Mnemonics - General

Biochemistry

Glycolysis
 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

 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

 "Oh My, Such Good Apple Pie, Sweet As Sugar"
oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, pimelic, suberic, azelaic, sebacic


Phosphate

In the Phasted (fasted) State, Phosphorylate
Phosphorylation cascade active when blood glucose low.


Molecular Genetics

 "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.

Biology

Cell Cycle
 "Go Sally Go! Make Children!"
G1, S, G2, M, C
Growth phase 1, DNA Synthesis (replication), Growth phase 2, Mitosis, Cytokinesis.


Causes of Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

 "Maggie May Does Not Smoke"
Mutations, Migration, genetic Drift, Non-random mating, Selection.


Mitosis

 "People Meet And Talk", or
"PMAT"
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.


Meiosis

 "PMAT x2"
Prophase I, Metaphase I, Anaphase I, Telophase I,
Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II,
(Note: 4 haploid daughter cells instead of 2 diploid daughter cells)


Taxonomic classification

 "King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain"
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

English

Coordinating Conjunctions
 "BOAF SYN"
 But
Or
And
For
So
Yet
Nor


Elements of Stories

 "Very Many Pupils Come To School"
Viewpoint, Mood, Plot, Characters, Theme, Setting


Figures of Speech

 "Most People Sing In Harmony"
Metaphor, Personification, Simile, Irony, Hyperbole


Literary Genres

 "3P's"
Plays, Poetry, Prose


Proofreading(see Grammar Basics)

"PMS-Mad VIP p.s. San Francisco Cathode Ray Tube"
"PMS-Mad VIP p.s. SF CRT"
 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


Spelling

 "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.

Geology

Geological Ages
"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, Cretatious, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent


Hardness scale (1-10) for minerals

"Toronto Girls Can Flirt And Only Quit To Chase Dwarves"
Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Flurite, Appetite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Topaz, Corumdum, Diamond

Investing

"When interest rates are low, stocks will grow
When interest rates are high, stocks will die"

"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 people's fear and greed
The gurus say, "Buy low, sell high!"
"Easier said than done." say I
Timing the market should lead to profit
But more often is catastrophic
Forget the fancy computations,
Theoretical models, and speculations
You should look at the trend
And use it as your truest friend
But the best way to your weight in gold
Is simply to buy and hold"

Music

Bass clef
"All Cows Eat Grass"
ACEG
Staff space notes from bottom to top


Guitar tuning - standard

"Every Bible Gets Dusty After Easter"
E B G D A E (S)


Sharps - order in which sharps occur in major scales

"Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle"
The scale with one sharp has F sharp, the scale with two sharps has F sharp and C sharp, and so on. Also, the name of the scale is the note immediately following its last sharp in the list. For example, the scale with four sharps -- F, C, G, and D -- is E major.


Treble clef

"FACE"
FACE
Staff space notes from bottom to top

"Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge"
EGBDF
Staff line notes from bottom to top

Outdoors

Fir vs. spruce
 "Fir is friendly, spruce is spikey"
To tell the difference between these 2 similar-looking conifers, grab a bunch of leaves. Spruce will be painful, fir won't.
Poison ivy
 "Leaves of three, let it be!"
Poison ivy has 3 leaves attached to a long stem.

Pharmacology

Beta Adrenergic Receptor Distribution
"One heart, two lungs"
heart is primarily beta-1; airway is beta-2


Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone

 "Sara Hates Men On Drugs"
Serotonin, Histamine, Muscarinic agents, Opioids, Dopamine


Spinal Anesthesia

 "Little Boys Prefer Toys"
Lidocaine, Bupivicaine, Procaine, Tetracaine

Physics

Basic Physical Quantities
"Taking Luxurious Limos More Noxious Than Cycling"
Temperature (K)
Length (m)
Luminous intensity (Cd)
Mass (kg)
Number of particles (moles)
Time (s)
Charge (C)

Resistor colour codes
"Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly - Get Some Now"
black brown red orange yellow green blue violet grey white gold silver none
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5% 10% 20%

Visible spectrum
"Roy G. Biv"
"Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain"
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

Physiology

Adrenal Cortex
"Go Find Rex, Make Good Sex"
Glomerulosa, Fasiculata, Reticulata
Mineralocorticoids, Glucocorticoids, Sex hormones

Anterior Pituitary
"FLAGTOP"
F: Follicle Stimulating Hormone
L: Lutinizing Hormone
A: ACTH
G: Growth Hormone
T: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
O: MSH
P: Prolactin

Autonomic Nervous System
Sympathetic: fight or flight
Parasympathetic: rest and digest

Fat-soluble Vitamins
"ADEK"
Vitamins A,D,E, and K

Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
Think of an exercising muscle for a rightward shift:
Exercising muscle is:
hot,
acidic (lactic acid),
hypercarbic,
and has increased 2,3-DPG.
It benefits from oxygen unloading from red blood cells.

Also think Bohr effect with a rightward shift(_CO2 = _O2). Realize that the Haldane effect means (O2 =CO2 carried by Hgb).
 
 
 

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