Category Archives: Mnemonics

Features of Carpal bones and their centres of ossification.

Posted by on March 22, 2011 No comments

The name and sequence of carpal bones can be memorized using a simple mnemonic. Mnemonic: Please Take Little Susy To The Coffee House Pisiform Triqueteral Lunate Scaphoid Trapezium Trapezoid Capitate Hamate While counting start from pisiform which is the Medial …

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Mnemonic for 12 cranial nerves and their types.

Posted by on March 15, 2011 1 comment

We know that there are 12 pairs of cranial nerves which originate from the brain and brainstem. Remembering the names of these cranial nerves is easily mastered but it is difficult to remember their type ie whether they are Sensory …

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Selective Beta1 blockers

Posted by on February 25, 2011 No comments

Mnemonic: Beta Blockers Acting Exclusively At Myo Cardium Beta- Betaxolol Blockers-Bisoprolol Acting-Atenolol Exclusively- Esmolol At- Acebutolol Myo- Metoprolol Cardium- Celiprolol

Glycogen storage disorders mnemonic

Posted by on February 25, 2011 No comments

Glycogen storage diseases from1 to 6 can be remembered using the below mentioned mnemonic. Viagra Pills Cause A Major Hardon Von Gierke’s Pompe’s Cori’s Anderson’s McArdle’s Her’s Anderson’s (IV) vs. Cori’s (III) enzyme defect ABCD Anderson’s=Branching enzyme. Cori’s=Debranching enzyme. Also …

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Drugs causing Pancreatitis

Posted by on February 22, 2011 No comments

Drugs causing pancreatitis are: Mnemonic:12345 1 -ACE inhibitors 2 -Didanosine 3 -Trimethoprim 4 -Tetracycline 5 -Pentamidine

Autosomal dominant conditions mnemonic

Posted by on February 10, 2011 No comments

Given below  is a list of Autosomal dominant conditions,this is just a small list, there are many other Autosomal dominant diseases out there. DOMINANT D= Dystrophicas Myotonic. O= Ostogenesis Imperfecta. M= Marfans syndrome. I= Intermittent Porphyria. N= Noonans Symdrome. A= …

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Mnemonics for arterial branches.

Posted by on February 10, 2011 No comments

External carotid artery branches Sister Lucy’s Powdered Face Often Attracts Silly Medicos  Before entering the parotid gland: Superior thyroid Lingual Posterior auricular Facial Occipital Ascending pharyngeal  Ends as: Superficial temporal and Maxillary bifurcating in the in the parotid …

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Nerves passing through Superior Orbital fissure

Posted by on February 10, 2011 No comments

This is one of the favorite questions of examiners and often the most confusing topic for students.I found this interesting mnemonic on net, it is wonderful as SONIA looks good but I don’t know how her liver is, so let …

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Tips to Master mnemonics

Posted by on February 10, 2011 2 comments

One of the best ways to learn and memorize important and confusing topics is to learn via association. Mnemonic is a way of associating the unknown with the known through rhymes, absurd images, Names etc. Mastering mnemonics is an art,it …

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Bacteria and their alternate names

Posted by on September 16, 2010 No comments

Image via Wikipedia Making absurd and vivid associations is the key to memory. Bordetella- Bordet Gengou bacillus Clostridium tetani-Nicolaire’s  bacillus(Nicolas cage, nail stick injury on his foot) Corynebacterium diptheriae-Kelbs Loeffler’s bacillus(Diptheria near tonsil>tonsil is like a club>Kleb) Coryn pseudotuberculosis-Priesz Nocard …

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Drugs which follow zero order Kinetics

Posted by on September 16, 2010 No comments

Mnemonic:Zero WATT Power Zero- Zero order Kinetics followed by W-Warfarin A-Aspirin and alcohol T-Theophylline T-Tolbutamide Power-Phenytoin

Enzyme Inducers and Inhibitors

Posted by on September 16, 2010 No comments

Enzyme Inducers Enzyme Inducers increase the metabolism of other drugs. Mnemonic:GPRSCell Phone G-Griseofulvin P-Phenytoin R-Rifampicin S-Smoking Cell-Carbamazepine Phone-Phenobarbitone As you can see most of the antiepileptic drugs cause enzyme Induction,just like inducing an episode of epilepsy! Enzyme Inhibitors Decrease the …

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Jugular Venous Pressure.

Posted by on September 16, 2010 No comments

  What does waves in JVP represent? The upward deflections are : “a” (atrial contraction) “c” (ventricular contraction and resulting bulging of tricuspid into the right atrium during isovolumic systole) “v”= atrial venous filling. The downward deflections of the wave …

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