Every NBME exam has questions that reappear in one form or another. These are the ones that I have identified. What do you think? Am I right or way off the mark? Did I miss anything? 1. neuromuscular junction 2. Tanner stage 3. heme synthesis 4. false positive/negative, reliability, precision, accuracy, cohort, cross-sectional, stratification 5. risk ratio or odds ratio 6. schizophrenia or depression length of time or bipolar 1/2 or anxiety 7. brachial arch or pouch question/digeorge 8. smoking is number 1 cause for.... 9. A-a gradient 10. optic nerve lesion or hemianopsia 11. solid or liquid dysphagia 12. hematoma epidural/subdural/subarachanoid 13. lipid lowering drug 14. diuretic side effect 15. acidosis/alkalosis 16. succinylcholine or dantrolene 17. kartagener or cystic fibrosis 18. autosomal dominant or X-linked or mitochondrial 19. shock 20. recurrent bacterial/fungus/viral patient 21. hyperresonant or tactile fremitus 22. PLACES or SHiNE bacteria 23. thermoregulation peripheral vasoconstriction in prolonged cold 24. HOCM S4 AS or Dilated S3 AR MR 25. small cell lung carcinoma or carcinoid or serotonin syndrome 26. bullous pemphigus or pemphigus vulgaris 27. basal cell or melanoma or squamous/acanthosis 28. MEN 1/2 29. hyperthyroid or hypothyroid
30. myoma or rhabdomyoma
31. pleiotropy or polygenic or hetroplasmy 32. atropine or stimigmine or muscurinic agonist or anti-muscurinic antagonist 33. multiple sclerosis 34. Type 1/2/3/4 hypersensitivity, transplant rejection 35. cranial nerve or corneal or pupillary reflex 36. PCOS or menopause 37. hyrdrostatic or colloid pressure 38. PTH vs Ca levels 39. Vitamin-E,B12,B3, Fataxia, Syphilis related neuropathy or parietal cell antibody 40. nephritic or nephrotic or white casts or interstitial or kidney stones 41. SLE antibody or CREST antibody or scleroderma or Sjogren 42. RA or osteoarthritis or PAIR or dermatomyositis/polymyositis 43. toxin or antidote 44. lymph node drainage 45. hernia or hemorrhoid 46. developmental stage - roll, stand, walk, run, stairs 47. gluconeogenesis or HMP shunt 48. lysosome or mitochondria or proteasome or intron/exon 49. malaria or mycoplasma 50. sarcoidosis, Vitamin D, 25-something, 1,25-something, 24,25-something 51. CML or polycythemia vera or myelo 52. Meckel diverticulum or appendicitis or ovarian tumor or Hurschsprung 53. esophageal varices or Mallory Weiss or Boerhave 54. polyarteritis nodosa or temporal arteritis or Kawasaki or Reye 55. vesicular steatosis or nodular cirrhosis or Hep A, B, C, D, E, Hep B markers 56. Crohn or UC or Th1 or Th2 57. Blood smear - parvovirus B19 or Howell Jolly or Heinz or AML 58. Warfarin or heparin or von Willebrand or HUS or TTP 59. Blood group ABO classification or Thalassemia or Sickle cell 60. Multiple myeloma 61. muscle conduction Ca2+ or troponin or tropomyosin 62. albino or vitiligo or Leukocyte adhesion or Chronic granulomatous or tetrazolium blue test 63. random brain anatomy picture or dorsal column/spinothalamic tract/corticospinal 64. Sturge Weber or neurofibramatosis or Wilms or tuberous sclerosis 65. horners (constricted pupil) or uncal herniation (blown pupil) 66. random embryology from the heart or reproductive or a pudenal nerve 67. CO2 transport 68. asthma drug or cyclosporine or tacrolimus or other immunosuppressive 69. endocrine drug metformin, sulfonylurea 70. grade or TNM stage or brain to lung metastasis or colon to liver metastasis or prostate to bone metastasis, pancreatic adenocarcinoma osteoBlastic (unlike other cancers) 71. Km or Bioavailability or competitive/noncompetitive drug or maintenance dose or loading dose or volume of distribution or Phase 1 to 4 or p450, Anesthetic principles: blood solubility = induction & recovery; lipid solubility = potency = 1/MAC (always one of these lol) 72. Addisons or DI or adrenal cortical/medullary 73. post-ventricular MI complications 74. 30s, 50s, aminoacyl transferase, resistance, beta lactamase, penicillin binding protein 75. Celiac or whipple 76. sexual transmitted infection (gonnorhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HSV, Haemophilus, vaginosis, Trichomonas) 77. anti-viral medication 78. cancer drug 79. GI drug 80. Type 2 pneumocytes 81. signaling pathway of hormones, p53, HOX gene, motif, tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes 82. Endometriosis, Leiomyoma, Adenomyosis, Asherman 83. amino acid derivatives, catecholimine synthesis 84. neuroleptic malignant vs serotonin vs malignant hyperthermia See here: https://s11.postimg.org/e456yj5k3/2011-11-15_113428.png 85. Collagen/Elastin/insulin synthesis. know in extreme detail Regarding grade & stage, just know the characteristics of high vs low-grade; N = node involvement & most important sign of mets; M = distant mets & sign of worst prognosis. Doubt you need to know the actual numbers. 86. Hepatitis markers (NOT only Hep B) 87. Signaling pathways of endocrine hormones (also Transcription Factors - not every detail, but every time it shows up in FA, KNOW IT e.g. HOX gene, motif, etc) 88. Congenital adrenal hyperplasias & disorders of sexual development 89. Immunodeficiencies (but I have yet to see hyper-IgE or chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis) 90. Hypersensitivities & transplant rejection (eg, host T lymphocytes against donor antigens) 91. Smoking -> dmgs pseudostratified ciliated epithelial cells FIRST 92. Type II pneumocyte question about: proliferate during lung dmg, secrete surfactant, precursor to type I, etc 93. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma -> bone osteoBLASTic/SCLEROSIS metastasis (unique b/c most bone mets are osteoLYTIC eg lung, thyroid) 94. BPH treatment MOA (a-antags vs 5a-reductase inhs vs PDE-5 inhs) 95. Endometriosis, Leiomyoma, Adenomyosis, Asherman 96. Tumor suppressor genes vs proto-oncogenes 97. Amino acid derivatives 98. Catecholamine synthesis pathway, related disorders, cofactors 99. Nucleotide excision repair & xeroderma pigmentosa (this topic is hotter than Hansel right now) 100. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome vs Serotonin syndrome causes & treatments