NBME 30 / Comprehensive Study
Guide – Expert Strategies, Review
of Key Quizzes, and Practice
Questions for Guaranteed
Success / Newest 2025/2026.
Terms in this set (196)
Quiz____?
difference b/w Kwashiorkor & Marasmus -
Answer✓✓
- kwashiorkor (edematous malnutrition): marasmus PLUS EDEMA
- marasmus (WASTING SYNDROME): skin lesions, fatty liver, acute protein-
energy malnutrition with decreased arm circumference, weight per length or
BMI
Quiz____?
deformation -
Answer✓✓
disruption in organ morphogenesis occurring AFTER embryonic period;
extrinsic force limits normal organ development
Quiz____?
vascular changes in chronic HTN -
Answer✓✓
,- hyaline arteriolosclerosis: protein deposition in vessel walls
- hyperplastic arteriosclerosis (arteriolitis): concentric thickening of vessel
wall w/ laminar appearance caused by proliferation of smooth muscle cells
- commonly affects renal arterioles
Quiz____?
Nodular glomerulosclerosis -
Answer✓✓
assoc w/ diabetic nephropathy & amyloidosis
Quiz____?
supraoptic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
responsible for ADH secretion from pituitary & urine concentration
Quiz____?
anterior hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
thermoregulation (cooling)
Quiz____?
arcuate hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
appetite stimulation
, Quiz____?
dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
regulation of feeding & circadian rhythm
Quiz____?
lateral hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
promotes appetite (GHRELIN)
Quiz____?
posterior hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
thermoregulating (heating)
Quiz____?
ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
satiety (LEPTIN)
Quiz____?
osteopetrosis -
Answer✓✓
excessive mineralization of bone & failure of osteoclastic resorption
- mutation in macrophage colony stimulating factor
, Quiz____?
achondroplasia -
Answer✓✓
human dwarfism
- AD mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene
Quiz____?
porphyria cutanea tarda -
Answer✓✓
severe cutaneous photosensitivity with blistering & hyperpigmentation after
exposure to sunlight
- decreased activity of uroporphyringoen decarboxylase enzyme in the
production of HEME
Quiz____?
CD8+ T lymphocytes -
Answer✓✓
responsible for CLEARING a virus
- class I MHC receptors present a virus to CD8+ T cell on an APC
- CD8+ T cell has a specific TCR for the virus; responds by secreting
inflammatory mediators (to attract other cells) perforin/granzyme or
interacting with Fas/FasL to trigger apoptosis
Quiz____?
Guide – Expert Strategies, Review
of Key Quizzes, and Practice
Questions for Guaranteed
Success / Newest 2025/2026.
Terms in this set (196)
Quiz____?
difference b/w Kwashiorkor & Marasmus -
Answer✓✓
- kwashiorkor (edematous malnutrition): marasmus PLUS EDEMA
- marasmus (WASTING SYNDROME): skin lesions, fatty liver, acute protein-
energy malnutrition with decreased arm circumference, weight per length or
BMI
Quiz____?
deformation -
Answer✓✓
disruption in organ morphogenesis occurring AFTER embryonic period;
extrinsic force limits normal organ development
Quiz____?
vascular changes in chronic HTN -
Answer✓✓
,- hyaline arteriolosclerosis: protein deposition in vessel walls
- hyperplastic arteriosclerosis (arteriolitis): concentric thickening of vessel
wall w/ laminar appearance caused by proliferation of smooth muscle cells
- commonly affects renal arterioles
Quiz____?
Nodular glomerulosclerosis -
Answer✓✓
assoc w/ diabetic nephropathy & amyloidosis
Quiz____?
supraoptic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
responsible for ADH secretion from pituitary & urine concentration
Quiz____?
anterior hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
thermoregulation (cooling)
Quiz____?
arcuate hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
appetite stimulation
, Quiz____?
dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
regulation of feeding & circadian rhythm
Quiz____?
lateral hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
promotes appetite (GHRELIN)
Quiz____?
posterior hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
thermoregulating (heating)
Quiz____?
ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus -
Answer✓✓
satiety (LEPTIN)
Quiz____?
osteopetrosis -
Answer✓✓
excessive mineralization of bone & failure of osteoclastic resorption
- mutation in macrophage colony stimulating factor
, Quiz____?
achondroplasia -
Answer✓✓
human dwarfism
- AD mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene
Quiz____?
porphyria cutanea tarda -
Answer✓✓
severe cutaneous photosensitivity with blistering & hyperpigmentation after
exposure to sunlight
- decreased activity of uroporphyringoen decarboxylase enzyme in the
production of HEME
Quiz____?
CD8+ T lymphocytes -
Answer✓✓
responsible for CLEARING a virus
- class I MHC receptors present a virus to CD8+ T cell on an APC
- CD8+ T cell has a specific TCR for the virus; responds by secreting
inflammatory mediators (to attract other cells) perforin/granzyme or
interacting with Fas/FasL to trigger apoptosis
Quiz____?
