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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. Bernard - Soulier disease -






2. Diphtheria toxin & Pseudomonas exotoxon A -






3. G6P Deficiency - (or a - thalassemia with bite cells) -






4. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -






5. Duchenne's -


6. Duchenne's Muscular dystrophy -






7. Alcoholic liver disease -






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






9. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -






10. Coarctation of the aorta






11. Sheehan's syndrome






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






13. Causes amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri -






14. Osteosarcoma -


15. A00Papovavirus & Hepadnavirus -






16. Can Also Have Both Shapesat Cocciodes Aspergillus Histolpasma Blastomyces Sprothrix schenkii -






17. MEN type IIa (Sipple's syndrome)






18. Alcoholism -






19. G6pd deficiency -






20. Retinitis pigmentosa -






21. Lipid laden macrophages seen in villi of Erythroblastosis Fetalis -






22. Tension headache -






23. A01Bruton's disease -






24. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -






25. Associated with severe burns - A22Curling's ulcer -






26. Diabetic ketoacidosis -






27. Pyrazinamide






28. rabies -






29. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -


30. Huntington's disease -






31. Actinomycetes = Nocardia






32. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -


33. Treponema palidum & Pneumocystis Carinii (cannot be cultured on inert media but can be found extra cellularly in the body) -






34. 'A47L -> R shunt (VSD - ASD - PDA) mitral regurgitation - LV failure (CHF)'






35. Osteoarthritis (DIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -


36. Crohn's disease -






37. Parathyroid glands in the neck and pancreatic islet cells in the pancreas - A11MEN type I (Werner's syndrome) -






38. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -






39. ...






40. Gout






41. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -






42. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -






43. Neurofibromatosis -


44. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -






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






46. McArdle's disease -






47. Urinary bladder CA -






48. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -






49. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -






50. A08Chronic Bronchitis -