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






2. Mallory- Weiss syndrome -






3. Staphylococcus aureus -






4. CML






5. Crigler - Najar syndrome -






6. Narcolepsy -






7. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings






8. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -






9. Mitral valve prolapse -






10. Associated w/lymphoid neoplasms. See agglutination & hemolysis in tissue exposed to cold. IgM Abs -






11. 'A04Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency = ataxia - opthalmoplegia - confusion)' -






12. Hydrocele






13. Herpes virus -






14. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






15. A03Marfan's Syndrome -






16. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis






17. A08Rheumatoid Arthritis -






18. Legionella pneumophila -






19. Von Recklinghausen's disease -






20. Bacterial vaginosis -






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






22. A06Gilbert's syndrome -






23. A05Varicocele - -


24. Cholangitis - (Charcot's Triad) -






25. Trichomoniasis -






26. CHF -






27. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid -






28. Eisenmenger's syndrome -






29. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -






30. Endocarditis -


31. Glioblastoma Multiforme






32. PCOS -






33. All -






34. 'A41Emphysema (centroacinar[smoking] - panacinar [alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency]'






35. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -


36. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -






37. Malignant mesothelioma -






38. Hyperthyroidism -






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






40. A09Down syndrome -


41. Huntington's disease -






42. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -






43. Haemophilus influenzae -






44. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma






45. A09SLE -






46. Gardner's syndrome -






47. A08Congenital rubella -






48. Parkinson's disease -






49. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -






50. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -