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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. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'


2. Staph. Epidermidis -






3. Aortic dissection - joint hypermobility - A31Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin deficit) -






4. Hand - Foot - and - Mouthat Disease: Coxsackie A (Picornavirus +ssRNA) -






5. A08Osteoarthritis (PIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -


6. A00Mycobacterium






7. Primary syphilis -






8. 'A37Reovirus - RepeatOvirusat' -






9. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy -






10. A06Strep. Pyogenes (pharyngitis






11. Pyrazinamide






12. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -






13. Diphtheria toxin & Pseudomonas exotoxon A -






14. Thallasemia major -






15. A06Multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine) - Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) -






16. Syphilis - overaggressive treatment of an asymptomatic patient that causes symptoms due to rapid lysis -






17. Neuroblastoma -






18. Cholera






19. Fibrin - globulin - pro) - and - Russel Bodies - (eosinophillic Ig containing inclusions) - A46Multiple Myeloma -


20. Isoniazid -






21. Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad






22. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -






23. Pasteurella multocida -






24. Narcolepsy -






25. AF -






26. A05Varicocele - -


27. A09small/medium artery vasculitis -


28. Urinary bladder CA -






29. A02Pemphigous vulgaris -






30. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -


31. A03Marfan's Syndrome -






32. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms






33. HPV -






34. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout






35. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






36. Sporothrix schenckii






37. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -






38. Splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen) -






39. 'A35Mycoplasma - Smallest living bacteria. - P1 protein inhs ciliary action Fried egg colonies Atypical pneumonia young adults' -






40. A00Lead poisoning -






41. A09Tetracycline -






42. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -


43. Multiple myeloma






44. A02Strep. Pneumoniae -






45. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






46. Amphotericin B -






47. Rapid appearance of features associated with normal aging - A18Werner syndrome -






48. A08Osteogenesis imperfecta -






49. Diabetic ketoacidosis -






50. Chediak - Higashi Disease