VSAQ Qus

Question 1

What initiates labour?

Answer 1

CRH (Corticotroph-releasing hormone)

Question 2

What gene is required on top of the absence of SRY gene for females to produce granulosa cells?

Answer 2

FOXL2

Question 3

What is the key signalling pathway involved in BCC?

Answer 3

Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signalling pathway

Question 4

What amino acid is the precursor for bicarbonate production in the PCT?

Answer 4

Glutamine (aminogenesis)

Question 5

Tx acute gout attack

Answer 5

Colchicine

Question 6

What describes the organisation of the cells in the cerebral cortex, grouped together based on function

Answer 6

Cytoarchitecture

Question 7

What white matter tract connects Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas?

Answer 7

Arcuate fasiculus

Question 8

What factors prevent neuronal death and promote growth of neurons after injury?

Answer 8

Neurotrophic factors

Question 9

Doctor is trying to elicit a reflex, can’t do it and so asks patient to clench his jaw, what is this called?

Answer 9

Jendrassik manoeuvre

Question 10

What causes the hypertension and hypokalaemia in 11 hydroxylase deficiency?

Answer 10

11 deoxycorticosterone

Question 11

What sign indicating transmural ischaemia/infarction can be seen on CTAP/CT angiogram for bowel ischaemia?

Answer 11

Pneumetosis intestinalis