COMSAE 107 Exam - Questions With Valid
Solutions
Osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? Right Answer -
(spongy and ) trabecular bone mass loss
Imipramine Right Answer - TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
convulsions
coma
cardiotox
Antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and
orthostatic hypotension- block alpha1)
Viscerosomatic Right Answer - visceral disease --> somatic
finding
Loratidine vs ranitidine Right Answer - loratidine: 2nd gen H1
blocker, doesnt cross BBB --> less sedating
Ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
Cells w RBCs inside Right Answer - entaemoba histolytica
Which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra
side? Right Answer - tension
Intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle
of numerous tortuous vessels Right Answer - AVM
arteriovenous malformation
,DMARD drug for UC/Crohns/RA Right Answer - sulfasalazine
Pulmonary effects of CF Right Answer - chronic bronchitis and
bronchiectasis
Cavernous hemangioma Right Answer - benign tumor of liver,
A/W VHL
Anti-HepB surface antibody is only present in what pop Right
Answer - recovered or immunized
not in chronic or
Proctalgia fugax Right Answer - levator ani syndrome
Fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? Right Answer - LMN
Ectopic gastric tissue Right Answer - meckels diverticulum
can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
remnant of vitelline duct
Antibodies in hashimotos attacks Right Answer - thyroid
peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve Right Answer - x axis-
preload (EDV)
y axis- stroke volume or CO
Treatment for fibromyalgia Right Answer - TCA, SNRIs
anticonvulsants
,What blocks NE reuptake? Right Answer - TCA or SNRIs
Possible complication of pagets bone disease Right Answer -
osteocarcoma
What does Hct tell you? Right Answer - ratio of volume of
RBCs compared to total blood volume
Probenecid Right Answer - inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid
in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID Right Answer - ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and
deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of dATP --> toxicity in lymphocytes --
> SCID
hypoplastic thymus
Lithiums effects on urination Right Answer - inhibits
vasopression/ADH --> increased urinary frequency
Infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses Right Answer
- clomiphene (clones- multiple babies)
Antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal
negative feedback)
Upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
, Used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple
fetuses
AFP levels in down syndrome Right Answer - low
GI malformation A/W down syndrome Right Answer -
Hirschprungs- congenital aganglionic megacolon
Defective relaxation and peristalsis of rectum and distal sigmoid
colon
Failure to pass meconium, empty rectal vault, megacolon
Myasthenia gravis associations Right Answer - thymoma,
thymic hyperplasia
Ptosis, diplopia, can affect chewing, swallowing, speaking, shoulders,
respiration
tx for tinea Right Answer - azoles
Beta blockers for asthma Right Answer - none- even beta 1s
can be nonselective at higher doses
What kind of teratogenic effects are seen w ACE/ARBs Right
Answer - fetal renal agenesis
Stones bones groans moans psych overtones Right Answer -
high Ca or PTH
PTH is made by what cells? Right Answer - chief cells of
parathyroid gland
Solutions
Osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? Right Answer -
(spongy and ) trabecular bone mass loss
Imipramine Right Answer - TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
convulsions
coma
cardiotox
Antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and
orthostatic hypotension- block alpha1)
Viscerosomatic Right Answer - visceral disease --> somatic
finding
Loratidine vs ranitidine Right Answer - loratidine: 2nd gen H1
blocker, doesnt cross BBB --> less sedating
Ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
Cells w RBCs inside Right Answer - entaemoba histolytica
Which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra
side? Right Answer - tension
Intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle
of numerous tortuous vessels Right Answer - AVM
arteriovenous malformation
,DMARD drug for UC/Crohns/RA Right Answer - sulfasalazine
Pulmonary effects of CF Right Answer - chronic bronchitis and
bronchiectasis
Cavernous hemangioma Right Answer - benign tumor of liver,
A/W VHL
Anti-HepB surface antibody is only present in what pop Right
Answer - recovered or immunized
not in chronic or
Proctalgia fugax Right Answer - levator ani syndrome
Fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? Right Answer - LMN
Ectopic gastric tissue Right Answer - meckels diverticulum
can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
remnant of vitelline duct
Antibodies in hashimotos attacks Right Answer - thyroid
peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve Right Answer - x axis-
preload (EDV)
y axis- stroke volume or CO
Treatment for fibromyalgia Right Answer - TCA, SNRIs
anticonvulsants
,What blocks NE reuptake? Right Answer - TCA or SNRIs
Possible complication of pagets bone disease Right Answer -
osteocarcoma
What does Hct tell you? Right Answer - ratio of volume of
RBCs compared to total blood volume
Probenecid Right Answer - inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid
in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID Right Answer - ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and
deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of dATP --> toxicity in lymphocytes --
> SCID
hypoplastic thymus
Lithiums effects on urination Right Answer - inhibits
vasopression/ADH --> increased urinary frequency
Infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses Right Answer
- clomiphene (clones- multiple babies)
Antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal
negative feedback)
Upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
, Used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple
fetuses
AFP levels in down syndrome Right Answer - low
GI malformation A/W down syndrome Right Answer -
Hirschprungs- congenital aganglionic megacolon
Defective relaxation and peristalsis of rectum and distal sigmoid
colon
Failure to pass meconium, empty rectal vault, megacolon
Myasthenia gravis associations Right Answer - thymoma,
thymic hyperplasia
Ptosis, diplopia, can affect chewing, swallowing, speaking, shoulders,
respiration
tx for tinea Right Answer - azoles
Beta blockers for asthma Right Answer - none- even beta 1s
can be nonselective at higher doses
What kind of teratogenic effects are seen w ACE/ARBs Right
Answer - fetal renal agenesis
Stones bones groans moans psych overtones Right Answer -
high Ca or PTH
PTH is made by what cells? Right Answer - chief cells of
parathyroid gland
