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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. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -






2. A08Chronic Bronchitis -






3. A02Skip lesions (Crohn's disease = autoimmune) -






4. Toxic or viral hepatitis -






5. CHF -






6. Staph. Saprophyticus -






7. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -






8. Endocarditis -


9. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease






10. Libman - Sacks disease -






11. Ewing's sarcoma






12. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -






13. Huntington's disease -






14. Pasteurella multocida -






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






16. mitral stenosis -






17. Pseudomonas






18. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -






19. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -






20. A03Amyloidosis -






21. Primary syphilis -






22. H. Influenzae (needs factors V & X for growth) Strep. Pneumoniae N. meningitidis N. gonnorhoae W/ this activity these bugs are able to colonize the oral mucosa. -






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






24. Down syndrome -






25. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -






26. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -






27. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -


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






29. A04Neurosyphillis -


30. A08Osteogenesis imperfecta -






31. Phenylketonuria -






32. 'A28Gout - - Lesch - Nyhan syndrome - - myeloproliferative disorders - - loop and thiazide diuretics' -






33. Coarctation of the aorta






34. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -






35. G6pd deficiency -






36. Transmits Trypanoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease): Romanaa Sign






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






38. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma






39. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -






40. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -






41. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'


42. 'A44Streptococcus pneumoniae - Haemophilus influenzae - Neisseria meningitidis'






43. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -






44. 'A00In cases of metastatic carcinoid - txt w/ Methysergide (5HT antagonist)' -






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






46. RCC - Hemangioblastoma -






47. A00P. aeroginosa infection -






48. Neuroblastoma -






49. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -






50. Haemophilus influenzae -