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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.
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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. Giardia lamblia -






2. Pyogenic osteomyelitis






3. Primary TB -






4. A03Drug - induced SLE -






5. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -






6. Transmits Trypanoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease): Romanaa Sign






7. A02SLE (type 3 hypersensitivity) -






8. A00Abs to I blood group Ag. Mediated by IgM Abs - Complication of EBV or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -






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






10. A05Varicocele - -


11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa -






12. Benign intercranial hypertension - also known as Pseudotumour cerebri -






13. A04Neurosyphillis -


14. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -






15. 'A26Ptosis - miosis - and anhidrosis' -


16. Chronic Hypertension -






17. Staphylococcus aureus -






18. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -






19. Coarctation of the aorta -






20. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






21. Leucine & Lysine -






22. A09Haemochromatosis -






23. A06LMN CN VII palsy -


24. Some killers have pretty nice capsulesat Strep. Pneumoniae Klebsiella HiB Pseudamona Aeroginosa Neisseria meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans (only encapsulated fungal pathogen) -






25. Yolk - sac tumor






26. 'A33Albers - Schonberd Disease = inspite of - dense bone density - many fractures' -






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






28. Phagocyte deficiency -






29. Pick's disease






30. Measles -






31. PCOS -






32. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -






33. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -






34. 'A00Chlamydia trachomatis types L1 - L2 - L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum' -






35. Babesia microti: Babesiosis & Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease -






36. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






37. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -






38. Endocarditis -


39. Granuloma inguinale -






40. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -






41. M. tuberculosis ID -






42. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -






43. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms






44. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -






45. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -






46. Duchenne's -


47. Chronic pancreatitis






48. Common peroneal lesion -






49. Subacute bacterial endocarditis. -


50. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -