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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. Budd - Chiari syndrome






2. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease






3. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -






4. TIA -






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






6. Gas emboli -






7. mitral stenosis -






8. Hypothyroidism -






9. Acute cholecystitis


10. 'A38Vancomycin - aminoglycosides' -






11. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






12. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -






13. Bartter's syndrome -






14. Haemophilus influenzae -






15. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -






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






17. Papovavirus.






18. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -






19. Cavernous hemangiomas - adenomas - A45von - hippel - lindau disease






20. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis






21. Vaginal Adenosis - Some develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina & cervix -






22. Arterial thrombus -






23. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -






24. Pasteurella multocida -






25. A08Rheumatoid Arthritis -






26. All -






27. Sulfonamides -






28. Guillain - Barre syndrome -






29. Von Recklinghausen's disease -






30. A03Rheumatoid Arthritis -






31. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -






32. Chronic Bronchitis






33. Aortic dissection - joint hypermobility - A31Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin deficit) -






34. A07Paraseptal emphysema - can rupture and cause pneumothorax -






35. Aortic stenosis -






36. A03Marfan's Syndrome -






37. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -






38. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






39. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -






40. Wilson's disease -






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






42. Ewing's sarcoma






43. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -






44. Dressler's syndrome






45. Pott's disease (Vertebral Tuberculosis) -






46. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -






47. Leydig cell tumor






48. Mitral valve prolapse -






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






50. Chronic Hypertension -