How I remember that Norwalk virus is a Calcivirus that causes gastroenteritis

"Calci took a walk in the gastrointestinal tract"

Embryological origin of brain mnemonics

Hello brainy people! Let's memorize the embryological origins of the encephalon! The what? The brain? Yeah, that's what we call it!
Disclaimer: I've made super lame associations =P

Difference between primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis mnemonic

Greetings people!
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).. Because both have the word primary and are associated with the hepatobiliary system, it's easy to mix em up.

Here's how I keep them straight -

Gluteus maximus is innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve

Did you guys know that inferior gluteal nerve is called the selfish nerve because it supplies only one muscle?

Alkaptonuria and Albinism enzymes mnemonic

So I confuse things easily. Especially syndromes involving two opposite looking diseases.. I feel so silly at times. Often, when I realize my lil mistakes, I am left with two options.. Cry or make a mnemonic to make sure it won't happen again!

You know who I share the second option with ;)

How to remember the sign and direction of Gibbs free energy change

Hey everyone!
A thermodynamics mnemonic for today =D

dUMP to dTMP reaction

Wasn't planning on uploading this but YOLO, right? :D

Clearance of inulin and para-aminohippuric acid mnemonic

Inulin stays INside the tubules (neither secreted nor reabsorbed).
That is why, the clearance of Inulin is equal to the glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

PAH is PAssed to tubules (completely secreted).
That is why, the clearance of para-aminohippuric acid is equal to the renal plasma flow.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ALS notes here!

H. influenzae type b capsule mnemonic

"Hib has a rib"
H. influenzae type b has a capsular polysaccharide containing ribose.

How to remember digoxin is renally excreted

"diGOxin needs to GO."
This helps me remember that you need to go and pee digoxin and hence it is renally excreted! =D
Remember one and the other one is the other one.. Digitoxin uses the hepatic route of metabolism.

Somatoform disorders mnemonic

Hey everyone!

We'll be learning some psychiatry and some random memory aids I made today =P

Ulcers of the stomach mnemonic

Remember hot curling iron for Curling's ulcer association with burns. 

You cushion your head.. Cushing’s ulcer is associated with head trauma!

Antifungal drugs (with mechanism of action) mnemonic

Hola! Me again!
Drugs and their mechanisms can be difficult to remember.. I like pairing the action with the drug name to make it easy. We are doing anti-fungals today (Yaay!)

Mr. Ampho tears holes in the fungal membrane.
Mister rhymes with Nyster and it reminds me of Nystatin. Ampho is Amphotericin.

The word "Squatter" reminds me that Squalene epoxidase is inhibited by terbinafine.

Galactose and fructose metabolism mnemonics (Galactosemia, fructosuria and hereditary fructose intolerance)

Here are some mnemonics that I made on Galactose and Fructose metabolism while studying.

Oxygen saturation mnemonic

I imagine Hemoglobin as a seat for oxygen to sit on. The RBC is like a bus and wohhoo travels the oxygen to it's destination!

Anyway..
If something doesn't allow oxygen to sit on it seat decreases O2 saturation.
Sit - seat - sat, get it?

Carbon monoxide sat on oxygen's seat. O2 saturation decreases in CO poisoning.

Antiparkinsonism drugs mechanism mnemonics

Hey everyone!
We'll be learning about drugs that are used in Parkinson's disease.
Drugs and their mechanisms are hard to remember because they are soo many! I like pairing the action with the drug name to keep it simple!

Biotin (vitamin B7) mnemonic

Happy 6th March everyone! ^__^

Biotin (vitamin B7) mnemonic

Left testicular vein drains into (Mnemonic)

Hey guys!
Did you know that the right gonadal vein, right suprarenal vein and the right inferior phrenic vein drain into the Inferior Vena Cava?
Really? Then where do the left sided veins drain?
Left renal vein!
How do I remember this? @_@
I use the "RIVer" buzzword to remember Right sided veins drain into the IVC.

The fact that the left gonadal vein (testicular vein) drains in the left renal vein is particularly high yield because 98% of idiopathic varicoceles occur on the left side.

Alpha and Beta hemolytic organisms mnemonic

Hey everyone!
I'll be discussing hemolytic patterns of streptococci in this post because they are particularly confusing.

Alpha and Beta hemolytic organisms mnemonic

DNA replication mnemonics

Template, leading, lagging strand and DNA polymerase mnemonic

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) mnemonic

Greeting everyone! =)

SERMs are Selective estrogen receptor modulators.
They have varied effects on estrogen receptors in different tissues and it might get confusing (especially, effects of different drugs on the endometrium!) Mnemonic to the rescue! ^__^

Raloxifene Tamoxifen mnemonic

Pilocytic astrocytoma

Occurs where you keep your head on the pillow - Cerebellum.

Berksonian bias, Pygmalion effect and Hawthorne effect mnemonic

Hey everyone!
Because the names are so hard to remember, I make silly associations out of them and I hope it helps you all too =)

Berksonian bias: Selection bias that arises from evaluating data on biased patients and hospital records only.

When it comes to Berksonian bias I think of Preston Berke from Grey's anatomy and I know that it's associated with the hospital and patients!

Pygmalion effect: The observer-expectancy effect is a form of reactivity in which a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment.

Researchers are pigs. They think their research is always right. Pygmalion effect! xD

Hawthorne effect: When behavior of the subjects of the study change because they know they're being observed.

Haww I am being studied. Hawthorne effect!

That's all!

Pray that I do well in my exams.

-IkaN

This is awesome. A Tumblr post with gifs and tables. Yaay!

Glucokinase

Glucokinase - The L tells you it's in the liver

Marfan's syndrome

Marfan - Fibrillin - Marfibrillin syndrome

Antiretroviral drugs mnemonic

FUsion inhibitors - EnFUvirtide
Fu - four - gp four one - binds gp 41 inhibiting viral entry.

Maraviroc - You rock when you are 5, you rock when you are 12 and you rock when you are 20.
Binds CCR 5 inhibiting in interaction with gp 120.

InTEGRAse inhibitors - RalTEGRAvir
Inhibits HIV genome integration into host cell chromosome by inhibiting HIV integrase.

French American British classification of Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML types) mnemonic

It is not necessary to remember these for most exams, but knowing them gives us a sense of completeness and makes us feel confident. Important for exams or not, I hope this post helps you! :)

As you go from M0 to M7, the cell is getting more and more differentiated.
WBCs, RBCs and Platelets is the order (wrap!)

French American British classification of Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML types) mnemonic

Collagen in wound healing & Ehlers-Danlos syndrome mnemonic

Hey guys!

We all know that the tensile strength of wound increases after 3 months after a type of collagen is replaced by another collagen.. But which one?
I remember the quote, "United we stand, divided we fall."
So first, type III collagen is laid. Then you unite the I's to make type I collagen :)

Kartageners syndrome

Dynein dies in Kartageners syndrome.