5/21/2014

Question 1

subacute combined degeneration

Answer 1

degen of lat and post spinal columns - B12 deficiency, copper, or vit E deficiency.

Question 2

MCV

Answer 2

mean corpuscular volume - average volume of red cells in a specimen

Question 3

intracellular iron storage

Answer 3

ferritin

Question 4

battery factories

Answer 4

lead exposure

Question 5

shipyards

Answer 5

asbestosis

Question 6

microcytic anemias

Answer 6

lead, thalassemias, RA

Question 7

number of people with a genotype that express the phenotype

Answer 7

penetrance

Question 8

varied degree of disease within the same genotype

Answer 8

variable expression

Question 9

gag reflex

Answer 9

in by nine (glossopharyngeal) out by ten

Question 10

hypoglossal nerve

Answer 10

XII - motor of the tongue

Question 11

vagus afferent or efferent

Answer 11

efferent

Question 12

pneumoconioses

Answer 12

coalworkers (anthracosis), silicosis, beryliosis, asbestosis

Question 13

sandblasters

Answer 13

silicosis

Question 14

aerospace industry

Answer 14

berylliosis

Question 15

construction, plumbing, and shipyards

Answer 15

asbestosis

Question 16

impaired phagolysosome formation by macrophages leads to increased risk of TB

Answer 16

silica

Question 17

fibrosis of massive exposure to carbon dust

Answer 17

black lung

Question 18

boutonniere deformaty

Answer 18

RA

Question 19

carbon dust pneumoconiosis associated with

Answer 19

RA, caplan syndrome (basilar nodules on xray in addition to coal miners RA)

Question 20

dactylitis - swelling of soft tissues between joints - interstitial fibrosis

Answer 20

sausage fingers - psoriatic arthritis

Question 21

rheumatoid nodules surrounded by pigmented cells

Answer 21

specific for caplan syndrome

Question 22

noncaseating granulomas in lungs, hilar nodes, and systemic organs.

Answer 22

sarcoidosis

Question 23

sarcoidosis with pneumoconiosis

Answer 23

berylliosis

Question 24

lung carcinoma is more common than mesothelioma in

Answer 24

asbestosis

Question 25

xerostomia

Answer 25

sjogrens

Question 26

AR low UGT activity and increased UCB under stress

Answer 26

gilbert syndrome

Question 27

absense of UGT, increased UCB - fatal in infancy

Answer 27

Crigler-Najjar

Question 28

AR deficient bilirubin canalicular transport protein, increased CB - dark liver

Answer 28

Dubin-Johnson

Question 29

dubin-johnson with no liver discoloration

Answer 29

rotor syndrome

Question 30

increase in both UCB and CB, dark urine

Answer 30

viral hep

Question 31

increased CB

Answer 31

obstructive or Dubin-Johnson

Question 32

abnormal development of 3 and 4th branchial pounches

Answer 32

digeorge

Question 33

abnormal 3rd branchial arch

Answer 33

congenital pharyngocutaneous fistula

Question 34

failure of migration of 1st branchial arch - AD

Answer 34

treacher collins

Question 35

first line treatment of acute gout - cox inhibitor and prostaglandin synthesis impeded.

Answer 35

indomethacin - NSAIDS

Question 36

block TNF, used in autoimmune diseases

Answer 36

Etanercept and Infliximab

Question 37

depolymerization of microtubules, impaired chemotaxis and degranulation - acute gout tx

Answer 37

colchicine

Question 38

xanthine oxidase inhibitor, prophylactic gout treatment

Answer 38

allopurinol

Question 39

generates acetate in mitochondria

Answer 39

acealdehyde dehydrogenase

Question 40

function of disulfiram

Answer 40

increased acetaldehyde

Question 41

aromatase inhibitor

Answer 41

anastrazole

Question 42

contraindicated in tx of breast cancer

Answer 42

estrogens

Question 43

medical abortion drug

Answer 43

mifeprestone

Question 44

medical stimulation of labor contraction and cervical dilation

Answer 44

Dinoprostone