Chiropractic Board Review Flashcards

Flashcards based on chiropractic board review lecture notes, covering a range of topics from fractures to genetic disorders and infections.

What type of fracture involves the distal radius with anterior displacement of the distal fragment?
a) Smith's fracture
b) Colles' fracture
c) Boxer's fracture
d) Bennett's fracture

Smith's fracture

What disease is typically associated with hyperuricemia and monosodium urate crystals?
a) Gout
b) Osteoarthritis
c) Rheumatoid arthritis
d) Systemic lupus erythematosus

Gout

Which of the following is a major cause of dwarfism?
a) Gigantism
b) Acromegaly
c) Achondroplasia
d) Marfan syndrome

Achondroplasia

An ivory vertebra with obvious bone enlargement and cortical thickening leads to a diagnosis of what condition?
a) Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease)
b) Osteopetrosis
c) Osteomalacia
d) Osteoporosis

Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease)

Tetralogy of Fallot includes all of the following except:
a) Pulmonary stenosis
b) Right ventricular hypertrophy
c) Overriding aorta
d) Intra-atrial septal defect

Intra-atrial septal defect

Pyknosis is characterized by nuclear:
a) Condensation
b) Fragmentation
c) Swelling
d) Dissolution

Condensation

What condition describes an abnormality in a young baby boy where the urethral opening is on the ventral surface of the shaft of the penis?
a) Epispadias
b) Phimosis
c) Hypospadias
d) Paraphimosis

Hypospadias

Calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligament and sparing of the disc spaces are important findings in what condition?
a) Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
b) Ankylosing Spondylitis
c) Rheumatoid Arthritis
d) Osteoarthritis

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)

A pathological accumulation of air in airspaces would best be described as:
a) Atelectasis
b) Pneumonia
c) Emphysema
d) Bronchiectasis

Emphysema

Hyperglycemia, acidosis, and polydipsia are symptoms of what condition?
a) Hyperinsulinism
b) Hypothyroidism
c) Hypoinsulinism
d) Hyperthyroidism

Hypoinsulinism

Iron deficiency anemia most commonly presents itself as what finding on a laboratory blood test?
a) Macrocytic, normochromic RBC
b) Microcytic, hypochromic RBC
c) Normocytic, normochromic RBC
d) Macrocytic, hyperchromic RBC

Microcytic, hypochromic RBC

An excessive amount of cortisol is characteristic of which of the following?
a) Addison's disease
b) Cushing's disease
c) Grave's disease
d) Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Cushing's disease

In an eye exam, a pupil that accommodates but has no pupillary reflex is called which of the following?
a) Tonic pupil
b) Argyll Robertson pupil
c) Mydriasis
d) Miosis

Argyll Robertson pupil

Course, rhythmic tremors of the hands and tongue, stooped posture, expressionless face and slowness of the voluntary movements are characteristic of what disease?
a) Alzheimer's disease
b) Huntington's disease
c) Parkinson's disease
d) Multiple sclerosis

Parkinson's disease

Which disorder is most apt to be responsible for iron deficiency anemia in males?
a) Hemorrhoids
b) Peptic ulcer
c) Hiatal hernia
d) Esophageal varices

Peptic ulcer

Which is not characteristic of Horner's syndrome?
a) Ptosis
b) Miosis
c) Anhidrosis
d) Dyspnea

Dyspnea

Caseous necrosis is a form of necrosis unique to:
a) Liquefactive necrosis
b) Coagulative necrosis
c) Caseous necrosis
d) Fat necrosis

Tuberculosis

The lung tumor most commonly caused by smoking is:
a) Adenocarcinoma
b) Small cell carcinoma
c) Squamous cell carcinoma
d) Large cell carcinoma

A squamous cell carcinoma

Mature cells of atypical size, shape, and organization are characteristic of:
a) Metaplasia
b) Dysplasia
c) Anaplasia
d) Hyperplasia

Dysplasia

A pneumoconiosis characterized by an accumulation of iron dust in the lung is referred to as:
a) Anthracosis
b) Asbestosis
c) Siderosis
d) Silicosis

Siderosis

All of the following are findings with ankylosing spondylitis except:
a) Bamboo spine
b) Sacroiliitis
c) Uveitis
d) Knife clasp syndrome

Knife clasp syndrome

Exacerbations of hemolytic anemia when red blood cells are exposed to oxidative stress may be caused by deficiency of:
a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin E
c) Vitamin B12
d) Folate

Vitamin E

Infection by pathogenic anaerobes of the saccharolytic group of the genus Clostridium causes:
a) Tetanus
b) Botulism
c) Gas gangrene
d) Cellulitis

Gas gangrene

Which of these conditions is characterized by T cell deficiency due to lack of development of the thymus, abnormalities of the heart and vessel l, mouth, ears, palate?

A. Burtons

B. Digeorge

C. Buerger

D. Wischott Aldrich

DiGeorge syndrome