medical pneumonics Essay

M-MIDDLE MENINGEAL
A-ANT.TYMPANIC
I- INFERIOR ALVEOLAR
D- DEEP AURICULAR
A- AURICULOTEMPORAL

2 PART
B- BUCCINATOR
P PTERYGOID
M- MASSETERIC
D- DEEP TEMPORAL

3 PART
PIGPAS
P-POST. SUPERIOR ORBITAL
I INFRAORBITAL
G GREATER PALATINE
P- PHARYNGEAL
A ARTEY OF PTERYGOID CANAL
S- SPHENOPALATINE

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

amino acids with uncharged polar side chains
Good Souls Are Truly The God's Children

G-GLUTAMINE
S-SERINE
A-ASPARAGINE
T-THREONINE
T-TYROSINE
G-GLYCINE
C-CYSTEINE


Pupils in overdose: morphine vs. amphetamine

"MorPHINE: Fine. AmPHETamine: Fat"
Morphine overdose: pupils constricted (fine)
Amphetamine overdose: pupils dilated (fat)

 

Phenobarbitone side effects

Children are annoying (hyperkinesia, irritability, insomnia, aggression)
Adults are dosy (sedation, dizziness, drowsiness)

 

Atropine: origin tells action or vice versa

Atropine causes your pupils to dilate, and it came from nightshade [belladona]
In the night or in shade, your pupils dilate so you can see

 

Atropine use: tachycardia or bradycardia

"A goes with B":
Atropine used clinically to treat Bradycardia

 

Reserpine action

Reserpine depletes the Reserves of catecholamines [and serotonin]

 

Botulism toxin: action, related bungarotoxin

Action: "Botulism Bottles up the Ach so it can't be the released"
Related bungarotoxin: "Botulism is related to Beta Bungarotoxin (beta-, not alpha-bungarotoxin--alpha has different mechanism)

 

Ipratropium action

Atropine is buried in the middle: iprAtropium, so it behaves like Atropine

 

Succinylcholine: action, use

Succinylcholine gets Stuck to Ach receptor, then Sucks ions in through open pore
You Suck stuff in through a...