Mnemonics - General
Many of these mnemonics are decades old.
Mnemonics - Anatomy
Mnemonics - Clinical
Mnemonics - MCAT
Biochemistry
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Amino Acids
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Eight Essential Amino Acids
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"I Like To Teach My Vets Lumbar Puncture."
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Isoleucine, Leucine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Valine,
Lysine, Phenylalanine.
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"Pro GAV PIL."
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Proline, Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Leucine.
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"SHOTT"
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Serine, (OH), Tyrosine, Threonine.
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"SCUM"
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(S), Cysteine, (U), Methionine.
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"HAL"
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Histidine, Arginine, Lysine.
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"Ag"
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Aspartate, Glutamate.
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"Ag"
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Asparagine, Glutamine.
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"HTTP"
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Histidine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine.
Glycolysis
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Goodness (Glucose)
Gracious, (Glucose-6-P)
Father (Fructose-6-P)
Franklin (Fructose-1,6-diP)
Did (Dihydroxyacetone-P)
Go (Glyceraldehyde-P)
By (1,3-Biphosphoglycerate)
Picking (3-phosphoglycerate)
Pumpkins (2-phosphoglycerate)
(to)
PrEPare (Phosphoenolpyruvate [PEP])
Pies (Pyruvate)
Citric Acid Cycle
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Oh (Oxaloacetate)
Citric (Citrate)
Acid (Aconitate)
Is (Isocitrate)
Of course (Oxalosuccinate)
A (Alpha-ketoglutarate)
SiLly (Succinyl-CoA)
STupid (Succinate)
Funny (Fumarate)
Molecule (Malate)
Dicarboxylic acids (alpha, omega) from C2-C10
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"Oh My, Such Good Apple Pie, Sweet As Sugar"
oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, pimelic, suberic, azelaic, sebacic
Molecular Genetics
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"EXons EXpressed, INtrons IN the trash"
DNA expression into mature mRNA
Pyrimidines are "CUT" from purines.
Pyrimidines are Cytosine, Uracil, Thiamine and are one
ring structures. Purines are double ring structures.
English
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Coordinating Conjunctions
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"BOAF SYN"
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But
Or
And
For
So
Yet
Nor
Elements of Stories
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"Very Many Pupils Come To School"
Viewpoint, Mood, Plot, Characters, Theme, Setting
Figures of Speech
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"Most People Sing In Harmony"
Metaphor, Personification, Simile, Irony, Hyperbole
Literary Genres
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"3P's"
Plays, Poetry, Prose
Proofreading (see Grammar Basics)
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"PMS-Mad VIP p.s. San Francisco Cathode Ray Tube"
"PMS-Mad VIP p.s. SF CRT"
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P Pronouns
M Modifiers (dangling & misplaced ones)
S Subordination
M Mixed constructions
V Verbs
I Infinitives (split)
P Parallelism
P Punctuation
S Spelling
S Subjunctive mood
F Fragments
C Comma faults
R Run-on sentences
T That, which, who
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"I before E
Except after C
Or when sounded as 'ay'
As in 'neighbour' and 'weigh'."
E.g. achieve, yield, believe,
ceiling, receive,
their, reign.
Geography
Great Lakes
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From West to East:
"Sergeant Major Hates Eating Onions"
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
Geology
Geological Ages
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"Practically Every Old Man Plays Poker Regularly"
Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent
"Camels Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak.
Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Premature Rheumatism"
Cambrian, Ordovician, Sirillian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian,
Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene,
Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent
History
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Columbus
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"In 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue"
Columbus's "discovery" of America
Immunology
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Functions of Complement
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"COL"
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Chemotaxis - of phagocytes
Opsonization - of pathogens
Lysis - of pathogens
Immunoglobulins
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"MADGE"
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IgM, IgA, IgD, IgG, IgE
White Blood Cells
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(In order of decreasing numbers)
"Nobody Likes My Educational Background"
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N Neutrophils
L Lymphocytes
M Monocytes
E Eosinophils
B Basophils
Investing
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Strategy
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"Don't buy when the market's sky high
And don't sell at the bottom of a well
For you know the market feeds
On peoples' fear and greed
The gurus say buy low, sell high
Easier said than done say I
Timing the market may lead to profit
But more often is catastrophic
Forget the fancy computations,
Theoretical models, and speculations
Look at the trend
And consider it your truest friend
The surest way to your weight in gold
Is simply to buy and hold"
Interest Rates
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"When rates are low
Stocks will grow
When rates are high
Stocks will die"
Law
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Contracts
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"OAC"
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Offer
Acceptance
Consideration
Torts
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"Death Before Dishonor!" Cried Rick.
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Duty,
Breach of duty,
Damage, and
Causation
that is not too Remote.
