the pressure in the left ventricle
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What produces the first heart sound-S1?
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closing of the mitral valve and the opening of the aortic valve
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What produces the second heart sound-S2?
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closing of the aortic valve and opening of the mitral valve
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This valve condition produces an opening snap in EARLY diastole shortly after the second heart sound-S2?
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mitral stenosis
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Name the common CYP 450 INDUCERS?
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carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, griseofulvin
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Name the common CYP 450 INHIBITORS?
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cimetidine, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, azole anitfungals, grapefruit juice, isoniazid, ritonavir
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How would penicillin V potentiate the anti-coagulant effects of warfarin?
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oral penicillin V would reduce intestinal bacteria which would reduce vitamin K synthesis
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Medications that have the potential to DECREASE warfarin's anti-coagulant effects?
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cyp 450 inducers
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What types of g proteins become active when you stiimulate alpha 1, alpha 2, beta1, and beta 2 receptors?
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qiss
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What type of muscle does not require extracellular calcium to cause contraction?
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skeletal muscle
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Calcium binds to this instead of troponin in smooth muscle cells?
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calmodulin
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What type of muscle does not use troponin for muscle contraction?
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smooth muscle
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norepinephrine acts on what adrenoreceptors?
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alpha 1, alpha 2, and Beta 1
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Describe diptheria toxin?
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AB exotoxin that ribosylates elongation factor 2 (EF2) and prevents protein translation
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Fungus with v-shaped branching septate hyphae?
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aspergillus fumigatus
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Treatment fo invasive aspergillosis?
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amphotericin B
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Fungus that causes meningitis and lung infections in AIDS patients?
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Oval budding yeast with a thick caspsule?
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cryptococcus
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Dimorphic fungi that can exist in the body as yeast and therefore show no hyphae on biopsy?
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blastomyces, histoplasma, and coccidiodes
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Neutropenic patients with CML are at risk for infection by this fungus?
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aspergillus fumigatus
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Formula for standard gibbs free energy change?
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delta G =-RTlnKeq
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If gibbs free energy is NEGATIVE...what is the value of Keq?
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GREATER than 1
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If gibbs energy is POSITIVE...what is the value of Keq?
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LESS than 1
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Antiprogestin agent used to terminate early pregnancy?
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mifepristone
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Hormone necessary for implantation and maintenance of pregnancy?
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progesterone
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Progesterone antagonist used to terminate pregnancy?
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mifepristone
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Drug of choice for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia?
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carbamazepine
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Pain described as "a knife stabbing my face"
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trigeminal neuralgia
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Needed for glutamate residue carboxylation?
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vitamin K
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