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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. A07Achalasia -






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






3. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -






4. Congenital Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia


5. Chediak - Higashi Disease






6. Hemangioma






7. A04Mononucleosis -






8. Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad






9. Pancreatic cancer (head) -






10. Adenovirus (type 8)






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






12. A07Lyme disease -


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


14. A01Cushing's ulcer (increased ICP that stimulates vagal gastric secretion) -






15. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome






16. Alcoholism -






17. Pseudomonas






18. Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -






19. Bartonella henselae. Leion can resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. Toxoplasmosis -






20. A03Celiac disease -






21. Interstitial Fibrosis -






22. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -






23. Rifampin -






24. Vibrio parahemolyticus






25. Measles -






26. DIC -






27. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -






28. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -






29. Median nerve lesion -






30. Acute cholecystitis


31. A04Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin. -






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






33. Can Also Have Both Shapesat Cocciodes Aspergillus Histolpasma Blastomyces Sprothrix schenkii -






34. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)






35. A09Pancoast's tumor -


36. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






37. Parkinson's disease -






38. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -






39. Staph. Saprophyticus -






40. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






41. Borrelia recurrentis






42. Galactosemia -






43. Bronchial Asthma -






44. A05Clostridium Botulinum -






45. Retinitis pigmentosa -






46. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -






47. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -






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






49. A05Due to M. vulgaris (actinomycetes) Inhalation of sugar cane dust -






50. Haemophilus influenzae -