Mnemonics!

Everybody loves mnemonics! Why work harder when you can work smarter? Got pain? LINDOCARRF! Differential diagnosis? VINDICATE! Less than a week left before the big exam. Here are ten more that I've got locked away in hopes that they will come in handy on the exam. Some of them are pretty stupid and don't really make any sense but they help me remember!

Mechanisms of BP regulation:
"Bold Clinicians Can Voluntarily Read Simple Charts Really Rapidly Everyday!"

Bold Baroreceptors
Clinicians Chemoreceptors (peripheral)
Can CNS (central chemoreceptors)
Voluntarily Volume reflex
Read Right A reflex
Simple Stress relaxation
Charts Capillary fluid shift
Really RAAS
Rapidly Renal pressure diuresis
Everyday Erythropoietin (EPO)

Bilirubin metabolism:
"Help Him Vividly Remember Understanding Complete Bile Secretion Solidly Until Urine"

Help Hemoglobin
Him Heme
Vividly Biliverdin
Remember Bilirubin
Understanding Unconjugated bilirubin
Complete Conjugated (bilirubin-glucoronide)
Bile Bile
Secretion Stercobilinogen
Solidly Stercobilin (oxidized form) à feces
Until Urobilinogen à kidneys
Urine Urobilin (oxidized form) à kidneys

Effects of Angiotensin II: VASARICT

Vasoconstriction
ADH
SNS
Aldosterone
Renin
Inotropic
Cardiohypertrophy
Thirst

Central and Peripheral Cyanosis: SHOPA CROC

Shunting (R à L) PaO2 low (from ↓FIO2 à ↓PaO2)
Hemoglobin abnormal
O2 saturation low (from ↓FIO2 à ↓PaO2)
Pulmonary function impaired
Atmospheric pressure ↓
Cardiac output ↓
Redistribution of blood flow from extremities
Obstruction (arterial or venous)
Cold

Anorexigenic hormones/neurotransmitters: GP NαILS CCC

Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)
Peptide YY (PYY)
Norepinephrine
α-Melanocortin-stimulating hormone (α-MSH)
Insulin
Leptin
Serotonin
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)
Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART)

Orexigenic hormones/neurotransmitters: CAGE GAMON

Cortisol
Agouti-related protein (AgRP)
Galanin (GAL)
Endorphins
Ghrelin
Amino acids
Melanocortin-concentrating hormone (MCH)
Orexins A and B
Neuropeptide Y (NPY)

Duty of Care: "Don't Forget A Duty To Care!"

Don’t Diagnosis
Forget Follow-up
A Attendance
Duty Disclosure
To Treatment
Care! Confidentiality

Layers of Skin: "CLG Sucks Balls"

C Stratum corneum
L Stratum lucidem
G Stratum granulosum
Sucks Stratum spinosum
Balls Stratum basale (germinativum)

Functions of Skin: "The Sexy Skin Protects Me"

The Temp regulation
Sexy Sexual
Skin Sensory
Protects Protection
Me Metabolic function

TCA Cycle: "Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money, Officer?"

Can Citrate
I Isocitrate
Keep α-Ketoglutarate
Selling Succinyl-CoA
Sex Succinate
For Fumarate
Money Malate
Officer? Oxaloacetate

Lecture notes are such a waste of paper...