Question review

Question 1

The posterior limb of the internal capsule is irrigated by which artery

Answer 1

Anterior choroidal artery

Question 2

The lenticulostriate arteries branch off which artery

Answer 2

Middle cerebral artery

Question 3

Biopsy findings in a patient with (myocardial) acute transplant rejection

Answer 3

Dense infiltrate of mononuclear cells composed of T-lymphocytes

Question 4

What is an embryological field defect

Answer 4

When an initial embryonic disturbance leads to multiple malformations by disrupting the development of adjacent tissues and structures (eg, holoprosencephaly)

Question 5

Molecules that lead to formation of propionyl-CoA

Answer 5

• Valine and isoleucine (branched-chain aminoacids)
• Methionine and threonine
• Odd-chain fatty acids

Question 6

The thoracodorsal nerve innervates which muscle

Answer 6

Latissimus dorsi

Question 7

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are a result of what pathologic process

Answer 7

Atherosclerosis

Question 8

What are immunoglobulin allotypes

Answer 8

Inherited constant domains of both heavy and light chains (used in paternity testing)

Question 9

What is an immunoglobulin idiotype

Answer 9

It is the antigen-recognition portion

Question 10

Correction of thoracic outlet syndrome by incision of the anterior scalene muscle carries the risk of injuring which nerve

Answer 10

Phrenic nerve (courses along the anterior border of the anterior scalene muscle)

Question 11

Electron microscopy findings of MPGN 2

Answer 11

Dense deposits

Question 12

Electron microscopy findings of MPGN 1

Answer 12

Subendothelial deposits

Question 13

Rett syndrome is due to a mutation in which gene

Answer 13

MECP2

Question 14

Where are Negri bodies most commonly found

Answer 14

Hippocampus and cerebellar cortex

Question 15

Muscle that lowers the jaw

Answer 15

Lateral pterygoids

Question 16

Thalamic nucleus that controls satiety

Answer 16

Ventromedial

Question 17

Deficient protein in Dubin-Jhonson syndrome

Answer 17

Hepatocyte canalicular organic anion transporter

Question 18

Sources of toxoplasmosis

Answer 18

• Cat feces

* Incompletely cooked lamb or pork

Question 19

Hantavirus is transmitted through which vector

Answer 19

Rodents (feces)

Question 20

What do the different parts of Medicare cover

Answer 20

• Part A: hospital insurance, home hospice care
• Part B: basic medical bills
• Part C: COMBO (A+B) delivered by private companies
• Part D: prescription drugs

Question 21

Treatment of choice for Candida esophagitis

Answer 21

Fluconazole

Question 22

Glomerulopathy with circulating phospholipase A2 receptor antibodies

Answer 22

Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN)

Question 23

HLA that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 23

HLA-DR4

Question 24

HLA that is associated with primary hemochromatosis

Answer 24

HLA-A3

Question 25

Most of the blood supply for the head of the femur comes from which artery

Answer 25

Medial circumflex femoral artery

Question 26

Most important adverse effect of ticlopidine

Answer 26

Neutropenia

Question 27

The vector that transmits ricketsia ricketsii (Dermacentor tick) also transmits which microorganism

Answer 27

Francisella tularensis

Question 28

Causal agent of scrub typhus

Answer 28

Ricketsia tsutsugamushi

Question 29

Vector that transmits scrub typhys

Answer 29

Mites

Question 30

Most common cause of death in AIDS patients

Answer 30

Tuberculosis

Question 31

In which chromosome is the APC gene located

Answer 31

5q

Question 32

Components of PPD

Answer 32

Tuberculin and mycolic acid

Question 33

Test used to identify HLA molecules

Answer 33

Microcytoxicity test