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Internal auditory canal nerves (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the relative position of nerves inside the internal auditory canal (IAC) is:
Seven up, Coke down
A variation may include the addition of:
V8 on the back shelf
Anatomy
Four nerves pass through the IAC:
facial nerve (CN VII)
three components of the vestibulocochlear n...
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Couinaud classification of hepatic segments (mnemonic)
Pauli et al published a "handy" way to remember the Couinaud classification of hepatic segments 1.
Make a fist with your right hand. The fingers should be wrapped around the flexed thumb and the fist should face you. The segments are represented by the following:
segment 1: (caudate): the thum...
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Brachial plexus root subdivisions (mnemonic)
Mnemonics for brachial plexus root subdivisions include:
Rad Techs Drink Cold Beer
Robbie T Drinks Cold Beer
Rugby Teams Drink Cold Beers
Reach To Drink Cold Beer
Read That Damn Cadaver Book
Really Tired, Don't Care Now (nerve instead of branch)
Red Toucans Don't Come Back
Mnemonic
Whe...
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Causes of air trapping on high-resolution CT chest (mnemonic)
Mnemonics to remember the causes of air trapping on HRCT chest are:
HSBC
Mnemonic
H: hypersensitivity pneumonitis
S: sarcoidosis
B: bronchiolitis obliterans
C: cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis
A useful way to remember the mnemonic is recalling that once you are with HSBC, you are "trapped" ...
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Lung carcinoma doubling time (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the lung carcinoma doubling time, in order of increasing time, is:
SMS LA
Mnemonic
SM: small cell lung cancer - 30 days
S: squamous cell carcinoma (lung) - 90 days
L: large cell cancer of lung - 120 days
A: adenocarcinoma in situ of the lung - 150-180 days
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Five Ts of cyanotic congenital heart disease (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the most important congenital heart defects associated with cyanosis is:
5 Ts
Mnemonic
T: tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
T: transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
T: truncus arteriosus
T: total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
T: tricuspid valve abnormalities...
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Lucent/lytic skull lesions (mnemonic)
Two mnemonics to remember the causes of lucent/lytic skull lesions are:
MEL TORME
TROMMEL
HELP ME TO HOLD
Mnemonic
MEL TORME
M: metastasis
E: eosinophilic granuloma
L: lymphoma/Langerhans cell histiocytosis
T: tuberculosis
O: osteomyelitis
R: radiation
M: multiple myeloma
E: epide...
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Pubic symphysis widening (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for widening of the pubic symphysis is:
EPOCH
Mnemonic
E: bladder exstrophy
P: prune belly syndrome
O: osteogenesis imperfecta
C: cleidocranial dysostosis
H: hypothyroidism
Note that this mnemonic does not include pubic diastasis secondary to trauma, a common cause of pubic sy...
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Corpus callosum hyperintensity (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the causes of corpus callosum hyperintensity is:
I MADE A PHD
Mnemonic
I: infections (e.g. tuberculosis, varicella, rotavirus, HSV)
M: Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome
A: AIDS encephalopathy
D: diffuse axonal injury and diffuse vascular injury
E: epilepsy
A:...
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Focal pulmonary opacity (mnemonic)
Causes of focal pulmonary opacities on a chest radiograph can be remembered using the rather crude mnemonic:
4 Fs
Mnemonic
F: 'fection (pulmonary infection)
F: 'farction (pulmonary infarction)
F: fluid (pulmonary edema)
F: f***ed (lung cancer)
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Carbolic acid poisoning symptoms (mnemonic)
The symptoms of carbolic acid poisoning can be recalled using the mnemonic:
5 Cs
Mnemonic
C: CNS depression
C: constricted pupil
C: carboluria (smoky urine)
C: cartilage
C: corneal deposition
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Neurofibromatosis type 2 (mnemonic)
Useful mnemonics for neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) are:
MISME
rule of 2s
Mnemonics
MISME
M: multiple
I: inherited
S: schwannomas
M: meningiomas and
E: ependymomas
In fact, labeling this disorder neurofibromatosis type 2 is a misnomer, because neurofibromas are not a part of its cons...
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Bronchopulmonary segments (mnemonic)
Mnemonics to remember the bronchopulmonary segments are:
A PALM Seed Makes Another Little Palm (right lung)
ASIA ALPS (left lung)
Mnemonics
'A PALM Seed Makes Another Little Palm'
right upper lobe
A: apical segment
P: posterior segment
A: anterior segment
middle lobe
L: lateral segment...
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis diagnostic criteria (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the diagnostic criteria of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is:
THRALL PVC
Mnemonic
T: tuberous sclerosis
H: HRCT characteristic or compatible lung findings of LAM
RA: renal angiomyolipoma
L: lymphatic malformations
L: lung biopsy-proven LAM
P: pneumothorax
V: V...
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Causes of dementia (mnemonic)
The causes of dementia can be remembered using the mnemonics:
VANISHED
DEMENTIA
VANISHED
V: vascular, vitamin deficiency: B1, B6, B12, folate
A: Alzheimer disease, autoimmune: cerebral vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus
N: normal pressure hydrocephalus, neoplasia
I: infection, e.g. ...
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Eggshell calcification in thorax and mediastinum (mnemonic)
Helpful mnemonics to remember the major causes of eggshell calcification of the nodes in the thorax and mediastinum are:
A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast
Sam Smith Likes His Smart ABC Mnemonic
Mnemonics
A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast
A: amyloidosis
S: sil...
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Innervation of the muscles of the middle ear (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember innervation of the muscles of the middle ear is:
ST
Mnemonic
S: stapedius is supplied by a branch of the facial nerve - the Seventh cranial nerve. It is also the Smallest muscle in the body, and inserts onto the neck of Stapes.
T: tensor tympani is supplied by a...
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Lung consolidation (mnemonic)
A commonly used mnemonic for recalling the features of consolidation is:
A2BC3
Mnemonic
A: acinar rosettes
A: air bronchogram/alveologram
B: bat-wing distribution
C: coalescent/confluent ill-defined "fluffy" appearance
C: consolidation: diffuse, perihilar/bibasilar, lobar/segmental, locul...
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Trigeminal nerve branches (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for remembering the names of the skull foramina that the division of the trigeminal nerve (CN V) pass through is:
Standing Room Only
Mnemonic
S: superior orbital fissure (ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve)
R: foramen rotundum (maxillary division of trigeminal nerve)
O: fora...
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Primary and secondary hemochromatosis (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the radiological features of hemochromatosis is:
P's for primary and S's for secondary
Mnemonic
Primary hemochromatosis
P: parenchymal (liver, myocardium, thyroid and synovium)
P: pancreas
P: pituitary
P: poor liver (organ dysfunction and malignancy)
Secondary hemo...
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