Medical Terminology
The suffix “-lysis” refers to this process
What is breaking down/destruction/death?
This condition is characterized by decreased cardiac output due to poor ventricular pumping, often resulting in pulmonary edema and systemic congestion.
What is congestive heart failure?
This is the total testing time of the MCAT (including breaks), in approximate hours
What is about 7.5 hours?
This ancient Greek physician is often called the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
USC was founded in this year
What is 1880?
Another word for hiccups
What is Singultus?
This autoimmune disease is characterized by demyelination in the central nervous system and often presents with relapsing neurological symptoms.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This section of the MCAT focuses on reading comprehension and analysis of passages from humanities and social sciences
What is CARS (Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills)
USC's Keck School of Medicine was founded in which year?
What is 1885?
The official name of the fountain in front of Doheny
What is the Youth Triumphant Fountain?
Break down “erythropoiesis” and state its meaning
What is the production of red blood cells?
This autoimmune disease is characterized by antibodies against acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, leading to fluctuating muscle weakness that worsens with activity.
What is myasthenia gravis?
This score is approximately the median MCAT score
What is 500
This invention dramatically improved surgical outcomes by reducing pain during procedures in the 19th century.
What is surgical anesthesia?
List 5 actors/actresses who attended USC
Who are (just search up if the 5 are correct)?
What term describes inflammation of bone and bone marrow
What is Osteomyelitis?
A patient presents with exophthalmos, heat intolerance, weight loss, and a diffuse goiter. This disease is most likely due to autoantibodies stimulating the TSH receptor.
What is Graves disease?
This is the approximate number of questions in each MCAT science section.
What is 59 questions?
This discovery by Alexander Fleming in 1928 revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections.
What is penicillin?
How many restaurants are in the USC village?
What does Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia mean?
What is a brain freeze?
This virus integrates into host DNA via reverse transcriptase and primarily infects CD4+ T cells.
What is HIV?
This psychometric model underlies MCAT scoring by estimating a student’s ability based on question difficulty and response patterns rather than raw score alone.
What is Item Response Theory (IRT)?
This ancient civilization developed early surgical tools and practiced trepanation, as evidenced by skulls showing healed openings
What is the Inca Civilization?
This is the architecture style of the USC campus
What is a Romanesque Revival style?