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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. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -






2. Mitral valve prolapse -






3. Urinary bladder CA -






4. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -






5. Rifampin -






6. A00Lead poisoning -






7. Fanconi' syndrome






8. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -






9. Pityriasis rosea -






10. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)






11. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -






12. Cholera






13. A04Mononucleosis -






14. A02Pemphigous vulgaris -






15. A05Varicocele - -


16. A00Papovavirus & Hepadnavirus -






17. ACL injury






18. Cheese - vegetables (coleslaw) - in recent infections - A33Listeria -






19. A03Drug - induced SLE -






20. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -






21. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -






22. A00P. aeroginosa infection -






23. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -






24. Chlamydia Pistacci (Chlamydia do not make own ATP)






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






26. Tay- Sachs - Niemann Pick Disease - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion -






27. Guillain - Barre syndrome -






28. Bordetella pertussis -






29. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis






30. A02Rifampin -






31. Streptococcus throat infection -






32. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






33. DIC -






34. CML






35. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -






36. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -






37. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -






38. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -






39. mitral stenosis -






40. Raynaud's Syndrome






41. Crohn's disease -






42. A06Gilbert's syndrome -






43. Parvovirus: Part of a virusat -






44. Gaucher's disease -






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






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






47. Patent ductus arteriosus -






48. Vibrio Cholera: metabolic acidosis






49. Vibrio parahemolyticus






50. Malignant HTN & Kidneys