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USMLE Buzzwords

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Predisposition to gastric carcinoma -






2. Galactosemia -






3. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






4. Pityriasis rosea -






5. A07Paraseptal emphysema - can rupture and cause pneumothorax -






6. PDA -






7. Bronchial Asthma -






8. Gas emboli -






9. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






10. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -






11. GI Adenovirus infection -


12. A06Ankylosing spondylitis -






13. 'A41Emphysema (centroacinar[smoking] - panacinar [alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency]'






14. Chediak - Higashi Disease






15. Neural cest cells From which carcinoids arise = of the Bronchi






16. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -






17. Retinitis pigmentosa -






18. Job's syndrome -






19. Crigler - Najar syndrome -






20. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -






21. Endocarditis -


22. A03Rheumatoid Arthritis -






23. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -






24. All -






25. A02Skip lesions (Crohn's disease = autoimmune) -






26. Cataracts - hearing loss - A34Alport's syndrome -






27. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -






28. Pancreatic cancer (head) -






29. A02Streptococcus pneumoniae -






30. Tapeworm infection causing megaloblastic anemia by consuming large amount of vit B12 in the host -






31. A08Digoxin toxicity -






32. Malignant HTN & Kidneys






33. Lyme disease -






34. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -






35. HPV -






36. Bacillus Cereus -






37. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -






38. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -






39. Liquefied TB lesions similar to pyogenic abscesses but lacking acute inflammation -






40. Cor pulmonale






41. A03Vasculitis -






42. ...






43. Neuroblastoma -






44. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma






45. Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction) -






46. A01Curling's ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa) -






47. DIC -






48. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -






49. Pyrazinamide






50. 'A01Contains digoxin Implicated as a cause of Hodgkin