NCCAOM Biomedicine board exam
Warfarin - correct answer extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy
Heparin - correct answer intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in pregnancy also
advil side effect - correct answer renal problem, not before and after surgery (anti platelet, so
bleeding)
hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency - correct answer emergency: end organ
damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
confirm prostate cancer with ... - correct answer biopsy, not PSA
nerves related with eye movement - correct answer 3, 4, 6 so (superior oblique:4), lr (lateral
rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test - correct answer for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness causes a patient's hips
and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
addison's sxs - correct answer dark pigmented skin, fatigue
cause of addison's - correct answer def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom - correct answer excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
kernig's sx - correct answer positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and knee at 90 degree
angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful (leading to resistance). meningitis test
risk factor of COPD - correct answer smoking
copd - correct answer emphysema, chronic bronchitis
obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - correct answer obstructive
like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - correct answer not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause - correct answer cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis - correct answer smoking
smoking risk factor for - correct answer COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect - correct answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect - correct answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors - correct answer statins
,fish oil - correct answer decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl - correct answer exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. - correct answer renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia - correct answer menorhagia: excessive menstruation can cause
iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue - correct answer CHF
DVT can cause - correct answer PE
medication for high chlostrol - correct answer statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... - correct answer MRI
MRI for - correct answer soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of - correct answer potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure - correct answer eclampsa
tongue , what nerve - correct answer 12, hyopglossal for control (move) tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss - correct answer conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis - correct answer ant
epistaxis ant vs post - correct answer ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding - correct answer external trauma (nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx - correct answer nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter - correct answer
flat - correct answer macul
,patch
elevated, palpable - correct answer papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled - correct answer vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size - correct answer macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
papuls vs plaque size - correct answer papul less than 0.5
plaque more than بزرگه طال پالک
vesicle vs buallae size - correct answer vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis - correct answer silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface - correct answer extensor (psoriasis) vs flexor (atopic
dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen - correct answer NAC (N acetyl cystein)
kayser fleischer ring - correct answer wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation - correct answer adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) - correct answer butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA - correct answer rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout - correct answer uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom - correct answer wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to - correct answer vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
, medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy - correct answer ataxia, confusion, Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or
weakness of the eye muscles)
korsakof psychosis (amnesia) - correct answer confabulation, impaired short term memory
nerve 1 - correct answer olfactory (smell) sensory
nerve 12 - correct answer tongue (hypoglossal), movement
nerve 2 - correct answer optic, sensory
3, 4, 6 - correct answer pure motor
oculumotor - correct answer 3
trochlear - correct answer nerve 4
nerve 5 how many branches
nerve 7 how many branches - correct answer 5 3 branches
7 5 branches
abducent - correct answer 6
oculomotor - correct answer 3
vestibulocochlear - correct answer 8
semicircular canals+cochlear - correct answer semicircuar for balance
cochlear for hearing
both are sensory
glosopharengial - correct answer 9 both sensory and motor
vagus - correct answer 10 both s and m
connect most of organs: ht, lu, sp, kd, clon, st, lv, parasympathic
taste valecella, epiglot)
accessory - correct answer 11 , SCM, trapezius motor
cranial nerves (pure motor) - correct answer 3,4,6,11,12
pure sensory - correct answer 1, 2, 8
Warfarin - correct answer extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy
Heparin - correct answer intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in pregnancy also
advil side effect - correct answer renal problem, not before and after surgery (anti platelet, so
bleeding)
hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency - correct answer emergency: end organ
damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
confirm prostate cancer with ... - correct answer biopsy, not PSA
nerves related with eye movement - correct answer 3, 4, 6 so (superior oblique:4), lr (lateral
rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test - correct answer for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness causes a patient's hips
and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
addison's sxs - correct answer dark pigmented skin, fatigue
cause of addison's - correct answer def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom - correct answer excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
kernig's sx - correct answer positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and knee at 90 degree
angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful (leading to resistance). meningitis test
risk factor of COPD - correct answer smoking
copd - correct answer emphysema, chronic bronchitis
obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - correct answer obstructive
like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - correct answer not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause - correct answer cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis - correct answer smoking
smoking risk factor for - correct answer COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect - correct answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect - correct answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors - correct answer statins
,fish oil - correct answer decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl - correct answer exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. - correct answer renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia - correct answer menorhagia: excessive menstruation can cause
iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue - correct answer CHF
DVT can cause - correct answer PE
medication for high chlostrol - correct answer statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... - correct answer MRI
MRI for - correct answer soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of - correct answer potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure - correct answer eclampsa
tongue , what nerve - correct answer 12, hyopglossal for control (move) tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss - correct answer conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis - correct answer ant
epistaxis ant vs post - correct answer ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding - correct answer external trauma (nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx - correct answer nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter - correct answer
flat - correct answer macul
,patch
elevated, palpable - correct answer papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled - correct answer vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size - correct answer macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
papuls vs plaque size - correct answer papul less than 0.5
plaque more than بزرگه طال پالک
vesicle vs buallae size - correct answer vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis - correct answer silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface - correct answer extensor (psoriasis) vs flexor (atopic
dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen - correct answer NAC (N acetyl cystein)
kayser fleischer ring - correct answer wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation - correct answer adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) - correct answer butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA - correct answer rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout - correct answer uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom - correct answer wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to - correct answer vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
, medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy - correct answer ataxia, confusion, Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or
weakness of the eye muscles)
korsakof psychosis (amnesia) - correct answer confabulation, impaired short term memory
nerve 1 - correct answer olfactory (smell) sensory
nerve 12 - correct answer tongue (hypoglossal), movement
nerve 2 - correct answer optic, sensory
3, 4, 6 - correct answer pure motor
oculumotor - correct answer 3
trochlear - correct answer nerve 4
nerve 5 how many branches
nerve 7 how many branches - correct answer 5 3 branches
7 5 branches
abducent - correct answer 6
oculomotor - correct answer 3
vestibulocochlear - correct answer 8
semicircular canals+cochlear - correct answer semicircuar for balance
cochlear for hearing
both are sensory
glosopharengial - correct answer 9 both sensory and motor
vagus - correct answer 10 both s and m
connect most of organs: ht, lu, sp, kd, clon, st, lv, parasympathic
taste valecella, epiglot)
accessory - correct answer 11 , SCM, trapezius motor
cranial nerves (pure motor) - correct answer 3,4,6,11,12
pure sensory - correct answer 1, 2, 8
