10 Medical mnemonics
Let’s learn these confusing topics easily.
Expected time of learning : 30 Minutes
Questions, asked in previous exams, on these topics are in the end.
1. Risk Factors for Cholelithiasis : 5 F’s
Risk factors for the development of cholelithiasis can be remembered easily by 5 F’s
- Fat: BMI >30
- Fair
- Female
- Fertile: one or more children
- Forty: age ≥40
Cholelithiasis can occur in young patients with a positive family history; in such cases, 5th factor “Forty” can be replaced by “Familial”.
2. Causes of abdominal distension : 6 F’s
- F: Fat
- F: Fetus
- F: Feces
- F: Flatus
- F: Fluid
- F: Fulminant mass
3. Major branches of the aortic arch : ABC’S
- A: Arch of aorta
- B: Brachiocephalic trunk
- C: Left Common Carotid Artery
- S: Left Subclavian Artery
4. Contents of the broad ligament : BROAD
- B: Bundle (Ovarian Neurovascular Bundle)
- R: Round ligament
- O: Ovarian ligament
- A: Artifacts (vestigial structures)
- D: Duct (oviduct)
5. Carbolic acid poisoning can be recalled using the mnemonic : 5 Cs
- C: CNS depression
- C: Constricted pupil
- C: Carboluria (smoky urine)
- C: Cartilage
- C: Corneal deposition
6. Carpal bones (Wrist Bones Mnemonic)
You may remember whichever you like. I like the third one.
- She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her
- She Likes To Play Try To Catch Her
- Some Lovers Try Positions That They Cannot Handle
Eight Carpal Bones are –
- S: Scaphoid
- L: Lunate
- T: Triquetrum
- P: Pisiform
- T: Trapezium
- T: Trapezoid
- C: Capitate
- H: Hamate
7. Causes of pancreatitis : I GET SMASHED
- I: Idiopathic
- G: Gallstones, Genetic – cystic fibrosis
- E: Ethanol (alcohol)
- T: Trauma
- S: Steroids
- M: Mumps (and other infections)/Malignancy
- A: Autoimmune
- S: Scorpion stings/spider bites
- H: Hyperlipidemia/hypercalcemia/ hyperparathyroidism (metabolic disorders)
- E: ERCP
- D: Drugs (tetracyclines, furosemide, azathioprine, thiazides and many others)
The first four are the most common causes of pancreatitis.
8. Radiological features of Crohn’s disease : CROHNS
- C: Cobblestone appearance of mucosa
- R: Rose-thorn ulcers
- O: Obstruction of bowel
- H: Hyperplasia of mesenteric lymph nodes
- N: Narrowing of intestinal lumen
- S: Skip lesions
9. Thoracic spinal levels at which the three major structures pass through the diaphragmatic apertures : “I 8 10 eggs at 12″
Read it as : “I ate ten eggs at twelve”
- I 8: Inferior Vena Cava at T8
- 10 Eggs: Esophagus at T10
- At 12: Aorta at T12
10. Ejaculatory pathway of sperm : SEVEN UP
- S: Seminiferous tubules of the testes
- E: Epididymis
- V: Vas (ductus) deferens
- E: Ejaculatory duct
- N: Nothing (leave this)
- U: Urethra
- P: Penis
Related questions (asked in previous exams)
Question 1 : Which of the following patient factors is NOT a risk factors for cholelithiasis?
- Fat
- Fair
- Female
- Febrile
- Fertile
Question 2 : Which of the following is NOT a branch of Aortic Arch?
- Arch of aorta
- Brachiocephalic trunk
- Left common carotid artery
- Right subclavian artery
Question 3 : Which of the following is NOT a sign of Carbolic Acid Poisioning?
- CNS depression
- Constricted pupil
- Smoky urine
- Dilated Pupil
Question 4 : Cobblestone appearance is related with which disease?
- Crohn’s Disease
- Pneumonia
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Peptic Ulcer
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Question 5 : Inferior Vena Cava passes diaphragm at which thoracic level?
- T-6
- T-8
- T-10
- T-12
Question 6 : Oesophagus passes diaphragm at which thoracic level?
- T-6
- T-8
- T-10
- T-12