Ectopia lentis in Marfans and Homocystinuria

Mnemonic submitted by Alan (Thanks again) to which I have added some modification:

Ectopia lentis (Dislocation of lens) is seen in Marfans syndrome & Homocystinuria , but in one the dislocation is up (and outward) while in the other it goes down (and inward).

Remember that " urine goes down and into closet "

So lens get displaced down and inward in Homocysteinuria ,
And lens get displaced upand outward in Marfans syndrome (Opposite of above).


Now, I thought that I add a picture mnemonic to spice up things because you don't know when these will come handy.
Imagine a MAN (looking up and out to the sky) above a HOrse ( looks down and into the track) (MArfaN - up n out;  HOmocustinuria - down n in)

Bones of the body

I cannot help sharing this wonderful picture mnemonic to remember the names of bones of our body (from my Facebook friends.

Cardiology mindmaps free download

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Angina
Bradyarrhythmias
CABG
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Failure
Cardiomyopathies
Cor Pulmonale
Dressler's Syndrome
DVT
Endocarditis
Malignant Hypertension

Myocardial Infarction

Pericarditis
Rheumatic Fever
Tachyarrhythmias

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Appendicitis mindmap

Click on image below to get large image. Revise faster with mindmaps!

Gram Positive Bacteria

Causes of Hematuria : Video mnemonic

Nice video mnemonic submitted by http://www.youtube.com/user/mnemzoid . I would suggest that to remember better, you modify the mnemonic SITTT to ShITT in the closet. But please note it's not related to shit but to pee :-)

Causes of Vitamin B12 deficiancy

Here's a video mnemonic for causes of Vitamin B12 deficiancy

Alpha-1 Adrenergic Autonomic Receptor : Video mnemonic

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Various picture mnemonics

These are various sample visual mnemonics from http://pictorialmnemonics.com/Sample_Mnemonics.html

Carotid Sinus (Bulb) and Carotid Body

Do you get confused between the two? Carotid sinus, also called Carotid Bulb is a localised dialatation of the internal carotid artery at its origin and senses pressure changes. Carotid body is a set of chemoreceptors and supporting cells situated at the bifurcation of carotid artery and senses Partial pressure of Oxygen (PO2).
To remember the above facts see the picture below. The Bulb is under pressure of somebody's chappels. So carotid bulb senses pressure. (Alternatively remember Carotid SinuS - preSSure). On the right is somebody with a strong BODY with O2 written over him, so that helps to remember carotid BODY senses pO2. (Alternatively, remember Carotid bO2dy senses O2).

Pediatric Milestones - 2

This is an alternative to our earlier post regarding pediatric milestones. Contributed by Youtube video user AlMarGhoub. If you are a playstaion player, you will remember the milestones thus:
Start at 3 O'clock  position of the 4 buttons of right side of PSP pad. You will see that the button is marked with a circle. So at 3 O'clock position - at 3 yrs, child can draw a circle. Now, go clockwise along the buttons; you will see the buttons are marked with a cross, square and triangle in that order. These stand for what the child can draw at 4, 5 and 6 yrs!

Fitz Hugh Curtis Syndrome

Fitz Hugh Curtis Syndrome refers to thickening of Hepatic Glisson's capsule (a type of perihepatitis) seen in females secondary to Gonococcal / Chlamydial infection (PIDs). To remember this syndrome see the word picture mnemonic below.

Mechanism of actions

Here is a diagram to remember mechanism of action of various drugs in one diagram; Symbols help you to remember the name of drugs (Eg;- Cycle symbol should bring Cyclocerine to your memory):
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How to identify Radius and ulna's Square nails

In Orthopaedics viva, your professor may give you two square nails and ask you to identify which one for is used for Radius?
Ans: See the tip of the nails - Radial square nail tip looks like an "R" and ulna's tip look like it's second letter small "l". Hope you won't forget the two square nails now!

Renal physiology

This diagram is taken from the book "Clinical Physiology made Ridiculously simple". You can use it for Pharmacology dugs (mechanism of action) also.

Weber's test

This picture will help you to remember Weber's test. (Well, that's my photo in the background :-) )

The defective ear is the one marked with a red 'X' and  the normal ear marked with green 'tick' mark. In Webers test, the tuning fork is held against the forhead in the place of 'W'. Weber's is lateralised to defective ear in conductive deafness and Sound ear in Sensorineural deafness. You can remember the picture using mnemonic 'X CoWS S'.

Nerve supply of Laryngeal muscles

Remember "Brian LARa has enough world RECords, so he does not want more CRICket"
The fact to remember is " All muscles of LARynx are supplied by RECcurent laryngeal nerve except the CRICothyroid"

Which are the gram positive bacilli?

Before answering the question, do you know this Bollywood actress? Well, she is Lara Dutta. Now here's the mnemonic with some modification to this fact.....
"B" for Bollywood and also for Bacilli;
Will she Gram stain? Yes, because she doesnot have her clothes on :-)
So L. DATTA is Gram positive "B"..... Of course, we have made the Dutta to Datta and left out 3 letters of Lara. And L.DATTA wants NO Acne , as this will spoil her figure.
Remember that all Bacilli are Gram negative except L.DATTA wants NO Acne, i.e. the bacteria causing
Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes & also remember Lactobacillus sp.)
Diptheria (Corynebacterium diptheriae)
Actinomycosis (Actinomyces sp.)
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Tetanus (Clostridium tetani and others in Clostridia sp.)
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis & cereus)
NOcardiosis (Nocardia sp.)
Acne (Propionibacterium acnes)

Functions of Interlukins

Remember the picture above: List the food items in order from left to right - Hot Tea, Mutton bone, EGG - All these go Into An OESophagus.
Now here are the functions:
IL-1 : Pyrogen (Hot)
IL-2 : Stimulates "T" cell (Tea)
IL-3 : Mutton BONE (BONE Marrow)
IL-4 : Stimulates IgE and IgG (EGG)
IL-5 : Stimulates synthesis of IgA and OESinophils (Into An OESophagus)

Drugs acting on 30s & 50s ribosomes

Remember this picture: 30 year old robber named ATkins is in CELL no. 50

Drugs acting on 30s ribosome subunits :

• Aminoglycosides ( Including Streptomycin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramycin)
• Tetracyclines 

Drugs acting on 50s ribosome subunits :

• Chloramphenicol
• Erythromycin
• Lincomycin
• cLindamycin