Refractive indices of the eye mnemonic

Refractive indices of the eye mnemonic

Parasympathetic ganglia mnemonic

Parasympathetic ganglia mnemonic

Innervation of the tongue, palate, pharynx & larynx with mnemonic

Hey everyone!
We are learning innervation of some muscles today! Yaay!

Glossal means pertaining to or near the tongue.. That's your starting point.

All muscles ending in "glossus" are supplied by hypoglossus
..Except palatoglossus.

Why? Because palate!

All musles of the palate are supplied by the vagus
..Except tensor veli palatani.

Why? Because it's a tensor!
All muscles in the head beginning with "tensor" are supplied by V3.

Pharynx and larynx is easy too.. All you need is a mnemonic!

Anti-platelet drugs, receptor and their deficiencies mnemonic

Bernard Soulier syndrome mnemonic

Competitive and non competitive inhibitors simplified

Let me present to you the most understandable, simplified, awesome analogy for explaining competitive and non competitive inhibitors =D

Ferrous vs Ferric mnemonic

Ferrous vs ferric

Aortic arch derivatives mnemonic images

I made these diagrams guessing they'll be helpful ^__^

Aortic arch derivatives

The greater part of the first and second artery disappear. In adult life first arch artery is represented by the maxillary artery and the second arch persists for some part of fetal life as the stapedial artery.
The mnemonic people use for that is, "First is max" & "Second is Stapedial" =)

Competitive vs Non-Competitive Inhibitors mnemonic

Competitive vs Non-Competitive Inhibitors mnemonic graph

Kompetitive Inhibition: Km Increases; no change in Vmax.

Non-kompetitive inhibition: No Km change, but Vmax decreases.

Usually, on the Lineweaver-Burk Plot, Vmax will represent the Efficacy of a drug on the Y axis & Km will represent the Potency on the X axis.

Mnemonic: "Very efficient & competent"

Of course, that Lineweaver-Burk guy was very efficient & competent! 

The place where I live, there is a tailor's shop named competitive scissors. That's how I remember that competitive inhibitors cross the vectors at the Y axis in Lineweaver-Burk Plot.

Another way to remember this is, competitive inhibitors cross each other competitively, whereas noncompetitive inhibitors do not.

Another mnemonic to remember the shift to left or right in the simple graph is explained in the Oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve mnemonic.

Hope it helps ^_^

-IkaN

Wanna reblog? Here's the link to the tumblr post!

Credits for "Competitive scissors" mnemonic goes to KhalifaUSMLE

Difference between ribose and deoxyribose sugar menmonic

Difference between ribose and deoxyribose sugar menmonic

In ribose, carbon atom 2 (C2) carries one hydroxyl group.

In deoxyribose, carbon atom 2 (C2) carries a hydrogen atom instead of a hydroxyl group.

Mnemonic:
"Conversion of RNA 2 DNA involves C2"
"Conversion of RNA to DNA involves the second carbon atom"

Nucleoside vs Nucleotide

Nucleoside vs Nucleotide

Nucleoside and Nucleotide mnemonic:
nucleoSide has Sugar and baSe.
nucleoTide has phosphaTe.

"Captain Obvious reporting to duty!"

Amino acids necessary for purine synthesis mnemonic

Amino acids necessary for purine synthesis menmonic

Amino acids necessary for purine synthesis menmonic:
"GAG"
Glycine. Aspartate. Glutamine.

The image helps me remember "Purines" & "Gag" together.

"PURr GAGa"

Purine and pyrimidine nucleotides mnemonic

Mnemonic for purine nucleotides:

"Pure as gold"

"PURe as AG"

Purine nucleotides are Adenine and Guanine.

"Goooold"

Mnemonic for pyrimidine nucleotides:

"Cut the pie"

"CUT the PY"

Pyrimidine nucleotides are Cytosine, Uracil and Thymine.

"3.14159265..."










How to remember that it is pyrimidine - pyrimidine dimers and not purine - purine dimers that are formed on exposure to UV light: Pyrimidine is the bigger word. People who have big hearts fall in love with each other.

"It's bigger on the inside."

-IkaN

Mnemonic for base pairing of nucleotides

DNA base pairs menemonic

Mnemonic for base pairing of nucleotides:

"GCAT"

G ≡ C, A = T.

Guanine forms three hydrogen bonds with cytosine.

Adenine forms two hydrogen bonds thymine.

"Gee.. CAT!"