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what germ layer does the pancreas develop from
endoderm
Ovarian cancer is associated with which type of metastasis?
transcoelomic
What is the lower reference limit for sperm concentration according to the WHO criteria?
15 million per mil
A 16 year old girl has been referred to clinic as she has amenorrhoea. She reports never having periods. Her mother and 2 sisters menarche was at age 12. On examination you note the patient is 152cm tall and BMI 29.0 and secondary sexual characteristics are not developed. Her FSH is elevated. You organise a Karyotype and are phoned as the result is abnormal, what does the result show
turners
facial nerve develops from what pharyngeal arch
2nd
In patients with endometriosis what is the infertility rate?
40%
What is the boundary between the true and false pelvis?
pelvic brim
Infantile PKD inheritance pattern
autosomal rescessive
The primary stimulus for ADH (anti-diuretic hormone AKA Vasopressin) release is?
high serum osmolality
Receptors in the Hypothalamus detect increases in serum osmolality and stimulate the posterior pituitary to secrete ADH. This is the main stimulus.
Vasopressin is also a vasoconstrictor and is stimulated when decreases in plasma volume are detected by baroreceptors in the atria and carotid sinus
Anti-D prophylaxis should be given to women who are rhesus D negative and are having a medical abortion after how many weeks
10 weeks
You are consenting a patient for a diagnostic hysteroscopy. What is the approximate risk of uterine perforation in diagnostic hysteroscopy?
0.1%
The external anal sphincter is innervated by which nerves?
inferior rectal
earliest age for amniocentesis
15
A 31 year old women has bloods taken at 12 weeks gestation which show:
Elevated AFP (alpha fetoprotein) and normal pregnany-associated plasma protein A (PAPP A) and unconjugated estriol(uE3)
spina bifida
Myasthenia Gravis is an example of what type of hypersensitivity reaction?
V
What is the normal range for urea concentration in an adult?
2.5 – 7.8
A 41 year old woman is referred to EPAU with spotting in early pregnancy. What is the risk of miscarriage in women in this age group?
50%
A 42 year old smoker attends clinic due to vulval soreness and shows you a number of vulval lumps. Biopsy confirms VIN. What is the approximate risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma?
15%
FUNCTION OF GLUCAGON
INHIBITS Glycolysis
Regarding lymph drainage of the cervix where does the majority of lymph drain to?
EXTERNAL ILIAC
Which of the following hormones are required for alveolar morphogenesis during pregnancy
PROLACTIN, PROGESTERONE, HPL
From which germ layer does the anterior pituitary develop?
ECTODERM
Duchenne inheritance
autosomal recessive
inheritane sickle cell disease
autosomal recessive HOMOLOGOUS