Topics that are frequently asked in exams – AIIMS/ESIC/DSSSB/Nursing Officer

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Part 1 – Video links :    Hindi Version     ♦     English Version

1. Smallest Bone of the Body : Stapes

• Stapes is a Stirrup-shaped bone (a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse’s saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider’s foot.)
• Smallest auditory ossicle
• Located in middle ear

2. Bat/Butterfly Shaped bone : Sphenoid

• Sella turcica – a shallow depression on the superior surface of the body of sphenoid bone.
• Hypophyseal fossa – A deep depression in sella turcica in which pituitary gland is situated.

3. “Rule of ten” is used for : Cleft lip

• Criteria used to judge the readiness of an infant for surgical repair of cleft lip.
• Four 10’s to be there –
  1. 10 pounds weight
  2. 10 weeks old
  3. 10 gm% haemoglobin
  4. WBC count <10,000

4. Freshly prepared ORS should be used within : 24 hours

5. Maximum intensity of physiological Jaundice in term baby : 4th day

• Maximum intensity of physiological jaundice in term baby is on 4th day which subsides on 7th day.
• Maximum intensity of physiological jaundice in pre-term baby is on 5th-6th day which subsides on 14th day.

6. Choice of treatment for physiological jaundice : Phototherapy

7. Choice of treatment for pathological jaundice : Exchange blood transfusion

8. Vaccination was first performed by : Edward jenner

• To provide immunity to small pox

9. Theme of World health day 2017 : Depression – Let’s Talk

10. Koplik’s spot are seen in : Rubeola

• Measles is also called Rubeola
• Rubeola means – “red spots”
• Koplik’s Spot are small red spots with blue-white centers on the oral mucosa.
• It is a diagnostic sign of measles before the appearance of rashes.