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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. Coarctation of the aorta -






2. Galactosemia -






3. carcinoma of the breast -


4. Adenovirus (type 8)






5. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -






6. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -






7. G6P Deficiency - (or a - thalassemia with bite cells) -






8. Borrelia recurrentis






9. Rabies Negri bodies intracytoplasmic Pox virus Guarnieri intracytoplasmic & acidophilic CMV Owl's eyes intracytoplasmic & intranuclear HSV Cowdry bodies intranuclear -






10. Sickle Cell Anemia -






11. Causes amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri -






12. Ewing's sarcoma






13. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






14. Iron deficiency anaemia -


15. A00P. aeroginosa infection -






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






17. Haemophilus influenzae -






18. Pott's disease (Vertebral Tuberculosis) -






19. Hypothyroidism -






20. Ella likes cysteineat: Francisella Brucella Legionella Pasturella -






21. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -






22. Pseudomonas & Mycobacterium -






23. A08Actinomyces israelii -






24. Lipid laden macrophages seen in villi of Erythroblastosis Fetalis -






25. Squamous cell carcinoma -






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






27. Leydig cell tumor






28. Job's syndrome -






29. Leucine & Lysine -






30. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)






31. Secondary syphilis -






32. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -






33. Interstitial Fibrosis -






34. Streptococcus throat infection -






35. Arterial thrombus -






36. Zygomycosis: Rhizopus & Mucor. Only mycosis w/o septate. Infect Ketoacidotic Diabetics. -






37. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -






38. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -






39. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout






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






41. 'A39a1 antitrypsin deficiency - causing elastase - = - compliance in the lung' -






42. A03Drug - induced SLE -






43. All -






44. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy -






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






46. A04Mononucleosis -






47. A08Chronic Bronchitis -






48. 'A38Vancomycin - aminoglycosides' -






49. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -






50. Vibrio parahemolyticus