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A 40-year-old woman on examination presents with intensified basal metabolic rate. What hormone present in excess leads to such condition?

Thyrocalcitonin

Glucagon

Triiodothyronine

Aldosterone

Somatostatin

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Autopsy of a woman revealed the following morphologic changes: stenosis of the atrioventricular opening, mitral insufficiency. Histologically there are focal cardiosclerosis and ’’blooming” Aschoff nodules in the myocardium. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Scleroderma

Polyarteritis nodosa

Dermatomyositis

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatism

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After a case of sepsis a 27-year-old woman developed ’bronzed” skin discoloration characteristic of Addison’s disease. Hyperpigmentation mechanism in this case is based on increased secretion of:

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Somatotropin

в-lipotropin

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Gonadotropin

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A 16-year-old girl presents with no hair on the pubis and in the armpits, her mammary glands are underdeveloped, no menstruations. What hormone imbalance can it be indicative of?

Adrenal medulla hyperfunction

Hypothyroidism

Pancreatic islet failure

Hyperthyroidism

Ovarian failure

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From the feces of a patient with acute gastroenteritis a pure culture of microorganisms was obtained. The microorganisms are small mobile slightly curved gram-negative bacilli that within 6 hours grow into a light blue film on the 1% alkaline peptone water. Such properties are characteristic of the following microorganism:

Spirilla

Bacillus

Vibrio

Clostridium

Spirochaete

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A patient was brought into the infecti- onal diseases hospital on the 8th day since the disease onset. The patient complains of headache, malaise, and weakness. A sample of blood was taken for the serological test. Widal agglutination test results with blood sample diluted 1:200 and typhoid fever O-diagnosticum were positive. What diagnosis can be made based on the results of this test?

Tuberculosis

Cholera

Dysentery

Leptospirosis

Typhoid fever

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Protective function of saliva is based on several mechanisms, including the presence of enzyme that has bactericidal action and causes lysis of complex capsular polysaccharides of staphylococci and streptococci. Name this enzyme:

a-amylase

Collagenase

в-glucuronidase

Oligo-1,6-glucosidase

Lysozyme

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In the process of hemoglobin catabolism iron is released and then as a part of special transport protein is returned to the bone marrow, to be used again for hemoglobin synthesis. Name this transport protein:

Transcobalamin

Ceruloplasmin

Albumin

Haptoglobin

Transferrin

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The first-aid center has received a victim of a traffic accident diagnosed with closed displaced fracture of the middle third of the thigh. For repositioning of bone fragments the patient received 10 ml of 2% dithylinum solution intravenously, which resulted in prolonged period of apnoea and muscle relaxation. What enzyme is deficient, resulting in such pharmacogenetic enzymopathy?

Methemoglobin reductase

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase

N-acetyltransferase

Pseudocholinesterase

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An 18-year-old student presents with enlarged thyroid gland accompanied by accelerated metabolism and increased heart rate. These signs can be observed during hypersecretion of thyroxin. What organelles of thyroid cells are primarily responsible for hormone production and secretion?

Mitochondria

Ribosomes

Centrosomes

Golgi apparatus

Lysosomes

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A patient complains of pain in the upper umbilical region. On palpation there is a mobile painful intestine. What intestine is being palpated by the doctor?

Transverse colon

Sigmoid colon

Jejunum

Duodenum

Ileum

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A laboratory experiment on a dog was used to study central parts of auditory system. One of the mesencephalon structures was destroyed. The dog has lost the orienting response to auditory signals. What structure was destroyed?

Superior colliculi of corpora quadrigemi-na

Red nucleus

Inferior colliculi of corpora quadrigemina

Reticular formation nuclei

Substantia nigra

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Histological investigation of the uterine scrape of the 45-year-old woman with disturbed ovarian menstrual cycle revealed increased number of endometrial glands, some of which are serrated, while others are dilated and cyst-like. Make the diagnosis:

Endometrial adenocarcinoma

Placental polyp

Glandular endometrial polyp

Atypical endometrial hyperplasia

Endometrial cystic glandular hyperplasia

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A 45-year-old man diagnosed with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites underwent drainage of 5 liters of fluid from his abdominal cavity, which resulted in development of syncopal state due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. What circulatory disorder occurred in the abdominal cavity in this case?

Embolism

Venous hyperemia

Thrombosis

Arterial hyperemia

Ischemia

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During cholecystectomy besides a. cystyca another artery was pulled into the ligature. Ligation of this artery resulted in right-sided necrosis of the liver which led to the death of the patient. What artery was mistakenly ligated along with a. cystyca?

А. gasro-duodenalis

А. hepatica communis

Ramus sinister a. hepatica propria

Ramus dexter a. hepatica propria

А. pancreato-duodenalis sup

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Microscopy of the puncture sample obtained from the inflammation focus of the patient with cutaneous abscess revealed numerous blood cells of different types. What cells are the first to transfer from vessels to tissues during inflammation?

Eosinophils

Lymphocytes

Basocytes

Monocytes

Neutrophils

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During the first year of life an infant presents with disturbed process of breast milk curdling. What cells of the proper gastric glands are functionally disturbed?

Main exocrinocytes

Accessory mucous cells

Exocrinocytes

Parietal exocrinocytes

Cervical mucous cells

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A lab rat has subcutaneously received mercury(II) chloride in the amount of 5 mg/kg. 24 hours later the plasma creatinine concentration increased several times. What mechanism of retention azotemia is observed in this case?

Decreased glomerular filtration

Increased creatinine production in the renal tubules

Increased creatinine production in the muscles

Increased creatinine reabsorption

Increased glomerular filtration

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Collagenosis patients typically present with connective tissue destruction processes. The presence of these processes can be confirmed by the increase in:

LDH-isoenzyme activity in the blood

Transaminase activity in the blood

Blood creatine and creatinine

Blood urates

Blood oxyproline and oxylysine

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A 63-year-old man suffers from esophageal carcinoma, presents with metastases into the mediastinal lymph nodes and cancerous cachexia. What pathogenetic stage of neoplastic process is observed in the patient?

Progression

Initiation

Transformation

Promotion

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After an X-ray examination of the tuberculosis clinic patient, he was diagnosed with tumor of the right lung. During operation the surgeon removed the middle lobe of the patient’s right lung. This lobe includes:

Segmentum lingualare superius et inferius

Segmentum basale anterius et posterius

Segmentum laterale et segmentum mediate

Segmentum anterius et segmentum apicale

Segmentum apicale (superius) et segmentum basale mediale

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A 2-year-old child presents with physical retardation and frequent pneumonias. The child was diagnosed with non-closure of the arterial canal. Hemodynamics disturbance in this case is caused by communication between the:

Pulmonary trunk and pulmonary veins

Superior vena cava and pulmonary trunk

Aorta and pulmonary veins

Superior vena cava and aorta

Aorta and pulmonary trunk

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A child diagnosed with purulent inflammation of the middle ear was brought to the otolaryngology department. The disease started with the inflammation of the nasopharynx. It was determined that the infection had reached the tympanic cavity through the eustachian tube that is located in the:

Canalis musculotubarius

Сanaliculi carotim tympanici

Сanaliculus tympanicus

Сanalis caroticus

Сanaliculus chordae tympani

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During the prestart period an athlete develops increased frequency and force of cardiac contractions. These changes are caused by intensification of the following reflex responces:

Peripheral

Parasympathetic conditioned

Parasympathetic unconditioned

Sympathetic unconditioned

Sympathetic conditioned

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Due to trauma the patient has lost 25% of circulating blood volume. Name the emergency compensatory mechanism against blood loss:

Increase of reticulocyte number

Interstitial fluid inflow to the vessels

Restoration of blood protein composition

Erythropoiesis activation

Restoration of erythrocyte number

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ECG analysis of the patient shows that the T waves are positive in the second standard limb lead and their amplitude and duration is normal. The conclusion can be made that the following process occurs normally in the patient’s ventricles:

Excitation

Relaxation

Contraction

Depolarization

Repolarization

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A patient demonstrates sharp decrease of pulmonary surfactant activity. This condition can result in:

Hyperoxemia

Decreased work of expiratory muscles

Decreased airways resistance

Increased pulmonary ventilation

Alveolar tendency to recede

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After a case of common cold the patient developed numbness of the right side of the face. Examination revealed disturbed pain and thermal sensitivity in the right half of the face. What nerve was damaged?

Hypoglossal

Vagus

Glossopharyngeal

Facial

Trigeminal

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X-ray exmination of a 57-year-old man indicates local areas of hard bone tissue resorption in some of the patient’s bones. These changes can be associated with increased activity of:

Osteocytes

Chondrocytes

Osteoblasts

Osteoclasts

Chondroblasts

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A patient presents with acute attack of cholelithiasis. Laboratory examination of the patient’s feces will show the following in this case:

Positive reaction to stercobilin

Connective tissue

Negative reaction to stercobilin

Starch granules

Partially digested cellulose

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During autopsy of a 34-year-old man, who died of chronic kidney failure due to renal amyloidosis, in the lungs (mainly in the lower lobes) the pathologist detected multiple bronchial dilations filled with purulent masses accumulated in the bronchial lumen. Surface of the lungs section has fine-meshed pattern and resembles a honeycomb. Histologically there is a chronic inflammation detected in the bronchial wall, muscle fibers are replaced with connective tissue. These changes in the lungs can be defined as:

Bronchiectases

Chronic pneumonia

Chronic bronchitis

Lung abscesses

Bronchopneumonia

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Initial inoculation of water in 1% peptone water resulted in growth of a thin film on the medium surface in 6 hours. Such cultural properties are characteristic of causative agent of the following disease:

Tuberculosis

Pseudotuberculosis

Plague

Cholera

Dysentery

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A 30-year-old man complains of suffocation, heaviness in the chest on the right, general weakness. Body temperature is 38.9oC. Objectively the right side of the chest lags behind the left side during respiration. Pleurocentesis yielded exudate. What is the leading factor of exudation in the patient?

Erythrocyte aggregation

Increased blood pressure

Decreased resorption of pleural fluid

Increased permeability of the vessel wall

Hypoproteinemia

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A 42-year-old man with gout presents with high content of uric acid in blood. The patient was prescribed allopurinol to lower the concentration of uric acid. Allopurinol is a competitive inhibitor of the following enzyme:

Adenosine deaminase

Guanine deaminase

Xanthine oxidase

Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase

Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase

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Autopsy revealed a large wedge-shaped patch of a dense dark red tissue with clear margins in the upper lobe of the right lung. Histological examination detected there necrosis of the alveolar walls; the alveolar lumen is tightly packed with erythrocytes. What process occurred in the lungs?

Gangrene

Hemorrhagic infarction

Atelectasis

Hemorrhage

Carneous degeneration

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A patient complains of dizziness, thirst, difficult swallowing, and impaired vision of close objects. Objectively: respiratory rate is increased, pupils are dilated, general agitation, talkativeness, though the speech is indistinct. BP is 110/70 mm Hg, heart rate is 110/min. Given symptoms can indicate overdosage of the following drug:

Ephedrine

Atropine

Caffeine

Morphine

Aminazine

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A patient presents with indigestion, stomachaches, and excessive salivation. Similar simptoms had already been observed in this patient previously. Laboratory analysis detected oval eggs covered with lumpy capsules in the patient’s feces. What is the most likely cause of the patient’s disorder?

Fascioliasis

Trichocephaliasis

Ascariasis

Diphyllobothriasis

Enterobiasis

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Regional lymph nodes surrounding an infected wound are enlarged. Histological examination shows increased number of macrophages, lymphocytes, and lymphatic follicles, as well as a large amount of plasma cells, in the cortical layer of the lymph nodes. What process in the lymph nodes is indicated by these histologic changes?

Transplant rejection

Congenital deficiency of lymphoid tissue

Acquired deficiency of lymphoid tissue

Neoplastic aberration

Antigen stimulation

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During removal of the hyperplastic thyroid gland of a 47-year-old woman, the parathyroid gland was damaged. One month after the surgery the patient developed signs of hypoparathyroidism: frequent convulsions, hyperreflexia, laryngospasm. What is the most likely cause of the patient’s condition?

Hypophosphatemia

Hyperkalemia

Hyponatremia

Hyperchlorhydria

Hypocalcemia

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On examination the patient presents with hirsutism, moon-shaped face, stretch marks on the abdomen. BP is 190/100 mm Hg, blood glucose is 176 mmol/L. What pathology is such clinical presentation characteristic of?

Gonadal hypofunction

Hypothyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Adrenocortical hyperfunction

Hyperfunction of the insular apparatus

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A 45-year-old woman presents with breast cancer. Metastases can spread in this case to the following regional lymph nodes:

Abdominal, cervical

Axillary, parasternal

Parasternal, mediastinal

Aortic, mediastinal

Cervical, parasternal

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A 40-year-old pregnant woman underwent amniocentesis. Examination determined the fetal karyotype to be 47, XY+21. What fetal pathology was detected?

Turner syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome

Patau syndrome

Down syndrome

Phenylketonuria

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A patient used an indirect-acting adrenergic agonist to treat rhinitis. After the patient has been putting in the nose drops for several days, the vasoconstrictive effect of the drug gradually diminished. Name this phenomenon:

Idiosyncrasy

Teratogenicity

Allergy

Tachyphylaxis

Cumulation

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In a township there was registered an outbreak of hepatitis, which had supposedly spread through the water supply. What hepatitis virus could be the cause of the outbreak in this township?

Hepatitis D virus

Hepatitis G virus

Hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis E virus

Hepatitis B virus

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A medical student was hospitalized into the infectious diseases unit on the 2nd day after the disease onset; the patient is suspected to have infectious mononucleosis. What results of laboratory analysis can confirm this diagnosis immediately on the day of the hospitalization?

IgM antibodies to herpes simplex virus were detected

Fourfold increase in number of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus was detected

Herpesvirus was isolated

Cytomegalovirus antibodies were detected

IgM antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus were detected

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A 64-year-old woman presents with disturbed fine motor function of her fingers, marked muscle rigidity, and tremor. The neurologist diagnosed her with Parkinson’s disease. What brain structures are damaged resulting in this disease?

Thalamus

Red nuclei

Cerebellum

Reticular formation

Substantia nigra

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A 20-year-old young man with tall stature, asthenic body type, signs of hypogonadism and gynecomastia, and low sperm count (azoospermia) has karyotype 48. XXY. What hereditary syndrome can be characterized by this chromosomal anomaly?

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Louis-Bar syndrome (ataxia-telangiectasia)

Down syndrome

Turner syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome

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Pathogenic staphylococcus was obtained from the purulent wound of the patient. Its antibiotic sensitivity was determined to be as follows: penicillin growth inhibition zone - 8 mm; oxacillin 9 mm, ampicillin - 10 mm, gentamicin - 22 mm, lincomycin - 11 mm. What antibiotic should be chosen for treatment in this case?

Lincomycin

Ampicillin

Gentamicin

Oxacillin

Penicillin

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A patient presents with dilated blood vessels of the anterior medial surface of the lower leg. This condition resulted from the dilation of the following blood vessel:

V saphena magna

V saphena parva

V. poplitea

А. tibialis anterior

А. tibialis posterior

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A patient, who had received a thermal burn, developed painful boils filled with turbid liquid on the skin. What morphological type of inflammation has developed in the patient?

Serous

Proliferative

Diphtheritic

Croupous

Granulomatous

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Nitrogen is being excreted from the body mainly as urea. When activity of a certain enzyme in the liver is low, it results in inhibition of urea synthesis and nitrogen accumulation in blood and tissues. Name this enzyme:

Aspartate aminotransferase

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase

Amylase

Pepsin

Urease

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Coronary artery thrombosis resulted in development of myocardial infarction. What mechanisms of cell damage are leading in this disease?

Protein

Electroosmotic

Lipid

Acidotic

Calcium

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People, who for a long time remained in hypodynamic state, develop intense pain in the muscles after a physical exertion. What is the most likely cause of this pain?

Decreased content of lipids in muscles

Accumulation of lactic acid in muscles

Accumulation of creatinine in muscles

Intensive breakdown of muscle proteins

Increased content of ADP in muscles

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Histological specimen shows organ parenchyma to consist of lymphoid tissue that forms lymph nodules; the nodules are located diffusely and have a central artery. What anatomical structure has such morphological characteristics?

Thymus

Tonsil

Spleen

Red bone marrow

Lymph node

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A 25-year-old woman complains of visual impairment. Examination revealed disturbed eye accommodation, the pupil is dilated and unresponsive to light. What muscles are functionally disturbed in this case?

Iris sphincter and iris dilator muscles

Superior oblique muscle, ciliary muscle

Iris sphincter muscle, ciliary muscle

Iris dilator muscle, ciliary muscle

Lateral rectus muscle, iris sphincter muscle

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A patient with hypochromic anemia has hair with split ends and suffers from hair loss. The nails are brittle. Gustatory sensations are affected. What is the mechanism of development of these symptoms?

Iron enzymes deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency

Low production of parathyroid hormone

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Low production of thyroid hormones

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A patient suffers from hepatic cirrhosis. What substance excreted in urine should be analyzed to characterize the antitoxic function of liver?

Ammonium salts

Amino acids

Uric acid

Hippuric acid

Creatinine

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A 65-year-old woman, who had been suffering from deep vein thrombophlebitis of the lower leg, suddenly died when awaiting her appointment with the doctor. Autopsy revealed loose friable red masses with corrugated dull surface in the main pulmonary artery and its bifurcation. What pathologic process was discovered by the pathologist in the pulmonary artery?

Foreign body embolism

Thrombosis

Thromboembolism

Tissue embolism

Fat embolism

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Blood of the patients with diabetes mellitus shows increased content of free fatty acids. Name the most likely cause of this:

Activation of ketone bodies utilization

Activation of apoА1, apoА2, and apoА4 apolipoprotein synthesis

Increased activity of adipose triglyceride lipase

Accumulation of palmitoyl-CoA in cytosol

Decreased activity of plasma phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol-acyltransferase

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Representatives of a certain human population can be characterized by elongated body, height variability, decreased volume of muscle mass, increased length of limbs, decreased size and volume of rib cage, increased perspiration, decreased indices of base metabolism and fat synthesis. What type of adaptive evolution is it?

Tropical

Moderate

Mountain

Arctic

Intermediate

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A 56-year-old man complains of thirst and frequent urination. The endocrinologist diagnosed this patient with diabetes melli-tus and prescribed him glibenclamide. What mechanism of action does this drug have?

Suppression of а-cells of islets of Langerhans

Inhibits glucose absorption in the intestine

Stimulation of в-cells of islets of Langerhans

Facilitates glucose uptake by the tissues

Facilitates glucose transport through cell membranes

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Patients with bile duct obstruction typically present with inhibited blood clotting and develop hemorrhages due to insufficient assimilation of vitamin:

D

K

E

C

A

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A test animal receives electrical impulses that irritate the sympathetic nerve that innervates blood vessels of the skin. What reaction will it cause in the blood vessels?

Arterial dilation

Arterial and venous dilation

Venous dilation

No reaction

Arterial and venous constriction

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Examination of the coronary arteries revealed atherosclerotic plaques with calcinosis that narrow the arterial opening by 1/3. In the muscle there are numerous whitish layers of connective tissue. Name the process detected in the myocardium:

Myocardial infarction

Tiger heart

Postinfarction cardiosclerosis

Myocarditis

Diffuse cardiosclerosis

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A person has increased pulmonary ventilation due to physical exertion. What indicator of external respiration will be significantly increased compared to the resti- ng state?

Total lung capacity

Respiratory volume

Inspiratory reserve volume

Expiratory reserve volume

Vital lung capacity

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The carotid bodies on both sides were removed in a test animal. Which of the listed factors WILL NOT be able to cause hyperventilation in the test animal?

Physical exertion

Acidosis

Hypoxemia

Hypercapnia

Increase of core body temperature

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Due to prolonged stay in the mountains at the altitude of 3000 m above the sea level, a person developed increased oxygen capacity of blood, which was directly caused by intensified production of:

Carbaminohemoglobin

Erythropoietins

Leukopoietins

2 ,3-bisphosphoglycerate

Catecholamines

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A woman has been limiting the amount of products in her diet to lose some weight. 3 months later she developed edemas and her diuresis increased. What dietary component deficiency is the cause of this?

Minerals

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Fats

Vitamins

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A microslide of the lung tissue sample taken from a patient with pneumonia shows damage to the cells that carry out respiratory function. What cells of the alveolar wall are damaged?

Type 1 alveolar cells

Type 2 alveolar cells

Macrophages

Lymphocytes

Club cells

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After a psychic trauma a woman developed periodical increases in her blood pressure accompanied by headache, palpitations, and general weakness. What mechanism of hypertension development does this woman have?

Venoconstriction

Decreased cardiac output

Increased arteriolar tone

Increased circulating blood volume

Tachycardia

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An electron micrograph of a nephron segment shows cuboidal cells with ciliated lining on their apical surfaces; their basal surfaces have basal striation with mitochondria located between the cytolemma invaginations. Name the described nephron segment:

Thin limbs of Henle’s loop

Proximal tubule

Glomerular capsule

Collecting ducts

Distal tubule

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A patient has been taking bisacodyl for a long time to treat chronic constipation. However, several weeks later the aperient effect of the drug diminished. What is the possible cause of this?

Material cumulation

Sensitization

Functional cumulation

Drug dependence

Acquired tolerance

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A force generated by the muscle is not enough to lift a load. What type of muscle contraction occurs in this case?

Concentric

Isometric

Eccentric

Isotonic

Tetanic

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Condition of a patient with diabetes mellitus sharply deteriorated after a regular injection of insulin. The patient became anxious and broke out in cold sweat; tremor of the extremities, general weakness, and dizziness appeared. What medicine can remove these symptoms?

Tolbutamide

Adrenaline

Noradrenaline

Caffeine

Glibutid (Buformin)

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Microscopy of the myocardium of a girl, who died of diphtheria due to heart failure, shows fatty degeneration, multiple foci of cardiomyocytes necrosis, and small foci of cellular infiltrates in the interstitium. What type of myocarditis is it?

Alterative

Interstitial

Granulomatous

Diffuse exudative

Focal exudative

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A schizophrenia patient was prescribed aminazine. What pharmacodynamic action of this drug is the grounds for its prescription in this case?

Hypotensive

Antipsychotic

Hypothermic

Muscle relaxant

Antiemetic

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A 40-year-old man developed skin redness and swelling in the neck area, where eventually a small abscess appeared. On section the focus is dense and yellow-green colored. In the purulent masses there are white granules. Histologically there are fungal druses, plasma and xanthome cells, and macrophages detected. Specify the most correct etiological name of this pathological process:

Carbuncle

Furuncle

Actinomycosis

Leprosy

Syphilis

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A patient was hospitalized into the infectious diseases unit on the 11th day since the disease onset and provisionally diagnosed with typhoid fever. What biological material should be collected from the patient for the analyzes at this stage?

Blood serum

Urine

Bile

Feces

Roseola secretion

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A man with ischemic heart disease has been taking his medicine too often throughout a day, which resulted in poisoning. Examination detects cyanosis of skin and mucosa, sharp drop of blood pressure, tachycardia, and respiratory depression. Blood methemoglobin is high. What type of medicine did the patient overdose on?

a-adrenergic blockers

Adenosine-based drugs

Calcium channel blockers

Organic nitrates

Myotropic antispasmodics

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General structure of eukaryotic genes is as follows: exon-intron-exon. Such functional structure of a gene leads to certain specifics of the transcription process. What sequence will correspond with precursor mRNA (immature)?

Exon-intron

Intron-exon

Exon-intron-exon

Exon-exon

Exon-exon-intron

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Atria of a test animal were superdi-stended with blood, which resulted in decreased reabsorption of Na+ and water in renal tubules. This can be explained by the effect of the following factor on the kidneys:

Aldosterone

Natriuretic hormone

Renin

Angiotensin

Vasopressin

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A patient with clinical signs of a primary immunodeficiency has functionally disturbed mechanism of antigen-presentation to the immunocompetent cells. What cells are likely to have structural defects?

T-lymphocyte

B-lymphocyte

O-lymphocytes

Fibroblasts

Macrophages, monocytes

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During intensive muscle work there is a large amount of ammonia produced in the muscles. What amino acid plays the main role in the transportation of ammonia to the liver and participates in gluconeogenesis reactions?

Lysine

Aspartate

Alanine

Arginine

Ornithine

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Encephalopathy has developed in a child with hemolytic disease of the newborn. What substance had increased in the child’s blood, resulting in damage to the CNS?

Verdohemoglobin

Bilirubin glucuronide

Unconjugated bilirubin

Bile acids

Bilirubin-albumin complex

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Renal examination shows the kidney to be swollen and plethoric, with easily removable capsule. Renal pelvis and calyces are dilated and filled with turbid urine; their mucosa is dull and has hemorrhagic foci. On section the renal tissue is variegated, there are yellow-gray areas surrounded with plethoric and hemorrhagic zone. What di- sease can be characterized by such results of macroscopic examination?

Nephrolithiasis

Acute glomerulonephritis

Acute pyelonephritis

Polycystic kidney

Renal amyloidosis

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A 54-year-old man complains of general weakness, frequent colds, and bruises constantly appearing on his body. Blood test: erythrocytes - 2.5 • 1012/L; Hb- 80 g/L; color index - 0.9; reticulocytes - absent; platelets - 50 • 109/L; leukocytes - 58 • 109/L; leukogram: basocytes 5%, eosinophils -15%, myeloblasts - 6%, myelocytes - 10%, juvenile - 18%, stab neutrophils 26 %, segmented neutrophils - 10%, lymphocytes - 8%, monocytes - 2%, ESR - 40 mm/hour. What hematologic conclusion can be made?

Myeloblastic leukemia

Basophilic eosinophilic leukocytosis

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Leukemoid response

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A mutation has occurred in a cell in the first exon of the structural gene. The number of nucleotide pairs changed from 290 to 250. Name this type of mutation:

Duplication

Deletion

Nullisomy

Translocation

Inversion

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The dorsal root of the spinal nerve of a test animal was severed. What changes will occur in the innervation area?

Decreased muscle tone

Increased muscle tone

Loss of motor function

Loss of sensitivity

Loss of sensitivity and motor function

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Due to destruction of certain structures of the brainstem a test animal has lost its orientation reflexes in response to strong light stimuli. What structures were destroyed?

Posterior quadrigeminal bodies

Anterior quadrigeminal bodies

Red nuclei

Substantia nigra

Vestibular nuclei

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A toxin neutralized with 0.4% formaldehyde under 37-40oC for 4 weeks is used for vaccination. This preparation was first used by Gaston Ramon for diphtheria prevention. Name this preparation:

Adjuvant

Inactivated vaccine

Anatoxin

Immunoglobulin

Antitoxic serum

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24 hours after an appendectomy the patient’s blood test shows neutrophilic leukocytosis with a regenerative shift. What is the most likely mechanism of absolute leukocytosis development in the patient’s peripheral blood?

Decreased leukocyte disintegration

Leukocyte redistribution

Immunity activation

Deceleration of leukocyte migration to the tissues

Intensification of leukopoiesis

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The right leg of a 40-year-old woman measured at the shin level is by 2 cm smaller in the diameter than the left leg. Ankle-jerk (Achilles) and knee-jerk reflexes are absent on the right. What is the most likely mechanism of hyporeflexia development during peripheral paralysis?

Disturbed perception of stimulation

Disturbed conduction of stimulation

Disturbed synaptic impulse transmission

Inhibition of pyramidal motoneuron

Activation of excitatory impulses from the CNS

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A 38-year-old man, who has been suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus for 3 years, developed diffuse renal lesions accompanied by massive edemas, marked proteinuria, hyperlipidemia, and dysproteinemia. What is the most likely mechanism of proteinuria develoment in this case?

Autoimmune damage to the nephrons

Inflammatory damage to the nephrons

Increased blood proteins

Ischemic damage to the tubules

Morbid affection of the urinary tracts

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A 59-year-old man, a business manager, developed intense burning retrosternal pain that irradiates to the left arm. The pain occurred in the evening after the tax audit. 15 minutes later the patient’s condition normalized. What mechanism of angina pectoris development is leading in this patient?

Intravascular aggregation of blood cells

Coronary artery thrombosis

Coronary atherosclerosis

Increased level of blood catecholamines

Functional cardiac overload

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A 25-year-old woman at her third pregnancy with impending miscarriage was brought to the hospital. What combination of Rh-factor of the mother and the fetus can be the cause of this condition?

-

Mother Rh (-), fetus Rh (-)

Mother Rh (+), fetus Rh (-)

Mother Rh (+), fetus Rh (+)

Mother Rh (-), fetus Rh (+)

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A specimen of a 10-day-old human embryo shows two interconnected sacs (amniotic and yolk sacs). Name the structure located in the place where these two sacs connect:

Embryonic shield

Amniotic stalk

Extraembryonic mesoderm

Floor of the amniotic sac

Roof of the amniotic sac

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A woman with the III (В), Rh (-) blood group gave birth to a child with the II (А) blood group. The child is diagnosed with hemolytic disease of newborn caused by rhesus incompatibility. What blood group and Rh does the father have?

I (0), Rh (+)

I (0), Rh (-)

III (B), Rh (+)

II (А), Rh (+)

II (A), Rh (-)

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A 40-year-old woman suffers from Cushing’s disease - steroid diabetes. On biochemical examination she has hyperglycemia and hypochloremia. What process activates in the first place in such patients?

Glucose transport to the cells

Glycolysis

Glycogenolysis

Gluconeogenesis

Glucose reabsorption

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A patient with a chemical burn has developed esophageal stenosis. The patient presents with acute weight loss due to problematic food intake. Blood test: erythrocytes - 3.0 • 1012/L, Hb-106 g/L, total protein - 57 g/L. What type of starvation does this patient suffer from?

Incomplete starvation

Complete starvation

Water starvation

Protein starvation

Absolute starvation

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Autopsy of the body of a man, who for a long time had been working at the factory with high content of silicon dioxide in the air, revealed enlarged dense lungs with numerous round and oval sclerotic foci. The foci were miliary and larger in size and colored gray or gray-black. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Silicoanthracosis

Anthracosilicosis

Nodular silicosis

Asbestosis

Diffuse sclerotic silicosis

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Autopsy of the body of a 50-year-old man, who had been suffering from tuberculosis and died of cardiopulmonary decompensation, shows lobar affection of the lungs: the upper lobe of the right lung is enlarged, dense, yellow on section, crumbling, with pleural fibrin deposition. What type of secondary tuberculosis can be characterized by this pathology?

Tuberculoma

Acute focal tuberculosis

Infiltrative tuberculosis

Fibrous focal tuberculosis

Caseous pneumonia

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A woman has come to the hospital with complaints of general weakness, dizziness, and dyspnea. Resently she has been taking levomycetin (chloramphenicol) for prevention of enteric infection. Blood test: erythrocytes - 1.9 • 1012/L, hemoglobin - 58 g/L, color index - 0.9, leukocytes - 2.2 G/L, reticulocytes - 0.3%. What type of anemia is it indicative of?

Hemolytic

Aplastic

Metaplastic

Iron-deficiency

Hypoplastic

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Preoperative examination revealed prothrombin deficiency in the blood of the patient. What drug should be preliminarily prescribed to mitigate blood loss in the patient during the surgery?

Vicasol (Menadione)

Contrykal (Aprotinin)

Phenylin (Phenindione)

Thrombin

Aminocapronic acid

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A patient with streptococcal infection of the gingiva was prescribed a drug with в-lactam ring in its structure. What drug of those listed below belongs to this pharmacological group?

Erythromycin

Rifampicin

Streptomycin sulfate

Levomycetin (Chloramphenicol)

Benzylpenicillin

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A microslide of the skin sample taken from the finger of a child shows that epidermis is insufficiently developed. What germ layer was damaged in the process of embryo development?

Endoderm

Ectoderm

Mesenchyme

Mesoderm

Ectomesenchyme

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Neutralization of xenobiotics and active endogenous metabolites often occurs via introduction of an oxygen atom into the substrate molecule. What process occurs as the result?

Deaminization

Phosphorilation

Transamination

Decarboxylation

Hydroxylation

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In the process of an experiment, vascular resistance to the blood flow was measured in the different areas of circulatory system. The highest resistance was detected in the:

Arterioles

Arteries

Venules

Veins

Capillaries

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A 34-year-old man died in a comatose state. According to his family after a business trip to an African country he developed periodical jaundice attacks. Autopsy shows the following: dense enlarged spleen with slate-black pulp; enlarged plethoric liver, gray-black on section; cerebral gray matter is brown-gray; cerebral white matter contains numerous small hemorrhages. What infectious disease can be suspected?

Prion infection

Meningococcemia

Generalized cryptococcosis

Malaria

Generalized herpetic infection

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What diagnostic method should be used in industry to test the raw leather for presence of B. antracis?

Ascoli’s thermo precipitation test

Bacteriological analysis

Microscopy with Aujeszky stain

Microscopy with Burry-Gins stain

Serological test

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A 46-year-old patient suffering from ulcer disease of the stomach is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. What antiinflammatory drug would be the most advisable in this case?

Promedol (Trimeperidine)

Celecoxib

Analgin (Metamizole)

Prednisolone

Paracetamol

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A patient with myocardial infarction has acute heart failure. Among the drugs that increase the force of heart contractions the least dangerous in this case will be:

Adrenaline

Dobutamine

Isadrinum (Isoprenaline)

Caffeine

Euphyllin (Aminophylline)

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During intensive physical exertion, one of the energy sources for the working muscles is glucose produced as the result of gluconeogenesis. This process is the most intensive in the following organ:

Muscles

Lungs

Brain

Liver

Stomach

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During inflienza epidemic, morbidity in the schoolchildren, who did not participate in sports, was 40%, while in the schoolchildren, who engaged in regular physical aci-vities, morbidity did not exceed 20%. What adaptation mechanism ensured low morbidity in the physically active schoolchildren?

Cross-adaptation

Specific adaptation

Genetic adaptation

Biochemical adaptation

Physiological adaptation

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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are widely used as psychopharmacological drugs. They change the level of nearly all neurotransmitters in synapses, with the following neurotransmitter being the exception:

Serotonin

Acetylcholine

Dopamine

Noradrenaline

Adrenaline

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A 17-year-old girl suffers from periodical palpitations that last several minutes. Her heart rate is 200/min., rhythmic. What heart rhythm disorder developed in this patient?

Sinus bradycardia

Extrasystole

Sinus tachycardia

Atrioventricular block

Paroxysmal tachycardia

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Kidney X-ray image obtained by means of pyelography shows that the minor calyces converge to form 2 major calyces that adjoin to the renal pelvis, from which the ureter exits. What type of urinary tract is it?

Embryonic

Fetal

Bicornuate

Cystic

Mature

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A patient has been brought into a surgical ward with an incised wound of the anterior surface of the shoulder in its lower one-third. Flexing function was disturbed in the shoulder and elbow joints, which is caused by the damage to the:

Coracobrachial muscle

Triceps muscle of the arm

Biceps muscle of the arm

Deltoid muscle

Anconeus muscle

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A patient suffers from acute cardiopulmonary failure with pulmonary edema. What diuretic should be prescribed in the given case?

Spironolactone

Hydrochlorothiazide (Dichlothiazidum)

Triamterene

Furosemide

Acetazolamide (Diacarb)

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Ketosis develops in the patients with diabetes mellitus, as the result of activation of fatty acids oxidation processes. What acid-base imbalance can result from accumulation of excessive ketone bodies in the blood?

Respiratory acidosis

Metabolic alkalosis

No imbalance occurs

Metabolic acidosis

Respiratory alkalosis

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A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with Bruton syndrome (X-linked agammaglobulinemia) that manifests itself as severe clinical course of bacterial infections and absence of B lymphocytes and plasma cells. What changes of immunoglobulin content can be observed in blood serum of the child with immunodeficiency?

Decreased IgA, IgM

No changes

Decreased IgD, IgE

Increased IgA, IgM

Increased IgD, IgE

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During the skill-building session in microbiology the students need to stain the prepared and fixed sputum smears obtained form a tuberculosis patient. What staining technique should be used in this case?

Gram

Giemsa

Burry

Ziehl-Neelsen

Gins

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A woman with hypophyseal diabetes insipidus developed a water-mineral imbalance. What type of water-mineral imbalance develops in such cases?

Hyperosmolar dehydration

Hyperosmolar hyperhydration

Isoosmolar dehydration

Hypoosmolar hyperhydration

Hypoosmolar dehydration

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First-year schoolchildren have received tuberculin skin Mantoux test) at the school nurse’s office. The purpose of this test was:

To measure allergization rate toward rickettsia

To measure immunity stress toward diphtheria

To detect parotitis in the schoolchildren

To determine the children that need to receive BCG vaccination

To preventively vaccinate against tuberculosis

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In an experiment it is necessary to assess neuromotor and muscle excitability. What value shoud be measured to make the assessment?

Resting potential

Action potential amplitude

Threshold potential

Sensory threshold

Action potential duration

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Vestibular receptors of semicircular canals of a test animal have been destroyed. What reflexes will disappear as a result?

Body-righting reflex

Primary orienting reflex

Statokinetic reflex during movements with angular acceleration

Head-righting reflex

Statokinetic reflex during movements with linear acceleration

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Acute renal impairment caused death of a patient with hemorrhage. Autopsy revealed enlarged kidneys with broad pale pink cortical layer expressively demarcated from dark red renal pyramids. Macroscopic examination revealed lack of epithelial nuclei of the convoluted tubules, tubulorrhexis, phlebostasis. The cell nuclei of the choroid glomus and straight tubules were present. What pathology is it?

Pyelonephritis

Nephrosis

Necronephrosis

Glomerulonephritis

Infarction

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A boxer had sustained a blow to the left parotid area, after which he developed paralysis of the facial muscles on this side. What nerve had been damaged?

Lesser petrosal

Facial

Mandibular

Ophthalmic

Maxillary

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A patient has an open facial wound with undermined edges; tissue necrosis with gradually developing partial gangrene that nearly reaches the bone tissue is observed. On close examination the wound contains live larvae. The patient is diagnosed with tissue myiasis. What Diptera larvae are the causative agents of this disease?

Musca domestica

Glossina palpalis

Stomoxys calcitrans

Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Phlebotomus pappatachi

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A hereditary disease - homocystinuria - is caused by disturbed transformation of homocysteine into methionine. Accumulated homocysteine forms its dimer (homocystine) that can be found in urine. What vitamin preparation can decrease homocysteine production?

Vitamin B12

Vitamin C

Vitamin B6

Vitamin PP

Vitamin B2

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During hypersensitivity skin test a patient received an allergen subcutaneously, after which the patient developed skin redness, edema, and pain due to histamine action. This biogenic amine is produced as the result of the following transformation of histidine amino acid:

Methylation

Phosphorilation

Deaminization

Decarboxylation

Isomerization

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During the fight a man has received a strong blow to the upper anterior abdominal wall, which resulted in the cardiac arrest. What mechanism has led to the cardiac arrest in this case?

Parasympathetic unconditioned

Peripheral

Sympathetic unconditioned

Sympathetic conditioned

Parasympathetic conditioned

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A woman has lost a lot of blood during the childbirth. Her blood group needs to be determined. Erythrocyte agglutination occurred with standard serums 0 (I) and А (II) and did not occur with standard serum B (III). What blood group does this woman have?

АВ (IV)

0 (I )

B (III)

А (II)

-

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A 60-year-old man diagnosed with chronic heart failure was brought to the hospital. After a long course of treatment the patient developed signs of intoxication: dyspnea, extrasystole, nausea, and disturbed perception of colors. What medicine has caused such side-effects?

Digoxin

Drotaverine

Furosemide

Anaprilin (Propranolol)

Nitroglycerine

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A patient with exacerbated peptic ulcer disease of the stomach has made an appointment with the doctor. What type of drugs should be included in the complex therapy of this patient?

^-adrenergic antagonists

a-adrenergic agonists

a-adrenergic antagonists

H2 antagonists

H1 antagonists

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Autopsy of the body revealed waxy degeneration of the rectus abdominis muscles. In the terminal segment of the small intestine there are ulcers 3-5 cm in diameter. The ulcer walls are covered in a crumbling grayish-white substance. The ulcer edges are markedly raised above the mucosa. Widal test is positive. Make the diagnosis:

Nonspecific ulcerative colitis

Dysentery

Typhoid fever

Crohn’s disease

Relapsing fever

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Genealogical analysis of a child with myotonic dystrophy determined that this disease is present in every generation, equally presented by the relatives of both genders, the risk of inheriting this disease is equal no matter which parent is affected. If one of the parents is heterozygous for this disease and the other parent is healthy, the risk of them giving birth to a sick child is 50%. What type of disease inheritance is it?

X-linked dominant

Y-linked

X-linked recessive

Autosomal recessive

Autosomal dominant

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A 30-year-old man has undergone surgical removal of a thyroid tumor. Histologically the tumor is made up of papillary structures varying in size that emerge from the inner surface of dilated cystic follicles and are covered with atypical epithelium. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Macrofollicular adenoma

Medullary carcinoma

Follicular carcinoma

Papillary carcinoma

Colloid nodular goiter

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A young woman, a foreign student from Tehran, has made an appointment with the urologist. She complains of the sensation of heaviness in her lower abdomen and a small amount of blood being excreted with urine at the end of each urination. Microscopy of urine detects the presence of parasite eggs, approximately 140x70 micron in size, with a terminal spike. What diagnosis can be made by the infectious diseases specialist?

Opisthorchiasis

Schistosomiasis

Paragonimiasis

Fascioliasis

Dicroceliasis

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Various biological preparations can be used for poliomyelitis prevention. What drug induces the type of local intestinal mucosal immunity that lasts the longest?

Parenteral vaccination with live vaccine

Oral vaccination with live vaccine

Parenteral vaccination with inactivated vaccine

Parenteral introduction of normal human immunoglobulin

Oral introduction of poliovirus-specific immunoglobulin

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Histological analysis of a removed skin tumor shows clusters and bands composed of atypical stratified squamous epithelium cells that penetrate into the underlying tissue. What preliminary diagnosis can be made?

Carcinoma in situ

Solid cancer

Adenoma

Non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma

Papilloma

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Autopsy of a patient, who died of bilateral bronchopneumonia, shows in the left lung lower lobe a cavity 5 cm in diameter, filled with yellowish-white liquid. What complication of the patient’s pneumonia had developed?

Tuberculoma

Sequestrum

Gangrene

Granuloma

Abscess

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A patient with parkinsonism was prescribed levodopa, which led to rapid improvement of the patient’s condition. What is the mechanism of action of this drug?

Stimulation of dopamine synthesis

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation

Stimulation of dopamine receptors

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor blockade

Anticholinesterase action

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A sick child presents with high content of phenyl pyruvate in urine (normally it is practically absent). Blood phenylalanine level is 350 mg/L (norm -15 mg/L). What disease are these symptoms characteristic of?

Phenylketonuria

Albinism

Gout

Alkaptonuria

Tyrosinosis

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An oncology patient is to undergo a surgery on the descending colon. Name the main source of blood supply to this organ:

Middle colic artery

Splenic artery

Inferior mesenteric artery

Celiac trunk

Superior mesenteric artery

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A patient presents with enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Other lymph nodes and internal organs are without changes. Peripheral blood test results are normal. Histological examination of biopsy material taken from the cervical lymph node shows smoothed-out pattern, absent follicles, homogeneous cell composition represented by lymphoblasts. The cells penetrate into the lymph node capsule. What diagnosis can be made?

Lymphoblastic leukemia

Burkitt lymphoma

Sezary disease

Myeloblastic leukemia

Erythroblastic leukemia

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When studying the pulmonary ventilation values, the reduction of forced expiratory volume has been detected. What is the likely cause of this phenomenon?

Increase of inspiratory reserve volume

Increase of functional residual lung capacity

Increase of pulmonary residual volume

Increase of respiratory volume

Obstructive pulmonary disease

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A man is a carrier of HIV that is an RNA virus. The cells of this patient synthesize viral DNA. This process is based on:

Reverse transcription

Transcription

Translation

Repair

Replication

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Sanitary assessment of a pond, where the children from a recreation summer camp take their swims, detected there oval cysts 50-60 micron in diameter, with 2 nuclei visible in their cytoplasm (macronucleus and micronucleus). What protozoa do these cysts belong to?

Euglena

Amoeba

Toxoplasma

Balantidium

Lamblia

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A hospital has received a 24-year-old man, who had received a penetrating wound to the eye, which has caused the vitreous body to run out. As the result of this, retinal detachment occurred. What retinal layer was tightly adherent to the vascular tunic of the eye and did not detach?

Outer nuclear layer

Retinal pigment epithelium

Ganglion cell layer

Inner nuclear layer

Layer of rods and cones

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A newborn presents with weak suckling, frequent vomiting, and hypotonia. Blood and urine citrulline are very high. What metabolic process is disturbed?

Ornithine cycle

Cori cycle

Tricarboxylic acid cycle

Gluconeogenesis

Glycolysis

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Stool test detects in the patients feces a large amount of undigested fats.This patient is the most likely to have disturbed secretion of the following enzymes:

Pancreatic amylase

Gastric protease

Bile lipase

Pancreatic proteases

Pancreatic lipases

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A 19-year-old young man was examined in the nephrology clinic. High calcium was detected in his secondary urine. What hormone is likely to cause such change, if it is produced in excess?

Oxytocin

Testosterone

Adrenaline

Aldosterone

Glucagon

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A young woman presents with a tumor along the auditory nerve. The tumor is node-shaped, 3 cm in diameter, soft and elastic, pink-white colored, and has homogeneous structure. Microscopically the tumor contains bundles of cells with oval nuclei. These cellular fibrous bundles form regular structures made up of parallel rows of regularly oriented cells arranged in the form of a palisade with acellular homogeneous area in between (Verocay bodies). Name this type of tumor:

Ganglioneuroma

Malignant neurinoma

Neuroblastoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma

Neurinoma

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A patient has undergone surgical removal of the pylorus. Decreased secretion of the following hormone can be expected:

Secretin

Gastrin

Cholecystokinin

Histamine

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide

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An electron micrograph shows a small vessel with endothelial layer but without basement membrane and pericytes; anchoring fibrils are present. Name this vessel:

Sinusoid hemocapillary

Arteriole

Lymph capillary

Venule

Visceral hemocapillary

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One of the causes of pernicious anemia is disturbed synthesis of transcorrin -Castle’s intrinsic factor - by the parietal cells of the stomach. What substance is called Castle’s extrinsic factor?

Pyridoxine

Biotin

Riboflavin

Folic acid

Cobalamin

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A patient with contact dermatitis needs to be prescribed an antihistamine drug without somnolescent effect. Select this drug from the list:

Ranitidine

Suprastin (Chloropyramine)

Diprazine (Promethazine)

Loratadine

Dimedrol (Benadryl)

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Congenital pyruvate carboxylase deficiency causes physical and mental retardation in children and leads to early death. It is characterized by lactic acidemia, lactaci-duria, and a number of metabolic disorders. Among others, inhibition of the following occurs:

Glycogenesis and glycogenolysis

Lipolysis and lipogenesis

Pentose-phosphate pathway and glycolysis

Glycolysis and glycogenolysis

Citric acid cycle and gluconeogenesis

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A woman with enteritis accompanied by severe diarrhea presents with loss of water in the extracellular space, increased water content in the cells, and decreasing blood osmolarity. Name this type of water-electrolyte imbalance:

Hypoosmolar hyperhydration

Isoosmolar hypohydration

Hypoosmolar hypohydration

Hyperosmolar hyperhydration

Hyperosmolar hypohydration

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To stimulate the labor activity a parturient woman was prescribed a drug - a posterior pituitary hormone that does not affect the blood pressure. As the pregnancy progresses, the sensitivity to this hormone increases. Name the prescribed drug:

Ergotal

Pituitrin

Oxytocin

Dinoprostone

Dinoprost

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Cell membrane rest potential changed from -85 to -90 mV It can be caused by activation of the following cell membrane channels:

Sodium

Potassium and sodium

Potassium

Calcium

Potassium and calcium

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Ionizing radiation or vitamin E deficiency affect the cell by increasing lysosome membrane permeability. What are the possible consequences of this pathology?

Intensive energy production

Partial or complete cell destruction

Formation of maturation spindle

Restoration of cytoplasmic membrane

Intensive protein synthesis

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A patient is diagnosed with glucocerebroside lipidosis (Gaucher’s disease) that manifests as splenomegaly, liver enlargement, affected bone tissue, and neuropathies. What enzyme of complex lipid catabolism is deficient, thus causing this disease?

Hyaluronidase

Hexosaminidase

Glucocerebrosidase

Sphingomyelinase

в-galactosidase

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A 3-year-old girl with mental retardation has been diagnosed with sphingomyelin lipidosis ( Niemann-Pick disease). In this condition the synthesis of the following substance is disturbed :

Glycosyltransferase

Sphingomyelinase

Sphingosine

Gangliosides

Ceramides

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A traumatology unit has received a patient with a wrist trauma and a clinical presentation of the damage to the nerve that passes through the carpal tunnel. Name this nerve:

N. ulnaris

N. medianus

N. radialis

N. musculocutaneus

N. axillaris

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A patient, who has been taking ft-adrenergic blockers, developed a bronchial spasm. What group of bronchodilators should be chosen to stop the bronchial spasm?

Muscarinic cholinomimetic agents

в-adrenergic blockers

Indirect adrenergic agonists

Cholinesterase inhibitors

Myotropic antispasmodics

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A man has an inguinal hernia. The hernial sac exits through the following opening:

Linea alba

Anulus superficialis canalis inguinalis

Anulus profundus canalis inguinalis

Anulus femoralis

Foramen suprapiriforme

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After a nephrectomy the patient developed enteroparesis. What cholinergic agent with anticholinesterase action should be prescribed in this case?

Proserin

Acetylcholine

Aceclidine

Pilocarpine

Carbacholine

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Parenchyma of an organ is composed of pseudounipolar neurons localized under the capsule of connective tissue. Central place belongs to nerve fibers. Name this organ:

Spinal ganglion

Nerve trunk

Spinal cord

Intramural ganglion

Sympathetic ganglion

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An obstetrician-gynecologist measures pelvis size of a pregnant woman. A caliper was used to measure the distance between the two iliac crests. What measurement of large pelvis was made?

Distantia spinarum

Distantia throchanterica

Conjugata vera

Conjugata anatomica

Distantia cristarum

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Genetic recombination is achieved via several mechanisms. One such mechanism is crossingover. It occurs at the following stage of prophase in the first meiotic division:

Diakinesis

Zygonema

Leptonema

Diplonema

Pachynema

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ECG of the patient shows increased duration of the QRS complex. What is the most likely cause?

Increased period of ventricular excitation

Disturbed conduction in the atrioventricular node

Increased atrial excitability

Increased period of atrial excitation

Increased atrial and ventricular excitability

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A 50-year-old inpatient during examination presents with glucosuria and blood glucose of 3.0 mmol/L, which are the most likely to be caused by:

Diabetes insipidus

Myxedema

Pellagra

Renal disorder

Essential hypertension

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A 40-year-old woman was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis based on her clinical symptoms and the results of urine analysis. Anamnesis states chronic tonsillitis. What microorganisms are the most likely cause for her kidney damage?

Staphylococci

Streptococci

Meningococci

Mycoplasma

Escherichia

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A 7-year-old child presents with marked signs of hemolytic anemia. Biochemical analysis of erythrocytes determined low concentration of NADPH and reduced glutathione. What enzyme is deficient in this case leading to the biochemical changes and their clinical manifestations?

Fructokinase

Lactate dehydrogenase

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Pyruvate kinase

Hexokinase

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When examining a biopsy material obtained from the thyroid gland, the pathologist discovered lymphocyte infiltration of the thyroid tissues and destruction of the parenchymal elements. Diffuse lymphocyte infiltration with lymphoid follicles was detected in the stroma. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Papillary thyroid cancer

Solid adenoma of the thyroid

Graves’ disease (toxic diffuse goiter)

Undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis)

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An 8-year-old girl presents with signs of disturbed twilight vision. This condition is caused by the deficiency of vitamin:

D

F

A

E

K

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A 25-year-old young man came to the doctor complaining of general weakness, rapid fatigability, irritability, reduced working ability, and bleeding gums. What vitamin is likely to be deficient in this case?

Thiamine

Retinol

Folic acid

Riboflavin

Ascorbic acid

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A 52-year-old man presents with fever and pain in the joints. Both of his first metatarsophalangeal articulations are deformed, swollen, and reddened. Blood urea is high. The patient is diagnosed with gout. What is the main developmental factor in the pathogenesis of this disease?

Citrullinuria

Argininosuccinic aciduria

Hyperaminoacidemia

Hyperazotemia

Hyperuricemy

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A person with the fourth blood group (genotype IAIB) has in erythrocytes both antigen A controlled by allele IA and antigen B controlled by allele IB. This phenomenon is an example of the following gene interaction:

Polymery

Complementarity

Codominance

Semidominance

Epistasis

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Vascular endothelium is characterized by high metabolic activity and synthesizes vasoactive substances. Among these substances there is a potent vasodilator synthesized from L-arginine. Name this vasodilator:

Acetylcholine

Histamine

Nitrogen oxide

Bradykinin

Adrenaline

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A victim of a traffic accident was received by the intensive care unit. The patient is in a grave condition that can be characterized as a severe pathologic process that leads to exhaustion of vital functions and puts the patient into the marginal state between life and death due to critical reduction of capillary circulation in the affected organs. The patient is in the state of:

Preagony

Shock

Coma

Collapse

Agony

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A person becomes less receptive to pain in physically or emotionally straining situations due to activation of:

Thyroid gland functions

Nociceptive system

Antinociceptive system

Parasympathetic nervous system

Adrenal glands functions

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A patient suffers from posttraumatic hemorrhage that resulted in development of hemorrhagic shock. What volume of circulating blood was lost by the patient?

3-20 %

40-50 %

12-25 %

25-40%

50-75 %

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A patient with pulmonary tuberculosis is prescribed the most effective antituberculous antibiotic. Name this drug:

Furasolidone

Streptocide

Tetracycline

Bactrim (Co-trimoxazole)

Rifampicin

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During surgery performed in abdominal cavity a surgeon located the ligament of liver stretching from the anterior abdominal wall (navel) to the inferior surface of liver. What ligament is it?

Triangular ligament of the liver

Venous ligament of the liver

Falciform ligament of the liver

Coronary ligament of the liver

Round ligament of the liver

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A patient has disturbed blood supply to the anterior papillary muscle of the left ventricle. What cardiac artery supplies this muscle with blood?

Ramus circumflexus

Ramus interventricularis anterior

A. coronaria dextra

Ramus interventricularis posterior

Ramus marginalis

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Autopsy of the body of an elderly man revealed yellow spots' and streaks in the aortic intima and white-yellow protruding plaques in the area of aortic bifurcation. Microscopy (with hematoxylin and eosin staining) shows round cavities in the thickened aortic intima. The cavities color orange when stained with sudan 3 and are surrounded with overgrown connective tissue. What process developed in the aortic intima?

Local hyalinosis

Metabolic disorder of cholesterol and cholesterol ethers

Secondary amyloidosis

Systemic hyalinosis

Metabolic disorder of neutral fat

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An 18-year-old patient has developed candidiasis after the case of pneumonia treated with ^lactam antibiotic. What antimycotic agent should be prescribed?

Phthalylsulfathiazole

Ampicillin

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bi-septol)

Fluconazole

Streptomycin

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Preventive vaccination against poliomyelitis is made with inactivated vaccine introduced parenterally. What immunoglobulins create the postvaccinal immunity in this case?

IgM, IgG

Ig£, IgM

IgG, secretory IgA

IgM, secretory IgA

Serum ^А, IgM

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During pregnancy a woman has been taking an antiepileptic drug - sodium valproate. It resulted in her child developing a vertebral column malformation - spina bifida. Name the described effect of the drug:

Acquired tolerance

Dependence

Immunosuppressive effect

Teratogenic effect

Sensitizing effect

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A patient was prescribed atropine sulfate to treat intestinal colic. What concomitant disease can be a contraindication for this drug?

Vertigo

Sinus bradycardia

Bronchial asthma

Glaucoma

Hypotension

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A patient has developed status epilepti-cus. What medicine should be used in this case to stop the seizures?

Diprazine (Promethazine)

Diazepam

Sodium bromide

Valerian extract

Cyclodol (Trihexyphenidyl)

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A 48-year-old man is unconscious. He has a history of several syncopal episodes with convulsions. ECG shows deformed QRS complexes unconnected with P waves, atrial contractions are approximately 70/min., ventricular contractions -25-30/min. Name the type of arrhythmia in this case:

First-degree atrioventricular block

Complete atrioventricular block

Intraventricular block

Second-degree atrioventricular block

Intraatrial block

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In human organism significant blood loss leads to decreased blood pressure, tachycardia, and weakness. Eventually the sensation of thirst appears. What hormone participates in the development of this sensation?

Dopamine

Serotonin

Angiotensin 2

Adrenalin

Cortisol

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After a trauma the man has lost skin sensitivity on the lateral surface of his forearm. What nerve of the brachial plexus provides sensitivity of the affected area?

N. radialis

N. ulnaris

N. axillaris

N. musculocutaneus

N. medianus

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Autopsy of a 50-year-old woman, who had been suffering from systemic connective tissue disease, reveals small dense kidneys with lumpy surface. Microscopy of the renal glomeruli detects there foci of fibrinoid necrosis, hyaline thrombi, hematoxylin bodies, and so-called ”wire loop thickening” of the basement membranes. What disease can be characterized by such changes in the kidneys?

Rheumatoid arthritis

Dermatomyositis

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Scleroderma

Rheumatism

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A 4-year-old child presents with numerous carious cavities and yellow-colored teeth. The mother has a history of antibiotic treatment during her pregnancy. What antibiotic was the most likely taken by the child’s mother?

Erythromycin

Ampicillin

Doxycycline

Cefazolin

Streptomycin sulfate

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A patient developed pyoinflammatory process of periodontal tissues caused by activation of the microorganisms inherent in the body, which are a part of oral mucosal microflora. What type of infection is it?

Reinfection

Relapse

Exogenous infection

Autoinfection

Superinfection

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After a hand fracture the man has lost the ability to touch his little finger with the thumb on the affected hand. Examination of the palmar surface shows one of the palmar muscles to be atrophied. Name the affected muscle:

M. palmaris brevis

Mm. lumbricales

Mm. interossei

M. flexor digiti minimi

M. opponens policis

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