Wall part 3

Question 1

Night blindness is a manifestation of which vitamin deficiency

Answer 1

Vitamin A

Question 2

What enzyme increases pancreatic secretions, rich in digestive enzymes

Answer 2

CCK

Question 3

what enzyme increases gastric motility

Answer 3

Gastrin

Question 4

What is the syndrome that involves the gastrin-secreting tumour of the pancreas

Answer 4

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Question 5

Warfarin

Answer 5

2,7,9,10 (long term)

Question 6

Heparin

Answer 6

2,10 (short term)

Question 7

What is rheumatic fever caused by

Answer 7

Strep pyogenes

Question 8

If a patient had lung disease what would the crackles be like?

Answer 8

Coarse

Question 9

If a patient had pulmonary oedema what would the crackles be like

Answer 9

Fine crackles

Question 10

What enzyme do NSAIDS block and what do they reduce throughout the body

Answer 10

They block the COX enzyme and reduce prostaglandins throughout the body

Question 11

What is the difference between Microcytic and Macrocytic anaemia

Answer 11

Microcytic anaemia- Iron deficient

Macrocytic anaemia- Vit B12/folate deficiency

Question 12

What do you treat Gonorrhoea

Answer 12

ceftriaxone

Question 13

At what level do the sympathetic nerves from the adrenal gland leave the spinal cord and where do they enter after this

Answer 13

T10-L1

Enter the abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves

Question 14

What can cause a paradoxical rise in the JVP during inspiration

Answer 14

Constrictive pericarditis

Question 15

What is the treatment for sepsis

Answer 15

B-blood culture
U-urine culture
F-fbc
A-antibiotics
L-liquids (fluids)
O-oxygen

Question 16

Which are the baroreceptors for the aortic arch and carotid sinus

Answer 16

aortic arch- Xth cranial nerve

Carotid sinus- IXth cranial nerve

Question 17

What are the 4 stages that end in cirrhosis ( and their respective time frame)

Answer 17

2-3 days –> Fatty liver
4-6 weeks –> Hepatitis
Months- Years –> Fibrosis
Years –> Cirrhosis

Question 18

What are the 4 stages of the platelet cascade

Answer 18

• Initiation
• Adhesion
• Activation
• Release of Activator

Question 19

What are the causes of aortic stenosis (REC)

Answer 19

Rheumatic heart disease
Elderly calcification of tricuspid valve
Congenital calcification of bicuspid valve

Question 20

pre-hepatic portal hypertension

Answer 20

Blockage of the portal vein before the liver due to portal vein thrombis

Question 21

Intrahepatic portal hypertension

Answer 21

Due to distortion of the liver architecture e.g cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis, Budd Chiari syndrome

Question 22

What do ribosomes consist of

Answer 22

DNA and proteins

Question 23

When do troponin levels become visible in the blood

Answer 23

4-6 hours before it appears in the blood

Question 24

The left atrium forms the majority of the base of the heart. True or false?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What is the formula for MAP

Answer 25

=CO x TRP

Question 26

What is the formula for CO?

Answer 26

=SV x HR

Question 27

ANA or anti-SMA is often positive/negative in autoimmune hep?

Answer 27

positive