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Ribosomes attached to the RER synthesize what type of proteins?
secretory, membrane bound, and lysosomal proteins
These are welll developed in protein secreting cells?
RER
Function of the SER?
steroid synthesis and drug detoxification
Surface marker specific for macrophages?
CD 14
B cell surface marker?
CD 20
A deficiency in what enzyme causes Niemann Pick Disease?
sphingomyelinase
Probability that someone with a positive test willl truely have a disease?
Positive predictive value (a/a+b)=TP/TP+FP
In normal individuals, the O2 saturation should be the same in what areas of the heart?
the atria and the ventricles
The most common congenital heart defect that creates a L to R shunt?
ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Most likely heart defect if there is an increase in O2 saturation between the RA and the RV?
left to right shunt....VSD
Produces a holosystolic murmur that is loudest over the left mid sternal border?
VSD
Produces a continous systolic and diastolic machinary like murmur?
patent ductus arteriosis
Visual impairment in an HIV patient?
CMV retinitis
RX for cytomegalovirus induced retinitis?
ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir
Used to rx CMV infection in an HIV pt but causes hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia?
foscarnet
Most common site of urinary obstruction (hydronephrosis) in a fetus?
ureteropelvic junction(junction between the kidney and the ureter)
Describes an obstruction of the cystic duct or common bile duct by a gallstone?
choledocolithiasis
Abdominal pain and distention, vomiting, tenderness to palpation, and tinkling bowel sounds are characteristic of what finding?
small bowel obstruction
Occurs in pts with a hx of gallstones where a gs causes an obstruction at the ileocecal valve?
gallstone ileus
What would be seen on x-ray with gallstone ileus?
air in the gallbladder and biliary tree
Group A beta hemolytic streptococci?
streptococcus pyrogenes
Major virulence factor for group A beta hemolytic step. pyrogenes that inhibits phagocytosis?
M protein
Total resistance of a parallel circuit?
1/TPR= 1/r1+ 1/r2+ 1/r3...
Describes blood flow in an individual organ?
series circuit
TPR=R1+R2+R3
LOW levels of alpha fetoprotein (AFP) are associated with what condition?
Trisomy 21
Conditions associated with HIGH alpha fetoprotein?
(1) multiple gestation
(2) neural tube defects
(3) abdominal wall defects
RX used for heparin overdose?
protamine sulfate
Emetic rx that is valuable IMMEDIATELY following ingestion of a poison?
syrup of ipecac
Rat poison =
warfarin
RX for a patient who has ingested rat poison?
fresh frozen plasma (replenishes coag factors 2,7,9, and 10)
Multiple ring enhancing lesions in an HIV patient?
toxoplasmosis
Pulmonary function test findings in a patient with emphysema?
(1) decreasd FEV1/FVC
(2) increase in total lung volume
(3) decreased diffusing capacity
Exits the skull through the foramen ovale and innervates the muscles of mastication?
mandibular nerve (CNV3)
DOC for absence seizures?
ethosuximide or sodium valproate
Maturing erythrocytes lose their ability to synthesize Heme when they lose what organelle?
mitochondria
What is missing in severe combined immunodeficiency?
adenosine deaminase (adenosine is toxic to B and T cells)
Triad of cerebellar defects (ataxia), spider angiomas (telangiactasia), with IgA deficiency?
ataxia telangiectasia
Combination of thrombocytopenic purpura, infections, and eczema with a decrease in IgM?

What is the mode of inheritance?
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome

x-linked recessive
Recurrent bacterial infections, absent pus formation, and delayed separation of the umbilicus?

What is the defect?
leukocyte adhesion deficiency

missing integrins
Combination of partial albinism, recurrent resp tract and skin infections, with neurological disorders (seizures and peripheral neuropathy)?

What is the defect?
chediak-higashi syndrome

defective lysosomal transport gene
Recurrent bacterial infections after 6 months, affects Boys, and a decrease in all classes of immunoglobulins?
Brutons agammaglobulinemia
Tetany (hypocalcemia), recurrent viral/fungal infections with congenital heart and great vessel defects?

What pharyngeal pouches fail to develop?
digeorge syndrome (thymic aplasia)

3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouches
Presents with eczema, reccurent cold abcesses, coarse facial features, and retained primary teeth?

What is the defect?
Job's syndrome (hyper IgE syndrome)

Th cells fail to make IFN gamma-->inability of neutrophils to respond to chemotactic stimuli
Candida albicans infections of the skin and mucous membranes?

What is the rx?
chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

ketoconazole
Which hormones use steroid recpetors?
(1)estrogen
(2)progesterone
(3)testosterone
(4)aldosterone
(5)Vitamin D
(6) T3 and T4
(7) glucocorticoids
Which hormones use tyrosine kinase receptors?
(1)Insulin
(2)IGF-1
(3)FGF
(4)PDGF
(5)prolactin
(6)GH
What factors are required for H. influenzae to grow on agar?
factors X (hematin) and V (NAD+)
When H. influenzae grows near B hemolytic S. aureus on agar?
satellite phenomenon
Group of drugs associated with rhabdomyloysis and are metabolized by the P450 enzyme system?
statins
Only statin not metabolized by P450?
pravastatin
rx for opoid intoxication
naloxone
rx for benzodiazepine overdose?
flumazenil
rx for acute neonatal narcotic withdrawal?
tincture of opium
Number of true positives divided by the total number of subjects WITH a disease?
sensitivity (a/a+c)
The number of true negatives divided by the total number of subjects WITHOUT a disease?
specificity (d/d+b)
What artery delivers blood to the medial portions of the two hemispheres of the brain?

What defects would be seen upon occlusion?
anterior cerebral arteries

deficits to contralateral legs
Used for heart failure and causes hyperkalemia through its action on the Na/K Atpase pump?
digoxin
Abnormalities seen in tetralogy of fallot?
(1) pulmonic stenosis
(2) VSD
(3) RV hypertrophy
(4) overriding aorta
The degree of R to L shunting in TOF depends on the severity of what defect?
severity of pulmonic stenosis