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Area of absorption of folate

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jejunum

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Area of absorption of iron

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duodenum

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Area of absorption of bile acids

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ileum

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Area of absorption of fat soluble vitamins

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ileum

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Area of absorption of Vitamin B12

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ileum

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What Vitamin is often deficient with Isoniazid use? What symptoms does it cause?

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-Vitamin B6
-causes peripheral neuropathy

Front 7

Why can carcinoid syndrome produce niacin deficiency?

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-Tryptophan is the precursor for both niacin and serotonin. If it is consumed making serotonin (which is what is produced in carcinoid syndrome) then there will not be enought left to make niacin=deficiency

Front 8

Which type of CV problems are associated with carcinoid synrome?

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Tricuspid regurgitation

Front 9

What is the first enzyme to become elevated in a heart attack?

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CK-MB

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What enzyme stays elevated longer in a heart attack-CK-MB or troponin?

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Troponin-->it is also more sensitive for heart attack

Front 11

ST elevations in leads V1-V5 represent ischemia to what part of the heart?

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Anterior heart, most likely a ruptured plaque in the LAD

Front 12

What passes through the diaphragm at the level of T8?

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IVC

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What passes through the diaphragm at the level of T12?

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Aorta

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What passes through the diaphragm at the level of T10?

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Esophagus

Front 15

Where is the usual location of Meckel's diverticulum?

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2 feet proximal to the ileocecal valve

Front 16

Which type of hernia is medial to the inferior epigastric artery?

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Direct inguinal hernia

Front 17

Which type of hernia occurs lateral to the inferior epigastric artery?

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Indirect inguinal artery

Front 18

What vessel is injured in an epidural hematoma?

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Middle meningeal artery

Front 19

What does an epidural hematoma look like on CT?

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Biconvex shaped lesion

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What vessel is injured in a subdural hematoma?

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Bridging veins

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What does a subdural hematoma look like on CT?

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Crescent shaped lesion

Front 22

What is the description of a subarachnoid hemorrage?

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"Worst headache of my life

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Chromosomal abnormality associated with DiGeorge syndrome

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22q11

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Chromosomal abnormality associated with Wilms tumor

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11p13

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Chromosomal abnormality associated with Angelman and Prader-Willi syndrome

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15q11-q13

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With what disease or cancer is the t(9;22) gene associated?

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-BCR-ABL fusion gene is associated with CML, ALL, and rarely AML

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With what disease or cancer is a 5p gene deletion associated?

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Cru-du-chat syndrome

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With what disease or cancers is the t(8;14) gene associated?

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-C-MYC region on chromosome 8
-Burkitt's lymphoma

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With what disease or cancers is the t(11;22) gene associated?

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-Ewing's sarcoma

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With what disease or cancers is the t(11;22) gene associated?

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-APL, the M3 subtype of AML
-Gene prescence= responsiveness to ATRA therapy

Front 31

Describe Acute erosive gastritis.

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-focal damage
-risk from: EtOH, NSAIDS, stress, cancer drugs, smoking
-significant burns to body:Hurlings
-Head trauma: Kushing's

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Describe Chronic type A gastritits.

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-glandular destruction
-mucosal atropy
-affects fundus
-autoimmune
-pernicious anemia results

Front 33

Describe Chronic Type B gastritis.

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-chronic irritation due to h. pylori
-affects antrum
-eventual mucosal atrophy, metaplasia, and carcinoma

Front 34

Describe Menetrier's disease.

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-mucosal hyperplasia
-mucosa becomes thickened with concomitant atrophy of glands

Front 35

What disease is a result of adenosine deaminase deficiency?

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SCID

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What disease is a result of a failure to produce interferon gamma?

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Hyper IgE or Jobs syndrome

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Describe Jobs syndrome

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-Neutrophils fail to respond to stimuli
-course facial features, retained primary teeth, eczema

Front 38

Wht disease is a result of an inability to class switch?

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-hyper-IgM syndrome
-defective helper T cells

Front 39

What disease is a result of a defect in the integrin CD18?

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leukocyte adhesion deficiency

Front 40

What coping mechanism are people with histrionic personality disorder likely to us?

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Regression (crying, etc)

Front 41

What coping mechanism are people with paranoid personality disorder likely to use?

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projection

Front 42

What coping mechanism are people with borderline personality disorder likely to use?

Back 42

Splitting

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In what cancer is Auer rods seen?

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AML

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What disease is cause by an increased relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter?

Back 44

GERD

Front 45

A patient with achalasia and a birdbeak presentation on barium swallow has what problem with their lower esophageal sphincter?

Back 45

Inability of lower esophageal sphincter to relax

Front 46

Hemosiderin-laden macrophages are commonly seen in the lung in what sided heart failure?

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Left-sided heart failure

Front 47

What chromosomal translocation is associated for the best prognosis for a person with ALL?

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t(12;21)

Front 48

Describe Hereditary Spherocytosis.

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-Autosomal Dominant
-Hemolytic Anemia
-Jaundice
-Splenomegaly

Front 49

What kind of immunoflourescence staining would confirm the presence of a leiomyosarcoma?

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Desmin staining

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What type of cell is calss diagnostically for CML?

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Smudge cell

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How is CML characterized, in general and on peripheral smear?

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-low leukocyte alkaline phosphatase due to immature granulocytes
-excess of neutrophils, metapyelocytes, basophils

Front 52

What are the malignant cells in chronic and acute lymphocytic leukemia?

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B cells

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With what disease is CLL associated?

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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, characterized by spherocytes, elevated reticulocytes, and positive Coombs test

Front 54

Von-Hippel-Lindau is a disease due to an error on which chromosome?

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chromosome 3

Front 55

Neurofibromatosis-1 is a disease due to an error on which chromosome?

Back 55

17

Front 56

Cystic Fibrosis is a disease due to an error on which chromosome?

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Chromosome 7

Front 57

Wilms Tumor is a disease due to an error on which chromosome?

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Chromosome 11

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Huntington's Disease is a disease due to an error on which chromosome?

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Chromosome 4

Front 59

In DKA, what will the H+ and K+ ions be like ?

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-Both will be elevated

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If a patient has symptoms of a stroke in the left lower extremity, what vessel is affected?

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Right anterior cerebral artery

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If a patient has symptoms of a stroke in the left upper extremity, what vessel is affected?

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Right middle cerebral artery