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






2. Clostridium Difficile -






3. Post mortem clots -






4. Chediak - Higashi Disease






5. A01Curling's ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa) -






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






7. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -






8. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -






9. Haemophilus influenzae -






10. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -






11. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -


12. Parkinson's disease -






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






14. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






15. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome






16. A01Klebsiella -






17. A09Pancoast's tumor -


18. Clindamycin






19. Pityriasis rosea -






20. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)






21. Urinary bladder CA -






22. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -






23. Alcoholism -






24. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -






25. Libman - Sacks disease -






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






27. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -






28. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






29. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -






30. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






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






32. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -






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






34. Budd - Chiari syndrome






35. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -






36. Von Recklinghausen's disease -






37. PCOS -






38. A05Clostridium Botulinum -






39. Cor pulmonale






40. Sulfonamides -






41. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -






42. Sezary Syndrome -






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


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






45. Wegener's granulomatosis






46. Squamous cell carcinoma -






47. Amphotericin B -






48. Minimal change disease






49. Wegener's and Goodpasture's (Hemoptysis and glomerular disease) -






50. Hypothyroidism -