USMLE High-Yield Questions on Instagram: "When Unc’s plane snoring turns into a board question ✈️💤📚 ⸻ Explanation: Correct answer: A) Pulmonary hypertension ✅ • This is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): obesity, snoring, tongue flicking, witnessed apneas. • Pathophys: upper airway collapse during sleep → hypoxemia + arousals. • Sympathetic surges → systemic hypertension (most common complication). • Chronic hypoxemia → pulmonary vasoconstriction → pulmonary hypertension → right-sided heart failur

@explaining._science on Instagram: "A shockwave is a powerful, fast-moving disturbance that travels through a medium (air, water, or even solid materials) when something moves faster than the speed at which sound normally travels in that medium. Here’s the key idea: Normally, sound waves spread out smoothly in all directions. But if an object (like a jet, explosion, or even a bullet) moves faster than sound, the pressure waves “stack up” and combine into a single, very sharp and intense wavefron

Explaining The Universe on Instagram: "Follow (us) @ExplainingTheUniverse to learn something NEW every day 易 A solar flare is a sudden and intense burst of energy from the Sun’s surface, caused by the rapid release of magnetic energy stored in the Sun’s atmosphere. These explosions can release as much energy as billions of nuclear bombs in just a few minutes. • #explore #reels #viral #universe #explaining #space"

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