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