NBME 23 Normoblasts (NBME Answers)

Answers & Explanations for the NBME

NBME 23 Answers ↦

nbme23/Block 4/Question#31 (48.7 difficulty score)
A 32-year-old man who lives at sea level ...
Normoblasts🔍,📺
tags:

Tutor box

Members from the Leaderboard offering 1-on-1 help:

Want to be listed here? Email us!

+8
submitted by thomasalterman(161),

unscramble the site ⋅ remove ads ⋅ become a member ($39/month)

A nmrlsooabt si na mmturiae BCR, os tis' deaeetvl ni tsetsa of rdsaceeni e.aphisooiemts

sympathetikey Don't mind me. Just sippin my dumb ass soda over here. +68

someduck3 The term "Normoblast" isn't even in first aid. +38

link981 NBME testing your knowledge of synonyms. Have to know 15 descriptive words of the same thing I guess. +21

tinydoc I wish they would stop making it so every other question I know the answer and I can't find it among the answer choices because they decided to use some medical thesaurus on us. +20

qball Metamyelocytes = Precursor to neutrophils Siderophages = hemosiderin-containing macrophage aka heart failure cells +9

llamastep1 Theres a UWorld question about Parvovirus B19 that mentions "giant pronormoblasts" that helped me make the connection +8

fexx I got it right but would it hurt them to put RBCs? Medicine is hard as it is. No need to make the exams more complicated. I doubt my pt is ever going to as me if his/ her normoblasts are going to increase if they go hiking in the mountains +7

nerdstewiegriffin I can guarantee you this Q was written by some sadistic PhD examiner +15

+7
submitted by whoissaad(90),

unscramble the site ⋅ remove ads ⋅ become a member ($39/month)

aleSvre manse rae dseu rof nluadcete srteBoaCRy,shrb—tl tlsr,oomban and ismtbeoh—laltwag eno omrin ntaaoivir in wdor sen.es hTe naem bosramtnol syalaw eerrfs to nlo,arm hlaethy esllc htat are eth iimdeetam rrsurepsoc fo onam,lr alht,yeh utrmea tcea(nleua) CBs.R The aenm sltgboaealm lawasy serfre to myaobralln dpeeodelv esocprrsu.r etnOf the eamn eloytrrashtb si sdue lsyysnounymo ithw nsatobo.mrl

Fmor lla het nihgst thye udlco ttes us o..n. :)