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






2. Yolk - sac tumor






3. Mycosis Fungoides (cutaneous T- cell lymphoma) -






4. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -






5. Tension headache -






6. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -






7. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -


8. Pasteurella multocida -






9. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -


10. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -






11. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -






12. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -






13. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -






14. 'A01Contains digoxin Implicated as a cause of Hodgkin






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






16. Chronic pancreatitis






17. Vaginal Adenosis - Some develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina & cervix -






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


19. A06IgA Nephropathy -


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






21. Interstitial Fibrosis -






22. Von Recklinghausen's disease -






23. Hypoplastic Goiter nodules that do not take up radio active iodine. [Opposite: hot & do take up iodine] -






24. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -






25. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome






26. Sporothrix schenckii






27. A00Lead poisoning -






28. Hypocalcemia -


29. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -






30. Epidural hematoma -






31. Syphilis -






32. Chronic Bronchitis






33. A09Hyperparathyroidism - Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -






34. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






35. Cardiac pathology - and edema -'A41Dry beriberi (Thiamine - B1 deficiency)'






36. Crigler - Najar syndrome -






37. 'A26VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - mitral regurgitation' -






38. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -






39. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -


40. DM type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of B cells) -






41. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -






42. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -






43. Whipple's disease -






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






45. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -






46. Pott's disease (Vertebral Tuberculosis) -






47. A06Strep. Agalactiae (Diabetes predisposes to infection) -






48. AIDS in MSM -


49. Guillain - Barre syndrome -






50. Pyogenic osteomyelitis