Group effort...

[StringBean]

Ok all, so Alex was kind enough to share a mnemonic he made up for the G protein second messengers... and it got me thinking Why not start a thread where we all post mnemonics & stories that we've made up/found/stole. I've found a ton of the ones in FA very helpful (& the pics/stories in CMMRS fun too), so I thought if some of us have made some up that aren't in FA we could post them... it could only help. I'll have to make up a couple to contribute now that I started a thread like this

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share

~Bean

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[poloace]

here's two for you guys:

what helminth do you get from undercooked fish... oh, you mean an undercooked ORCA whale??

ClonORCA (clonorchis sinensis) of course...



what about undercooked crab meat???
well, a crab kind of looks like a hexagon- which sounds like paragon...
so, paragonimus westermani

 

[dmon]

Here's another for the carpal bones...for the guys (and maybe some girls too)

"Slowly Lower Tina's Pants To The Curly Hairs"

Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquitrium
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate

 

[jgrady]

I don't know how original or useful these are, but they helped me on tests and probably will on boards:

Fat Globs choke Vagus

1) Tase is Facial, Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
2) Choke reflex is typically Facial/Glosso IN, Vagus OUT

Everyone Ends Up Dead

Every cell has MHC Type ONE ligands for presenting ENDOsomal microbes/epitopes to cytotoxic T-cells (DEAD).

 

[Badboyofmed]

here's one for the oxygen dissociation curve, it spells Right... which is the way the curve moves...

Rightward
Increased CO2
2,3DPG
Increased H
Temp.

Hope this helps

 

[chak_de_phatee]

For TB


TB destroys your RESPIration................think about it Rifampin/Ethambutol etc.

 

[caribsun]

urea cycle
ORgies ClIts Cocks Are As FUn As Urine

ornithine citruline carbamoyl asparate arginosuccinate fumarte Arginine urea

 

[bludeviled]

just think about your anatomy profs from whom you learned these branches of the external carotid and for better or worse (uggggghhh ) you'll never forget them

Some Anatomists Like Fcuking Others Prefer Manual Stimulation

Superior thyroid a
Ascending pharyngeal a
Lingual a
Facial a
Occipital a
Posterior auricular a
Maxillary a
Superficial temporal a

 

[Gary]

more mnemonics please

 

[Stevens Johnson]

Could you please help me understand why you would use HCTZ as treatment for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. I have two sources (first aid for step, lippincott page 230) that say this but I do not understand why. My brain tells me that HCTZ would actually be bad for DI.

I appreciate any help you could provide.

 

[streetdoc]

Could you please help me understand why you would use HCTZ as treatment for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. I have two sources (first aid for step, lippincott page 230) that say this but I do not understand why. My brain tells me that HCTZ would actually be bad for DI.

I appreciate any help you could provide.

it's one of those "central effects" that we never got a clear explination on in class because i don't think anyone really knows. but, indeed, it will make you pee about 50% less. weird, i know.
streetdoc

 

[RLMD]

Could you please help me understand why you would use HCTZ as treatment for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. I have two sources (first aid for step, lippincott page 230) that say this but I do not understand why. My brain tells me that HCTZ would actually be bad for DI.

I appreciate any help you could provide.

I read that the diuretic puts you in a volume depleted state, decreasing the GFR, allowing more time for Na/water to be reabsorbed at the proximal tubule. the goal actually is not to cure the disease but to alleviate the polyuria.

 

[allylz]

i just posted this in the step 1 minutiae thread, but though it might be good here too:

Heparin: Intrinsic, apTT monitoring
Warfarin: Extrinsic, PT monitoring

"Heparin HITT, Warfarin WEPT"

 

[Gary]

hydrochlorothiazide causes hypovolemia which is a stimulus for increasing reabsorption at the proximal tubule. It"s in Katzung Examination and Board Review book under the thiazides part

 

[Loupymd]

i just posted this in the step 1 minutiae thread, but though it might be good here too:

Heparin: Intrinsic, apTT monitoring
Warfarin: Extrinsic, PT monitoring

"Heparin HITT, Warfarin WEPT"

hePARin ---> PARtial thromboplastin time.
warfarin is the other one (PT)

 

[Anna Plastic]

hePARin ---> PARtial thromboplastin time.
warfarin is the other one (PT)

Can't resist adding in my favorite mnemonic of all time--this describes the Vitamin K dependent clotting factors:

The SNoTT factors-- Seven, Nine, Ten, and Two.

Even if you don't see this on Step 1, you WILL see this question down the road.

 

[aescelapius]

"Use the 3 C's to cross the 3 B's"

Use a 3rd generations Cephalosporin to cross the Blood Brain Barrier.

Complements of ME! =)

I wish more peopole would post. I love this thread.

 

[aescelapius]

For TB


TB destroys your RESPIration................think about it Rifampin/Ethambutol etc.

Is there more to this?

 

[aescelapius]

I don't know how original or useful these are, but they helped me on tests and probably will on boards:

Fat Globs choke Vagus

1) Tase is Facial, Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
2) Choke reflex is typically Facial/Glosso IN, Vagus OUT

Everyone Ends Up Dead

Every cell has MHC Type ONE ligands for presenting ENDOsomal microbes/epitopes to cytotoxic T-cells (DEAD).

I don't get this one either??

 

[aescelapius]

I came up with this because it helps me remember the names of the bones lateral to medial, proximal to distal.

SCAbby LUNitics TRY PISsing 2 TRAP CAPtain HAMburger

Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquitrium
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate

I realize the carpals have about a 0% chance of showing up on the boards, but hopefully someone can make use of this. My classmates got a kick out of it.

I like how they have parts of the name in the words to the memory gem....that always helps. And this was on my Q bank questions...so you never know.

 

[baya]

Arg, My Phriends, Valiently Try Three HILLs!

Arginine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan, Threonine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Lysine

The nice thing about this one is that it doesn't leave you wondering "okay, an "A" amino acid, but which one?" Same for "T" and "P". And there happens to only be one each that starts with H and I, and both Ls are included, so that's fine.

 

[Pathinterpreter]

INDUCERS "Queen Barbie Rides Greasy Phenomenal Car" =
Quinidine Barbiturates Rifampin Griseofulvin Phenytoin Carbamazepine

INHIBITORS "Great Sultan's Erothism Is 'Cause Kate" =
Grapefruits Sulfonamides Erythromycin Isoniazid Cimetidine Ketoconazole

 

[Law2Doc]

mnemonic about the menendez brothers and the familial lipidemias

Chyle and Lyle are IDiots. the police sent four squad cars and chyle couldn't escape

Just for the record (even though I know the post I'm responding to is an old one), the Menendez brothers' names were Lyle and Eric... not Chyle.

 

[Baditude]

60-30-8-2-0 Never Let My Engine Blow

N=neutrophils and they are approx 60%
L= lymphocytes 30%
M= monocytes 8%
E= eosinophils 2%
B= basophils 0%

The percentages are the approx amount in a normal sample

I like this one because it rhymes so it sticks in my memory

 

[blz]

most of these mnemonics are pretty horrible and not very useful, but entertaining none the less

 

[domer621]

Wow, drdrtoledo should write a book!

 

[blkkd]

most of these mnemonics are pretty horrible and not very useful, but entertaining none the less

haha man this was hilarious

 

[inked_caduceus]

Some of my favourites.

Stick your tongue out when you say Riboflaaaavin. (Cheliosis)
Niacin is B3, so it has the three not-nice D's (Dermatitis, dementia, death)
Phase I/II reactions are all about prostitues - HORs conjugate (1=hydro, oxido, reduct) and then II = conjugate
Lysosomal disease: Pick teh (Tay) Gay (Gauchers) Fab Krab
eNdotoxins like it Nice and hot. (Gram neg, heat stable)
Add the V's (TV, IRV, ERV, RV) or the C's (FRC + VC) to get to TLC
ACID for the immune reactions: 1-4 are Anaphylactic, Cytological, Immune complex and Delayed.
Anti Centromere for Crest.
Anti IgG from Grheumatoid arthritis
"Weskott" Aldritch has an A and an E but no M
SjOOgen - think of things that are round like the O's (eyes and mouth)
Staph Aureus: think how much it would suck to get a scalded tampon in the eye (scalded skin, toxic shock from tampons and eye infections) - it's also the + + + bug (gram, catalase and coagulase positive)

I will thank Mnemosyne herself for a good grade on this exam.

 

[Krazykritter]

I'll add my favorite to this list:

Encapsulated Bacteria: Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules

Strept. pneumo
Klebsiella pneumo
H. flu
Pseudomonas
Neisseria
Cryptococcus

 

[Taus]

for uti's...

Stupid Slut, KEEP the Pu**y (away from me)

Staph (sapro), Serratia, Kleb, Ecoli, Enterococ, Proteus, Pseudamonas

 

[DragonWell]

Thought maybe it was time for a bump.



P-450 inhibitors

SICK? EAT Grapefruit

Sulfonamides
Isoniazid
Cimetidine
Ketoconazole

Erythromycin
Amiodarone
TMP-SMX

Grapefruit

Intrinsic Clotting Factors : TEEN - Twelve, Eleven, Eight, Nine
Common Pathway: 1x2x5=10

Aortic Arch Derivatives: MS CARD
1-Maxillary a.
2-Stapes a.
3-Carotid - Common & Internal
4-Arch of Aorta and right subclavian
5-Reserved - none
6-Ductus & pulmonary artery

Pharyngeal Pouch Derivatives : M PITS
1-Middle ear
2-Palatine tonsil
3-Inferior parathyroid & Thymus
4-Superior Parathyroid

Cerebellar Nuclei - From Lat->Med : Don't Eat Greasy Foods
Dentate, Emboliform, Globose, Fastigial

Drainage of Sinuses: NIPS
Nasolacrimal->Inferior meatus
Posterior Ethmoidal -> Superior meatus
All others - > Middle meatus

 

[myry]

If you like mnemonics, there is a thread called 1000 Medical Mnemonics.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=523286

 

[Proverbs31]

Some of my favourites.

Stick your tongue out when you say Riboflaaaavin. (Cheliosis)
Niacin is B3, so it has the three not-nice D's (Dermatitis, dementia, death)
Phase I/II reactions are all about prostitues - HORs conjugate (1=hydro, oxido, reduct) and then II = conjugate
Lysosomal disease: Pick teh (Tay) Gay (Gauchers) Fab Krab
eNdotoxins like it Nice and hot. (Gram neg, heat stable)
Add the V's (TV, IRV, ERV, RV) or the C's (FRC + VC) to get to TLC
ACID for the immune reactions: 1-4 are Anaphylactic, Cytological, Immune complex and Delayed.
Anti Centromere for Crest.
Anti IgG from Grheumatoid arthritis
"Weskott" Aldritch has an A and an E but no M
SjOOgen - think of things that are round like the O's (eyes and mouth)
Staph Aureus: think how much it would suck to get a scalded tampon in the eye (scalded skin, toxic shock from tampons and eye infections) - it's also the + + + bug (gram, catalase and coagulase positive)

I will thank Mnemosyne herself for a good grade on this exam.

The 3 Ds in Pellagra aka Niacin B3 def are Dementia, Dermatitis and Diarrhea--not death.

 

[KlimtOphile]

How to remember the four forms of leukemia in increasing age affected:

""ALL Adolescents CoMpLain about CLeaning"
ALL hits kids under 10
AML hits adolescents
CML hits people age 30-60
CLL hits people age 60 and up

what do you think?

Thanks for your contributions to this thread

 

[KlimtOphile]

by the way the 2 A's are ACUTE (ALL, AML)
and the 2 C's are CHRONIC (CML, CLL)

 

[FutureInternist]

Exactly how racist/sexist/homophobic are we allowed to get before we get banned, since I have some pretty good mnemonics but I REALLY like SDN.

Just as an example - I use a gay story to remember the bacteria with anti-phag-osomal properties. Allowed or not ?? Keeping in minds that this is strictly for recall purposes.

 

[Transposony]

Pregnancy quad screen in Down syndrome (for Up & Down arrow questions):

Double edge Mnemonic (tells you which one’s & are increased):

HIgh (Increased): HCG, Inhibin A

Other two are decreased: A-fetoprotein, Estriol