Disseminated Intravascular Cogulation: causes DIC:

Disseminated Intravascular Cogulation: causes DIC:
Delivery TEAR (obstetric complications)
Infections (gram negative)/ Immunological
Cancer (prostate, pancreas, lung, stomach)
? Obstretrical complications are TEAR:
Toxemia of pregnancy
Emboli (amniotic)
Abrutio placentae
Retain fetus products ---Khawaja Atif Farooq Rawalpindi Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan (Gujranwala)
Rating 10.003 votesRLQ pain: differential APPENDICITIS:
Appendicitis/ Abscess
PID/ Period
Pancreatitis
Ectopic/ Endometriosis
Neoplasia
Diverticulitis
Intussusception
Crohns Disease/ Cyst (ovarian)
IBD
Torsion (ovary)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Stones ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.7617 votesRenal failure (chronic): consequences ABCDEFG:
Anemia
-due to less EPO
Bone alterations
-osteomalacia
-osteoporosis
-von Recklinghausen
Cardiopulmonary
-atherosclerosis
-CHF
-hypertension
-pericarditis
D vitamin loss
Electrolyte imbalance
-sodium loss/gain
-metabolic acidosis
-hyperkalemia
Feverous infections
-due to leukocyte abnormalities and dialysis hazards
GI disturbances
-haemorrhagic gastritis
-peptic ulcer disease
-intractable hiccups ---Plussind Siriraj Medical University, Thailand
Rating 9.754 votesPruritus without rash: DDx ITCHING DX:
Infections (scabies, toxocariasis, etc)
Thyroidal and other endocrinopathies (eg diabetes mellitus)
Cancer
Hematologic diseases (eg iron deficiency)/ Hepatopathies/ HIV
Idiopathic
Neurotic
Gravid (pruritus of pregancy)
Drugs
eXcretory dysfunctions (eg uremia) ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.754 votesOesophageal cancer risk factors PC BASTARDS:
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Coeliac disease
Barrett's
Alcohol
Smoking
Tylosis
Achalasia
Russia (geographical distribution)
Diet
Stricture ---Dr. John Holme
Rating 9.754 votesNeurofibromatosis: diagnositic criteria (type-1) CAFE SPOT:
Cafe-au-lait spots
Axillary, inguinal freckling
Fibroma
Eye: lisch nodules
Skeletal (bowing leg, etc)
Pedigree/ Positive family history
Optic Tumor (glioma) ---Hui-quan Zhao Children's Hospital Cincinnati
Rating 9.758 votesSubarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes BATS:
Berry aneurysm
Arteriovenous malformation/ Adult polycystic kidney disease
Trauma (eg being struck with baseball bat)
Stroke ---Cusano and Mamta SGUSOM
Rating 9.717 votesPancreatitis: Ranson criteria for pancreatitis at admission LEGAL:
Leukocytes > 16.000
Enzyme AST > 250
Glucose > 200
Age > 55
LDH > 350 ---Pedro Tulio
Rating 9.7010 votesFracture: how to describe PLASTER OF PARIS:
Plane
Location
Articular cartilage involvement
Simple or comminuted
Type (eg Colles')
Extent
Reason
Open or closed
Foreign bodies
disPlacement
Angulation
Rotation
Impaction
Shortening ---Fletcher Davies Adelaide Medical School
Rating 9.6913 votesPicornavirus: features PICORNAvirus:
Positive sense
ICOsahedral
RNA virus ---Dr. Khawaja Atif Farooq Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan, Gujranwala
Rating 9.673 votesDifferential diagnosis checklist "I VINDICATE":
Iatrogenic
Vascular
Infectious
Neoplastic
Degenerative/ Drugs
Inflammatory/ Idiopathic
Congenital
Allergic/ Autoimmune
Traumatic
Endocrinal & metabolic ---Michael A. Chaplin SUNY-HSCB Downstate College of Medicine
Rating 9.6712 votesLithium: side effects LITHIUM:
Leukocytes Increased (leukocytosis)
Tremors
Hypothyroidism
Increased Urine
Moms beware (teratogenic) ---Marc Miller Sackler School of Medicine
Rating 9.6414 votesCaptopril (an ACE inhibitor): side effects CAPTOPRIL:
Cough
Angioedema/ Agranulocystosis
Proteinuria/ Potassium excess
Taste changes
Orthostatic hypotension
Pregnancy contraindication/ Pancreatitis/ Pressure drop (first dose hypertension)
Renal failure (and renal artery stenosis contraindication)/ Rash
Indomethacin inhibition
Leukopenia/ Liver toxicity ---Dr. Chetan Wasekar MBBS KEM Hospital
Rating 9.6213 votesGI bleeding: causes ABCDEFGHI:
Angiodysplasia
Bowel cancer
Colitis
Diverticulitis/ Duodenal ulcer
Epitaxis/ Esophageal (cancer, esophagitis, varices)
Fistula (anal, aortaenteric)
Gastric (cancer, ulcer, gastritis)
Hemorrhoids
Infectious diarrhoea/ IBD/ Ischemic bowel ---Lau Yue Young Geoffrey HKU
Rating 9.6213 votesRashes: time of appearance after fever onset "Really Sick Children Must Take No Exercise":
? Number of days after fever onset that a rash will appear:
1 Day: Rubella
2 Days: Scarlet fever/ Smallpox
3 Days: Chickenpox
4 Days: Measles (and see the Koplik spots one day prior to rash)
5 Days: Typhus & rickettsia (this is variable)
6 Days: Nothing
7 Days: Enteric fever (salmonella) ---Anonymous Contributor Rivka Zieff Hospital Dept. of Pediatrics, Tzfat, Israel 16 Potter syndrome: features POTTER:
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Oligohydrominios
Twisted skin (wrinkly skin)
Twisted face (Potter facies)
Extremities defects
Renal agenesis (bilateral) ---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja Rawalpindi Medical College, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Pakistan
Rating 9.605 votesEtoposide: action, indications, side effect "eTOPoside":
? Action:
Inhibits TOPoisomerase II
? Indications:
Testicular carcinoma
Oat cell carcinoma of lung
Prostate carcinoma
? Side effect:
Affects TOP of your head, causing alopecia ---Milixa Fortuna UAG Medical Student
Rating 9.605 votesCitric acid cycle compounds "Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer?":
Citrate
Isocitrate
alpha Ketogluterate
Succinyl CoA
Succinate
Fumerate
Malate
Oxaloacetate ---Ramon Ter-Oganesyan and Rebecca University of California Irvine
Rating 9.6025 votesAdrenal gland: functions ACTH:
Adrenergic functions
Catabolism of proteins/ Carbohydrate metabolism
T cell immunomodulation
Hyper/ Hypotension (blood pressure control) ---The Cashman University of Queensland, Australia
Rating 9.5826 votesMurmurs: systolic vs. diastolic PASS: Pulmonic & Aortic Stenosis=Systolic.
PAID: Pulmonic & Aortic Insufficiency=Diastolic.
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---W. Ciulla, RN, PA-C New Life Medical Clinic
Rating 9.5616 votesPupils in overdose: morphine vs. amphetamine "MorPHINE: Fine. AmPHETamine: Fat":
Morphine overdose: pupils constricted (fine).
Amphetamine overdose: pupils dilated (fat). ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.5413 votesRamsay-Hunt syndrome: cause and common feature "Ramsay Hunt":
? Etiology:
Reactivated
Herpes zoster
? Complication:
Reduced
Hearing ---Rinku S. Uberoi UNIBE
Rating 9.504 votesPropythiouracil (PTU): mechanism It inhibits PTU:
Peroxidase/ Peripheral deiodination
Tyrosine iodination
Union (coupling) ---Dr. Atif Farooq Khawaja and Mediha Farooq Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan/ Gujranwala
Rating 9.504 votesNon-gap acidosis: causes HARD UP:
Hyperalimentation
Acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase inhibitors)
RTA
Diarrhea
Ureterosigmoidostomy
Pancreatic fistula ---James Reeves Emory University School of Medicine
Rating 9.506 votesMetabolism enzyme inducers "Randy's Black Car Goes Putt Putt and Smokes":
Rifampin
Barbiturates
Carbamazepine
Grisoefulvin
Phenytoin
Phenobarb
Smoking cigarettes ---Brad
Rating 9.506 votesAdrenal cortex layers and products "Go Find Rex, Make Good Sex":
? Layers:
Glomerulosa
Fasiculata
Reticulata
? Respective products:
Mineralcorticoids
Glucocorticoids
Sex hormones
? Alternatively for layers: GFR (Glomerular Filtration Rate, convenient since adrenal glands are atop kidney). ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.506 votesFacial bones "Virgil Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh!":
Vomer
Conchae
Nasal
Maxilla
Mandible
Palatine
Zygomatic
Lacrimal ---Rita Warren State University of New York
Rating 9.506 votesScalp layers SCALP:
? From superficial to deep:
Skin
Connective tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose areolar tissue
Pericranium ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.508 votesRespiratory distress syndrome in infants: major risk factors PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a cause of Respiratory distress syndrome):
Prematurity
Cesarean section
Diabetic mother ---Shebrain Cairo University
Rating 9.508 votesSyncope causes, by system HEAD HEART VESSELS:
? CNS causes include HEAD:
Hypoxia/ Hypoglycemia
Epilepsy
Anxiety
Dysfunctional brain stem (basivertebral TIA)
? Cardiac causes are HEART:
Heart attack
Embolism (PE)
Aortic obstruction (IHSS, AS or myxoma)
Rhythm disturbance, ventricular
Tachycardia
? Vascular causes are VESSELS:
Vasovagal
Ectopic (reminds one of hypovolemia)
Situational
Subclavian steal
ENT (glossopharyngeal neuralgia)
Low systemic vascular resistance (Addison's, diabetic vascular neuropathy)
Sensitive carotid sinus 31 Beta-blockers: main contraindications, cautions ABCDE:
Asthma
Block (heart block)
COPD
Diabetes mellitus
Electrolyte (hyperkalemia)
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Rating 9.5010 votesParkinsonism: drugs SALAD:
Selegiline
Anticholinenergics (trihexyphenidyl, benzhexol, ophenadrine)
L-Dopa + peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor (carbidopa, benserazide)
Amantadine
Dopamine postsynaptic receptor agonists (bromocriptine, lisuride, pergolide) ---Dr. Harsh Sharma
Rating 9.5012 votesPost-partum haemorrhage (PPH): causes 4 'T's:
Tissue (retained placenta)
Tone (uterine atony)
Trauma (traumatic delivery, episiotomy)
Thrombin (coagulation disorders, DIC) ---Nicholas Kelly
Rating 9.4821 votesNucleotides: which are purines "Pure Silver":
? Chemical formula of Pure silver is Ag.
Therefore, Purines are Adenine and Guanine. ---Jason Mounts Medical College of Georgia
Rating 9.4520 votesGout: factors that can precipitate an attack of acute gouty arthritis DARK:
Diuretics
Alcohol
Renal disease
Kicked (trauma)
? And, the attack occurs most often at night [thus "dark"]. ---Marc Miller Sackler School of Medicine
Rating 9.4418 votesDown syndrome features: complete "My CHILD HAS PROBLEM!":
Congenital heart disease/ Cataracts
Hypotonia/ Hypothyroidism
Incure 5th finger/ Increased gap between 1st and 2nd toe
Leukemia risk x2/ Lung problem
Duodenal atresia/ Delayed development
Hirshsprung's disease/ Hearing loss
Alzheimer's disease/ Alantoaxial instability
Squint/ Short neck
Protruding tongue/ Palm crease
Round face/ Rolling eye (nystagmus)
Occiput flat/ Oblique eye fissure
Brushfield spot/ Brachycephaly
Low nasal bridge/ Language problem
Epicanthic fold/ Ear folded
Mental retardation/ Myoclonus ---Lau Yue Young Geoffrey Medical Student '03, Hong Kong University
Rating 9.405 votesSpinal tracts: simplified geography 2 posterior: cross at the medulla.
2 lateral: ipsilateral (same side).
2 anterior: cross at the spinal level.
? See diagram.
? Note 1: Descending tracts on left of figure, ascending tracts on right.
? Note 2: For ipsilaterals: one never crosses, one crosses at the level then doubles back farther up. The ipsilateral that crosses at the level (ventral spinocerebellar) is the ipsilateral closest to the 2 anterior ones, which also cross at the level.
? Tract names in each group:
Posterior 2: lateral corticalspinal, dorsal columns. Lateral 2: dorsal spinocerebellar, ventral spinocerebellar. Anterior 2: ventral corticospinal, spinothalamic. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.4010 votesCyanotic heart diseases: 5 types ? Use your five fingers:
1 finger up: Truncus Arteriosus (1 vessel)
2 fingers up: Dextroposition of the Great Arteries (2 vessels transposed)
3 fingers up: Tricuspid Atresia (3=Tri)
4 fingers up: Tetralogy of Fallot (4=Tetra)
5 fingers up: Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (5=5 words) ---Jeff Simmons University of Alabama School Of Medicine
Rating 9.388 votesErector spinae muscles "I Love Sex":
? From lateral to medial:
Iliocostalis
Longissimus
Spinalis
? Alternatively: "I Long for Spinach"
? "Sex" helps you think of "Erector", but "Long" and "Spinach" help you remember the muscles' names. ---Michael A. Chaplin SUNY-HSCB Downstate College of Medicine
Rating 9.388 votesCerebellar damage symptoms VANISHeD:
Vertigo
Ataxia
Nystagmus
Intention tremor
Slurred speech
Hypotonic reflexes
Dysdiadochokinesia. ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.3517 votesAlpha-fetoprotein: causes for increased maternal serum AFP during pregnancy "Increased Maternal Serum Alpha Feto Protein":
Intestinal obstruction
Multiple gestation/ Miscalculation of gestational age/ Myeloschisis
Spina bifida cystica
Anencephaly/ Abdominal wall defect
Fetal death
Placental abruption ---Rinku Uberoi UNIBE
Rating 9.333 votesLeg: anterior muscles of leg "The Hospitals Are Not Dirty Places":
T: Tibialis anterior
H: extensor Hallucis longus
A: anterior tibial Artery
N: deep fibular Nerve
D: extensor Digitorum longus
P: Peronius tertius [aka fibularis tertius] ---Hemant Ekbote/Amit Dixit Mgm's medical college India
Rating 9.333 votesGeniculate bodies: medial vs. lateral system "Lateral=Light. Medial=Music.":
Lateral geniculate body is for visual system.
Medial geniculate is for auditory system. ---Matt Morgan University of Utah School of Medicine
Rating 9.333 votesGout vs. pseudogout: crystal lab findings Pseduogout crystals are:
Positive birefringent
Polygon shaped
? Gout therefore is the negative needle shaped crystals.
? Also, gout classically strikes great Toe, and its hallmark is Tophi. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.333 votesRotator cuff muscles "The SITS muscles":
? Clockwise from top:
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
? A pro baseball pitcher has injured his rotator cuff muscles. As a result, he SITS out for the rest of the game, and then gets sent to the minor leagues. 46 Cushing syndrome CUSHING:
Central obesity/ Cervical fat pads/ Collagen fiber weakness/ Comedones (acne)
Urinary free corisol and glucose increase
Striae/ Suppressed immunity
Hypercortisolism/ Hypertension/ Hyperglycemia/ Hirsutism
Iatrogenic (Increased administration of corticosteroids)
Noniatrogenic (Neoplasms)
Glucose intolerance/ Growth retardation ---Rinku Uberoi
Rating 9.333 votesMetabolism sites "Use both arms to HUG":
Heme synthesis
Urea cycle
Gluconeogenesis
? These reactions occur in both cytoplasm and mitochondria. ---Rinku Uberoi
Rating 9.333 votesKawasaki disease: features Disease name: a Kawasaki motorcycle.
Usually young children, epidemic in Japan: Japanese child rides the motorcycle.
Conjunctival, oral erythema: red eyes, mouth.
Fever: thermometer.
Erythema of palms, soles: red palms, soles.
Generalized rash: rash dots.
Cervical lymphadenitis: enlarged cervical nodes with inflammation arrows.
Vasculitis of arteries: inflammation arrows on arteries.
Cardiovascular sequelae [20%]: inflammation arrows on cardiac arteries.
Treat with aspirin: aspirin headlight.
? See diagram. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.333 votesRheumatic fever: Revised Jones' criteria JONES crITERIA:
? Major criteria:
Joint (arthritis)
Obvious (Cardiac)
Nodule (Rheumatic)
Erythema marginatum
Sydenham chorea
? Minor criteria:
Inflammatory cells (leukocytosis)
Temperature (fever)
ESR/CRP elevated
Raised PR interval
Itself (previous Hx of Rheumatic fever)
Arthralgia ---Anthony Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rating 9.333 votesVon Hippel-Lindau: signs and symptoms HIPPEL:
Hemanigoblastomas
Increased renal cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Port-wine stains
Eye dysfunction
Liver, pancreas, kidney cysts
? Bare bones version: Hippel-Lindau, with H and L as above. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.333 votesStroke risk factors HEADS:
Hypertension/ Hyperlipidemia
Elderly
Atrial fib
Diabetes mellitus/ Drugs (cocaine)
Smoking/ Sex (male) ---Rinku S. Uberoi UNIBE
Rating 9.333 votesNasal cavity components "Never Call Me Needle Nose!":
Nares [external]
Conchae
Meatuses
Nares [internal]
Nasopharynx
? Note mnemonic sentence is nasally-related. ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.336 votesStaphylococcus aureus: diseases caused SOFT PAINS:
Skin infections
Osteomyelitis
Food poisoning
Toxic shock syndrome
Pneumonia
Acute endocarditis
Infective arthritis
Necrotizing fasciitis
Sepsis ---Marc Miller Sackler School of Medicine
Rating 9.336 votesAntibiotics contraindicated during pregnancy MCAT:
Metronidazole
Chloramphenicol
Aminoglycoside
Tetracycline ---Kyongbin Baek
Rating 9.336 votesPain history checklist OPQRSTU:
Onset of pain (time, duration)
Palliative factors for pain
Quality of pain (throbbing, stabbing, dull, etc.)
Region of body affected
Severity of pain (usually scale of 1-10)
Timing of pain (after exercise, in evening, etc.)
U: How does it affect 'U' in your daily life?
? May wish to expand to OPPQRRSTTUVW, with the extra letters representing:
Provocative factors
Radiation (how does pain spread)
Treatments tried
Deja Vu: Has this happened before?
Worry: What do you think or fear that it is? ---Midnight Medic and Robert Lueken and Michael Waddell Paramedic in Texas and Eastern Virginia Medical School and University of Wisconsin Medical School
Rating 9.336 votesOral contraceptive complications: warning signs ACHES:
Abdominal pain
Chest pain
Headache (severe)
Eye (blurred vision)
Sharp leg pain ---Carrie Davis, RNC, MSN, WHNP Obici Health System
Rating 9.339 votesRadial nerve: muscles innervated "Try A Big Chocolate Chip Sundae, Double Dip Cherries And Peanuts Preferably Included":
? In order of their innervation, proximal to distal:
Triceps
Anconeus
Brachioradialis
ext. Carpi radialis longus
ext. Carpi radialis brevis
Supinator
ext. Digitorum
ext.Digiti minimi
ext. Carpi ulnaris
Abductor poll. longus
ext. Poll. brevis
ext. P poll. longus
ext. Indicis
? For the neighboring words that start with the same letter (eg: chocolate and chip), notice that the longer word in the mnemonic, corresponds to the longer of the two muscle names (ex: ext. carpi radialis longus and ext. carpi radialis brevis) ---Anonymous Contributor Medical College of Ohio
Rating 9.297 votesDeep tendon reflexes: root supply ? God designed body reflexes according to a nursery rhyme:
One, two-- buckle my shoe. Three, four-- kick the door. Five, six-- pick up sticks.
Seven, eight-- shut the gate.
S1,2 = ankle jerk
L3,4 = knee jerk
C5,6 = biceps and brachioradialis
C7,8 = triceps ---Bryan Traynor Massachussetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Rating 9.2818 votesBlots: function of Southern vs. Northern vs. Western "SN0W DR0P":
? Match up the 1st word letter with 2nd word letter:
Southern=DNA
Northern=RNA
Western=Protein
? The 0's in snow drop are zeros, since there is no Eastern blot. ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.2829 votesArgyll-Robertson Pupil features Argyll Robertson Pupil (ARP)
Read it from front to back: it is ARP, standing for Accomodation Reflex Present.
Read it from back to front: it is PRA, standing for Pupillary Reflex Absent. 61 Penis autonomic innervation actions "Parasympathetic Puts it up. Sympathetic Spurts it out".
Alternatively: "Point and Shoot": Parasympathetic Points it, Sympathetic Shoots out the semen.
? Erection and Ejaculation (Emission). ---Andrew J. Vasil and John Nguyen University of Minnesota School of Medicine and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Rating 9.2711 votesOsteosarcoma: features PEARL HARBOR:
Paget's disease (10-20%)*
Early age (10-20 yrs)
Around knee
Raised periosteum by expanding tumor: "sunburst pattern"
Lace-like architecture
Hyaline arteoriosclerosis
Alkaline phosphatase increased
Retinoblastoma*
Boys, predominantly
Osteomyelitis DDx
Radiation*
? Sunburst pattern was Japanese Navy emblem during WWII.
*: Predisposing factors. ---Sung H. Kim El Paso, TX
Rating 9.254 votesBeta-blockers: nonselective beta-blockers "Tim Pinches His Nasal Problem" (because he has a runny nose...):
Timolol
Pindolol
Hismolol
Naldolol
Propranolol ---Hugo M. Rodriguez, MD University of Virginia Roanoke-Salem Program
Rating 9.254 votesMethyldopa: side effects METHYLDOPA:
Mental retardation
Electrolyte imbalance
Tolerance
Headache/ Hepatotoxicity
psYcological upset
Lactation in female
Dry mouth
Oedema
Parkinsonism
Anaemia (haemolytic) ---Yazeed A. Oqaili King Saud University Medical College
Rating 9.254 votesMI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI "Time to CALL 911":
? From first to appear to last:
Troponin
CK-MB
AST
LDH1 ---Marco Foramiglio Centro de Ci?ncias M?dicas e Biol?gicas - PUC/SP- Sorocaba/SP - Brazil
Rating 9.258 votesInternal iliac artery: anterior branches What Bill admitted to Hilary: "I Milked Our Insatiable Intern's Udders Under the Desk":
Inferior gluteal
Middle rectal
Obturator
Inferior vesical artery
Internal pudendal artery
Umbilical
U/D=Uterine artery (female)/ Deferential artery (male) ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.205 votesLithium: side effects LITH:
Leukocytosis
Insipidus [diabetes insipidus, tied to polyuria]
Tremor/ Teratogenesis
Hypothyroidism ---Robert O'Connor and Rinku Uberoi
Rating 9.205 votesMuscles: potentially absent ones ? Muscles which may be absent but may be important:
5 P's:
Palmaris longus [upper limb]
Plantaris [lower limb]
Peroneus tertius [lower limb]
Pyramidalis [anterior abdominal wall]
Psoas minor [posterior abdominal wall]
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---Shebrain Cairo University
Rating 9.205 votesNa/K pump: concentrations of Na vs. K on inside/outside of cell, pump action, number of molecules moved HIKIN':
There is a HIgh K concentration INside the cell.
From this can deduce that the Na/K pump pumps K into cell and Na out of cell.
Alternatively: When I was learning this pump (circa 1992), a band that was "in" was Kris Kross, and a band that was "out" was "Sha Na Na Na":
So pump moves K K (2 K) in and Na Na Na (3 Na) out.
? Sadly, as infectious as their debut album was, Kris Kross can really no longer be classed as "in". ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.2010 votesSupine vs. prone body position Know SUPination is your hand while carrying a bowl of SOUP. Your face follows where your palm is facing [i.e. up]. Put a handpuppet on your hand while hand is in supination and the puppet will be the supine position.
? See diagram. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.147 votesParasomnias: time of onset SLeep terrors and SLeepwalking occur during SLow-wave sleep (stages 3 & 4).
NightmaRE occurs during REM sleep (and is REMembered). ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.147 votesEinthoven's Triangle: organization Corners are at RA (right arm), LA (left arm), LL (left leg).
Number of L's at a corner tell how many + signs are at that corner [eg LL is ++].
Sum of number of L's of any 2 corners tells the name of the lead [eg LL-LA is lead III].
For reference axes, the negative angle hemisphere is on the half of the triangle drawing that has all the negative signs; positive angle hemisphere contains only positive signs.
? See diagram. ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Rating 9.1422 votesPlacenta-crossing substances "WANT My Hot Dog":
Wastes
Antibodies
Nutrients
Teratogens
Microorganisms
Hormones/ HIV
Drugs ---Anonymous Contributor
Rating 9.138 votesDNA bond strength (nucleotides) "Crazy Glue":
Strongest bonds are between Cytosine and Guanine, strong like Crazy Glue (3 H-bonds), whereas the A=T only have 2 H-bonds.
? This is relevant to DNA replication, as the weaker A=T will be the site where RNA primer makes the initial break. ---Lior Greenberg Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Rating 9.119 votesCarpal bones "Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver's Hand":
? Proximal row, lateral-to-medial:
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform
? Distal row, lateral-to-medial:
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate