10 Medical mnemonics

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Questions, asked in previous exams, on these topics are in the end.

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1. Risk Factors for Cholelithiasis : 5 F's

Risk factors for the development of cholelithiasis can be remembered easily by 5 F's

1. Fat: BMI >30

2. Fair

3. Female

4. Fertile: one or more children

5. 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".

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2. Causes of abdominal distension : 6 F's

• F: Fat

• F: Fetus

• F: Feces

• F: Flatus

• F: Fluid 

• F: Fulminant mass

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Question 3 : Which of the following is NOT a sign of Carbolic Acid Poisioning?

 

• CNS depression

• Constricted pupil

• Smoky urine

• Dilated Pupil

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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

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Question 6 : Oesophagus passes diaphragm at which thoracic level?

• T-6

• T-8

• T-10

• T-12

 

 

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