Mendelian Madness!
Formulated by the father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel, this law refers to the separation of chromosomes into different gametes.
What is the law of segregation?
This diagnosis is the most common injury of the shoulder.
What is a fractured clavicle?
This life-threatening emergency is the consequence of trauma to the middle meningeal artery.
What is an epidural hematoma?
This term describes a NORMAL QRS pattern with a depressed heart rate.
What is sinus bradycardia?
This classmate is known widely as the "ortho god."
Who is Christeebella Akpala?
This structure forms the attachment site for for spindle traction fibers during mitosis.
What is a centromere?
Damage to this nerve causes the characteristic clinical presentation known as "wrist drop."
What is the radial nerve?
This major stroke risk factor describes an acute period of ischemia, resolving within 30 mins to 24 hrs.
What is a transient ischemic attack? (Also accept: TIA)
This congenital heart defect presents with a combination of 4 clinical signs: a septal defect, right ventricular hypertrophy, over-riding aorta, and pulmonary stenosis.
What is the tetralogy of Fallot?
This hyperactive classmate spends their free time troubleshooting tech issues.
Who is Michelle Rueff?
Alleles are said to exhibit this characteristic if each is expressed independently of the presence of the other.
What is codominance?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is the anatomical snuffbox?
Representing 15% of all strokes, this medical emergency is caused by a weakening of blood vessels that leads to rupturing and bleeding.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This immediately life-threatening arrhythmia results in rapid, disordered stimulation of the ventricles with no coordinated contractions.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
This BS/MD student was present for a clinical correlate led by her his/her father.
Who is Rawan Elhamdani?
What syndrome describes an individual with the following karyotype?:
45, X
What is Turner syndrome?
This is the layman's term for stenosing tenosynovitis.
What is a trigger finger?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is a watershed infarct?
This asymptomatic action of the heart can feel like a palpitation and can be caused by caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco consumption.
What is a premature atrial contraction? (Also accept: atrial premature beat)
This former classmate was the third person to leave the class of 2023.
Who is Libby Goetz?
Patau syndrome is a congenital chromosomal abnormality that results from the nondisjunction of which chromosome?
What is chromosome 13?
The "hand of Benediction" is a telling clinical sign that a patient has experienced damage to which nerve?
What is the median nerve?
This stroke syndrome is a combination of both Weber's and Claude's syndromes.
What is Benedikt's syndrome?
During diastole, blood fills this space and begins to supply the left and right coronary arteries.
What is the aortic sinus?
This classmate is a former WVU student with a degree in biomedical engineering.
Who is John Mclaughlin?