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nbme18/Block 4/Question#36 (reveal difficulty score)
25 yo with severe crush injuries to the chest ...
Basement Membranes ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
tags: cell_bio cell_biology

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submitted by โˆ—cbreland(195)

If you knew that basement membrane disruption prevents restoration of normal tissue (repeat from another NBME), then you missed this because you didn't know what "preclude" means.

Missing questions I miss due to lack of vocab and grammar, you love to see it

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cbreland  Say a prayer for me +3
drdoom  you can include. you can exclude. or you can altogether preclude. +2
drdoom  all these words, along with โ€œclaudicationโ€, share the same Latin root: clud = claud (to shut) +1
dhpainte22  Missed it for the same reason :( +1
hamdiabdeen  Can someone explain why basement membrane is correct answer as opposed to capillaries or Type I pneumocytes? +
hamdiabdeen  You right, thank you +
randi  guess I gotta make an Anki card for the definition of preclude then +
sparta  does anybody have a dictionary Anki deck? +1
notpennysboat  Guilty. I spent good time on this question trying to figure it out, and still got it wrong +



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submitted by โˆ—an1(114)

Correct me if I'm wrong. But I think both types of Pneumocytes sit in the basement membrane. Damage to Type 2 results in an inability to restore lung tissue (they regenerate 1 and increase surfactant) whereas type 1 is used for gas diffusion. So if the BM with the type 2 pneumocystis is damaged, no restoration. I didn't pay much attention to preclude though lol...

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