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






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






3. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -






4. Thallasemia major -






5. Clostridium Difficile -






6. Sickle cell anemia -






7. Sickle Cell Anemia -






8. A06LMN CN VII palsy -

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9. 'A23B- thallasemia - sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoeisis)' -






10. Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!) -






11. Primary syphilis -






12. These rascals may microscopically lack colorat: Treponema Ricksetta Mycobacterium Mycoplasma Legionella Chlamydia -






13. 'A24Choriocarcinomas - hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)' -






14. Pseudomonas






15. Rifampin -






16. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -






17. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -






18. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings






19. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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20. A09Haemochromatosis -






21. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis) -






22. A07EIEC EHEC Shigella - Yersenia enterocolitica Entaemeba histolytica Salmonella Campylobacter jejuni -






23. Staphylococcus aureus






24. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






25. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -






26. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy -






27. Haemophilus ducreyi -






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






29. Down syndrome -






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






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






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






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






34. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -






35. Lung - -'A19Paragonimus Westermani - Lung fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -






36. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -






37. Pericarditis association -






38. Amphotericin B -






39. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -






40. Streptococcus pyogenes -






41. Tension headache -






42. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma






43. Sporothrix schenckii






44. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -






45. Rheumatoid Arthritis -






46. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid -






47. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -






48. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -






49. Gas emboli -






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