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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. 'A28Leishmaniasis: Mucocutaneous Diseases by L. braziliensis & Visceral Disease by L. donovani & Dermal Leishman by L. tropica - mexicana - peruviana' -






2. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -






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






4. Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction) -






5. MEN type IIa (Sipple's syndrome)






6. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -






7. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -


8. Alzheimer's disease -






9. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -






10. Chronic Bronchitis






11. Liver -'A19Clonorchichis - Chinese liver fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -






12. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






13. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -


14. A07Lyme disease -


15. A02Streptococcus pneumoniae -






16. Osteosarcoma -


17. Serratia






18. Goes through superficial inguinal ring. Medial to inferior epigastric artery - A29-






19. A03Celiac disease -






20. G6pd deficiency -






21. A04Nasal polyps Rhinitis bronchoconstriction -






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






23. AIDS in MSM -


24. A02Strep. Pneumoniae -






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






26. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease






27. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -






28. Eisenmenger's syndrome -






29. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -






30. A04Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin. -






31. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -






32. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -


33. Chediak - Higashi Disease






34. Actinomycetes = Nocardia






35. All -






36. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis -






37. A01Guillain - Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count) -






38. Appendicitis -


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






40. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -






41. Malignant hyperthermia -






42. Vibrio parahemolyticus






43. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -






44. Amphotericin B -






45. RCC - Hemangioblastoma -






46. Hypothyroidism -






47. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






48. Mitral valve prolapse -






49. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms






50. Malignant HTN & Kidneys