Medical Mnemonics 4 U

Mnemonic submitted by Alan (Thanks again) to which I have added some modification: Ectopia lentis (Dislocation of lens) is seen in Mar...

Thanks to Keshav Aacharya for submitting this mnemonic. Remember RET to classify RETinal detachment: R - Rhegmatogenous E - Exudative T...

Causes of Retinal Detachment  Remember the retina detaches from where it SITS : S econdary to some intra-ocular problem such as melanoma ...

Remember LR6SO4 : L ateral R ectus is supplied by 6 th cranial nerve, S uperior O blique by 4 th and the rest of extraoccular muscles by oc...

STYE is Hordeolum externum ( STAY OUT ) ; Moll's gland / Zeis gland affected C halazion is Hordeolum IN ternum - Chronic Inflammatory g...

Argyll-Robertson Pupil : Remember A-R-P, P-R-A : Accomodation Reflex Present, Pupilary Reflex Absent. Pupillary reflex absent due to damage ...

Kocher's sign - Starring look (Imagine a football coach starring at his player - Starring Kocher!) ST e LL wag's sign - Infrequent b...

Herbert's pit are found in Trachoma. Classification is McCallan's Classification Remember herberTs piTs TraChoMa McCallans   ...

Denseness of corneal scars increases in the order N ebula M acula L eukoma (i.e. L,M,N in reverse order)