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Cerebellar disease signs (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the signs of cerebellar disease is:
DANISH
Mnemonic
D: dysdiadochokinesia/dysmetria
A: ataxia
N: nystagmus
I: intention tremor
S: slurred speech
H: hypotonia
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Broad ligament contents (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for the contents of the broad ligament is:
BROAD
Mnemonic
B: bundle (ovarian neurovascular bundle)
R: round ligament
O: ovarian ligament
A: artifacts (vestigial structures)
D: duct (oviduct)
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Aortic arch branches (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the major branches of the aortic arch is:
ABC'S
Mnemonic
A: arch of aorta
B: brachiocephalic trunk
C: left common carotid artery
S: left subclavian artery
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Cortical nephrocalcinosis (mnemonic)
Mnemonics for common causes of cortical nephrocalcinosis are:
COAG
GOAT
Mnemonics
COAG
C: cortical necrosis
O: oxalosis
A: Alport syndrome
G: glomerulonephritis (chronic)
GOAT
G: glomerulonephritis (chronic)
O: oxalosis
A: Alport syndrome/ acute cortical necrosis
T: transplant rejec...
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Medullary nephrocalcinosis (mnemonic)
A mnemonic used to remember the etiology of medullary nephrocalcinosis is:
HAM HOP
Mnemonic
H: hyperparathyroidism
A: (renal tubular) acidosis
M: medullary sponge kidney/ milk-alkali syndrome
H: hypercalcemia/hypercalciuria
O: oxalosis
P: papillary necrosis
See also
cortical nephrocal...
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Horner syndrome signs (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the commonest signs of Horner syndrome is:
PAMELA
Mnemonic
P: ptosis
A: anhydrosis
M: miosis
E: enophthalmos
L: loss of ciliary-spinal reflex
A: anisocoria
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Inguinal canal walls (mnemonic)
A helpful mnemonic to remember the walls of the inguinal canal is:
MALT: (2M, 2A, 2L, 2T)
Mnemonic
Starting from superior, moving counterclockwise in order to posterior:
Superior wall (roof): 2 Muscles
internal oblique Muscle
transversus abdominis Muscle
Anterior wall: 2 Aponeuroses
Apon...
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Pituitary region mass (mnemonic)
Useful mnemonics for remembering the differentials for pituitary region masses (in addition to macroadenoma) are:
SATCHMO/STOMACH 1,2
MOuSTACHE
SOME ACTH HORMONE
Mnemonics
SATCHMO/STOMACH
S: sarcoid
A: aneurysm
T: teratoma or tuberculosis (and other granulomatous diseases)
C: cranioph...
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Sonographic approach to dyspnea (mnemonic)
This mnemonic will help with the sonographic approach to the critically ill patient with dyspnea:
CHEST
Mnemonic
C: collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
absence of anterior lung sliding, lung pulse, B-lines, or z-lines
these artifacts arise from the pleural interface; their presence would rule ou...
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Hepatic capsular retraction (mnemonic)
The following mnemonics can be used as reminders of the causes of hepatic capsular retraction:
CT CHIEF
FILTH E
FITCH
Mnemonics
CT CHIEF
C: cholangiocarcinoma (intrahepatic)
T: treated hepatic metastasis or hepatocellular carcinoma
C: cirrhosis with confluent hepatic fibrosis
H: hemangi...
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Corpus callosum parts (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to help remember the parts of the corpus callosum, from anterior to posterior, is:
Remember Genu Before Splenium
Remember G Before S (as G comes before S alphabetically)
Mnemonic
R: rostrum
G: genu
B: body (trunk)
S: splenium
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Internal carotid artery segments (mnemonic)
The internal carotid artery segments, according to the Bouthillier classification, can be recalled by the following mnemonic:
C'mon Please Learn Carotid Clinical Organizing Classification
Mnemonic
C: cervical segment
P: petrous segment
L: lacerum segment
C: cavernous segment
C: clinoid se...
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Meniscofemoral ligament (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic for how the meniscofemoral ligaments course in relation to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is:
the posterior meniscofemoral ligament (of Wrisberg) rides the PCL (i.e. is posterosuperior)
the anterior meniscofemoral ligament (of Humphrey) is humped by the PCL (i.e. is an...
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Cavernous sinus contents (mnemonic)
The cavernous sinus contents (structures within the sinus proper and also in its lateral wall) and their relative positions can be recalled with the following mnemonic:
O TOM CAT
Consider a coronal view of the cavernous sinus.
'O TOM' are the first letters of components of the lateral wall of...
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Medial wall of the orbit (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the bones forming the medial wall of the orbit is:
My Little Eye Sits (in the orbit); or
Medial Layer Eye Socket
Mnemonic
M: maxilla (frontal process)
L: lacrimal
E: ethmoid (lamina papyracea)
S: sphenoid (body)
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Skull vault bones (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the six skull vault bones is:
STEP OF 6
Mnemonic
S: sphenoid
T: temporal
E: ethmoid
P: parietal
O: occipital
F: frontal
6: number of skull bones
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Seizure causes (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the commonest causes of seizures is:
VITAMIN
Mnemonic
V: vascular
I: infection
T: trauma
A: AV malformation
M: metabolic
I: idiopathic
N: neoplasm
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (mnenomic)
The symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can be recalled with the following mnemonics:
wet, wacky, wobbly
AID
Mnemonics
wet: urinary incontinence
wacky: dementia (memory disturbance)
wobbly: gait disturbance
A: ataxic gait
I: incontinence
D: dementia
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Cyanosis differential diagnosis (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to differentiate between central and peripheral cyanoses is:
COLD PALMS
Mnemonic
C: cold (peripheral)
O: obstruction (peripheral)
L: LVF and shock (peripheral)
D: decreased cardiac output (peripheral)
P: polycythemia (central)
A: altitude (central)
L: lung disease (central)
...
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DeBakey classification (mnemonic)
A mnemonic used to remember the DeBakey classification 1 is:
BAD
Mnemonic
B: both ascending and descending aorta (type I)
A: ascending aorta (type II)
D: descending aorta (type III)
See also
Stanford classification of aortic dissection
DeBakey classification
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