DIT Warm-ups

Question 1

function of IL-3

Answer 1

stimulates bone marrow

Question 2

primary defect in hyper IgE syndrome

Answer 2

deficient IFNg leads to impaired neutrophil chemotaxis

Question 3

which 3 bacteria are intracellular, why?

Answer 3

rickettsia, chlamydia, legionella

can’t make own ATP

Question 4

enzymes that obligate anaerobes lack (2)

Answer 4

SOD, catalase

Question 5

acute transplant rejection

Answer 5

days-weeks, host T cells attack foreign MHC

Question 6

chronic transplant rejection

Answer 6

months, perivascular/ T cell and antibody mediated

Question 7

name for macrophages in connective tissue

Answer 7

histiocytes

Question 8

name for macrophages in kidney

Answer 8

mesangial cells

Question 9

4 obligate aerobes

Answer 9

nocardia, pseudomonas, MTB, bacillus

Question 10

antineoplastic agent that causes nephrotoxicity in 75% of patients

Answer 10

cyclosporine

Question 11

heart defects associated with 22q11.2 micro deletion syndrome (2)

Answer 11

metrology of ballot, trunks arteriosus

Question 12

5 classes of drugs for glaucoma

Answer 12

B-blockers
a-agonists
diuretics
PG analogues
cholinergic agonists

Question 13

nerve injured hen unable to wipe bottom

Answer 13

thoracodorsal n

Question 14

nerve injured when unable to pronate

Answer 14

median n

Question 15

3 unique features of levy body dementia

Answer 15

visual hallucinations, falls, syncope

Question 16

burnt almond breath

Answer 16

cyanide

Question 17

garlic breath

Answer 17

arsenic

Question 18

mousy odor

Answer 18

PKU

Question 19

neurotransmitter for pain

Answer 19

substance P

Question 20

origin of estradiol, estriol and estrone

Answer 20

estradiol- ovaries
estriol- placenta
estrone- adipose

Question 21

names/locations of the 2 neural bundles in the GI tract

Answer 21

meissners plexus- submucosa

auerbacks plexus- outer layer of muscularis externa

Question 22

3 treatments for nephrogenic DI

Answer 22

HCTZ
Amiloride (preferred in Lithium tx)
indomethacin

Question 23

2 promoter regions

Answer 23

• 25 TATA/hogness box

- 75 CAAT box

Question 24

2 things that increase vaginal pH

Answer 24

bacterial vaginosis, trichomonas

Question 25

medication class that is associated with increased nephrotoxicity when combined with aminoglycosides

Answer 25

cephalosporins

Question 26

4 tissues that use GLUT2 receptors

Answer 26

b cells of pancreas
liver
kidney
small intestine

Question 27

involuntary withholding of feeling from conscious awareness

Answer 27

repression

Question 28

veteran describes horrific war scenes with no emotion

Answer 28

isolation of affect

Question 29

person who was abused as a child becomes an abuser

Answer 29

identification

Question 30

can lead to multiple personalities

Answer 30

dissociation

Question 31

underlies all defense mechanisms

Answer 31

repression

Question 32

substrate and cofactor for GABA synthesis

Answer 32

glutamate

B6

Question 33

5 required factors for PDC

Answer 33

Thiamine
Lipoic acid
CoA
FAD
NAD

Question 34

result of PDC deficiency

Answer 34

neurologic effects