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Anatomy
BIOCHEMISTRY This is commonly used mnemonic for Vit K dependent clotting
factors.. 1972 or Factors 9, 10, 7, 2
WINNING ENTRY AUG 2015
Jeoffrey Jay Valentin, MD (Sa tingin ko po wala pa gumamit nito)
San Beda College
Hopkins My Mnemonic

Electron transport chain enzymes 1975 or cranial nerves both Sensory and
I Need 2 Study 3 Units 4 College Motor
CN IX, X, VII, and V
I --> NADPH dehydrogenase
2 --> Succinate dehydrogenase 1973 or cranial nerves with parasympathetic components
3 --> Ubiquinol ferricytochrome oxidoreductase CN IX, X, VII, and III
4 --> Cytochrome oxidase

BERNADETTE CID: AUGUST 2014 Winning Entries (TIED)

DETTE CARAMAT:
Say you win those two tickets at the Heat, Shangri-la and you
bring bogart to teach her the PHARYNGEAL ARCHES as she eats
in front of the chef.

The steps:
1. You chew
2. You smile
3. You swallow
4. You say "it's yummy!"

BERNADETTE CID:

JOSEPH DOMINGO:

DiGeorge Syndrome
Tirso Cruz Di 3rd
T-Cell Deficiency
Calcium Deficiency
DiGeorge syndrome
defect in 3rd and 4th brachial pouches

MARGARITA DE RIVERA:
TESSA ALCANTARA:
Are U Game for protein synthesis? (AUG as Start codon)
Girls payabangan about their boyfriends..."DUDE! 10 inches?!!!"
D uodenum 10in (25cm)
MICAH CABATU U reter 10in (25cm)
DAVAO MED SCHOOL D escending colon 10in (25cm)
OXFORD SEPT 2016 E sophagus 10in (25cm)

Natural product anticancer drugs

1. eTWOposide (etoposide) (inhibits topoisomerase II) FATIMA ZARAH UMPA

SEPT 2016
2. topoteONE (topotecan) (inhibits topoisomerase I)

ANATOMY
Abdelnasief Juhan, MD
Ateneo de Zamboanga

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Suspected Leptospirosis must have at least 2 of the following:

My Hot Chilli Con Carne And Orange Juice

Myalgia, Headache, Chills, Conjunctival suffusion, Calf tenderness,

Abdominal pain, Oliguria, Jaundice

PHYSIOLOGY

Jan Eric Rivera, MD

La Salle
Harvard

Mnemonics on Immunoglobulins
(Lifted from Pediatrics Handout page 97)

1. IgM (Malaki at Maaga)

LARGEST; EARLIEST Ab in response to an Ag

2. IgG (Grabe sa dami at Gusto sa Placenta)

MOST ABUNDANT; only Ig that CAN traverse placental
barrier

3. IgA (LAway, GAtas, Ayaw ng complement at Ayaw sa

Placenta)
Found in body secretions, Does NOT fix complement or CANNOT
cross the placenta

4. IgD (Differentiation of B-cells)

5. IgE (AllergEE)
Role in allergic reaction
CONRAD EARL CABAHUG
DAVAO MED SCHOOL
OXFORD SEPT 2016 Ramar John Banggayan, MD
Cagayan State Univ
Genu valGUM Cambridge
Gum = sticky, knees will stick together knock knees
IgM vs. IgG
Genu vaRUM
RUM (RHUM) pag naka inom, knees will spread Yung PAST Boyfriend mo, Gago= IgG= PAST infection

Yung PRESENT Boyfriend mo, Mahal mo= PRESENT infection

NIKKO ROSE CHICO
FEU
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 AUGUST 2013 Winning Entry:
Muscles of Facial expressions: Kyna Fortune Natinga
Cebu Institute of Medicine
Zygomaticus = smiling "SMILEgomaticus" Hopkins
Risorius = grinning "GRINsorius"
Buccinator = Sucking/blowing "SUCKinator" Oxygen Dissociation Curve: CABET "kabit" do the RIGHT thing.
Mentalis = Chin muscle "CHINtalis" Let Go.
Orbicularis oris = kissing "Orbiculari oKISS Shift to the RIGHT(let go of oxygen):
C: CO2
A: acidosis
B: BPG
E: exercise
SHERWIN SY T: temperature
UST
ESSENTIALS PLUS SEPT 2016
BERNADETTE CID:
RHYMING POEM FOR THE BROADMAAN'S CLASSIFICATION:

MOTOR area is B.A. FOUR, (motor area B.A. 4)

ONE, TWO, THREE is SENSORY, (somesthetic area BA 312)
SEVENTEEN will be SEEN, (visual cortex BA 17)
I HEAR you, FORTY-TWO (auditory complex BA 41,42)

MICROBIOLOGY
TOM LEO TOLOSA
WVSU
OXFORD SEPT 2016

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SHAYNE FAJUTAGANA:
Reward vs Punishment centers
Reward = you give a MEDAL (MEDiAL forebrain bundle) WINNING ENTRY SEPT 2016
Punishment = think of Christian GREY, a sadist ERNESTINE FAYE TAN
(Central GREY area near aqueduct of Sylvius) UST
HOPKINS SEPT 2016

LISA EVANGELISTA: How to memorize muscarinic receptors and their locations (M1,
Physio: M2, M3)
"Ghrrrr! Im so hungry!"
(Ghrelin: hunger hormone- acts on the arcuate nucleus of the Parang pagmamahal lang yan.
hypothalamus)
Remember M= Mahal
"We're ThIN because of leptin!"
(Leptin: satiety hormone -acts on the same arcuate nucleus of the Ano ba ang dapat sundin pag nagmamahal?
hypothalamus where ghrelin acts. Secreted by adipose cells)
1st- you listen to your brain (M1=CNS) (touch your head)

CATHERINE CO 2nd- you listen to your heart (M2= heart) (touch your heart)
SAN BEDA
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 And

Physio 3rd- you listen to your "other organs" (M3) (touch your "other
Respi organs")

BOYLE's Law:
BOYLume/Pressure - an increase in lung volume, there is a
decrease in pressure LEGAL MED
Dalton's Law - 'Dalton's DOUBLE mix!' - Mixed gases

Henry's law - Henry's HALO-HALO of gases! (Haluin ng mabuti ng

madissolve) - on dissolved gases PATHOLOGY
Fick's law - D' Fick's Law - diFFusion of gases Edgardo Augusto Cruz, MD
San Beda College
Poiseuille's law - read as 'PISwillis' that sounds like PISton - for Hopkins
airway resistance
Schiller duval bodies (yes sir!)
think of sundalo- yung schiller duval cells parang pangalan ng
RACHELLE DIANNE MARAVILLA sundalo, ang mga sundalo kumakain ng itlog (YOLK sac tumor) at
LA SALLE ang mataas sa yolk sac ay AFP!
CORNELL SEPT 2016

On Nerve Fibers (Physio): Blas Bandian, MD

Silliman University
*Type A - all start with A Oxford
-Anlaki (largest)
-Ambilis (fastest nerve conduction, fast pain) KAWASAKI, you're so HOT! kaya CRASH kita.
-Accurate
-Abundant sa myelin (myelinated) Fever > 5 days
+
*Type C - all start with C Conjunctivitis
-Cutest (smallest) Rash
-Culelat (slowest nerve conduction, slow pain) Adenopathy
-Culang sa myelin (non-myelinated) Strawberry tongue
Hand and foot changes

MA. NERISSA LANGURAYAN

WVSU MARGARITA DE RIVERA:
CAMBRIDGE SEPT 2016 Arsinangag: Acute arsenic poisoning manifests as GARLIC odor
breath and RICE water stools
Renal Clearance

PAHK! CIUNGA
[Pak! Shunga] SHERYL DECLARO
LA SALLE
PAH> K+> Creatinine> inulin > urea> Na+ > glucose, amino acid HOPKINS SEPT 2016

X-LINKED RECESSIVE DISEASES

PRECIOUS NARIMAE TULAWIE
ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA "your eX is poCESSIVE" (X-linked RECESSIVE) still,
CAMBRIDGE SEPT 2016
"Be With Him, He Farts GOLD"
Ach - triggers sleep
Achleep (asleep) na kaya nagdREM (nagdream) na after Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia
90 mins Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
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Hunter Syndrome
Hemophilia - Barbiturates
Fabry's disease - Griseofulvin
G6PD deficiency - Carbamazepine
Ocular albinism - St. John's Wort
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome - Smoking
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy - Phenytoin
- Rifampicin
- Ethanol
PAUL VISTA
PLM 2. Cytochrome P450 Inhibitors
COLUMBIA SEPT 2016
"QuICK GRAVES"
Right to Left Shunts:
Tra-Te-Tri-To-Tru - Quinidine
- Isoniazid
Transposition of Great Arteries - Cimetidine
Tetralogy of Fallot - Ketoconazole
Tricuspid Atresia - Grapefruit juice
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Vein Connection - Ritonavir
Truncus Arteriosus - Amiodarone
- Valproic Acid
- Erythromycin
MAURICE BAYHON - Sulfonamides
LA SALLE
HOPKINS SEPT 2016
JANINA MUSICO:
Cytokines:

TNF-A - ThiN-FAyat! - muscle breakdown and cachexia

IL-1 - the 1 that has fever/100C - fever

IL-2 - i like to proliferate! (I like to move it move it) - lymphocyte

proliferation

IL-6 - sex a cute face! - Six is for Acute Phase response

IL-8 - figure of 8 body is attractive - Chemoattractant

IFN-GAMMA - GAMe!-MAcrophage! - activates macrophages

PATRICIA KAYE REGALADO

LA SALLE
STANFORD SEPT 2016 LINELLE LAO:

For Kawasaki Disease: FFFFFFFFF For MOA of dopamine in terms of dosage, spell dopamine as
Fever For Five days up to 40C DoBAmine
low dose (1-5) - targets the D1 receptors
Plus 4 of the ff.: medium dose (5-15) - targets the B1 receptors
1. Fiery eyes (bilateral conjunctivitis) high dose (>15) - targets A1 receptors
2. Fruity tongue (strawberry tongue)
3. Fat lymph node (unilateral lymphadenopathy)
4. Feet and hands edema GRAZIELLA JEERAH YOU:
5. F(p)olymorphous exanthem esp groin area
Metastasis to the Brain: Pounds and Kilograms
L iver
PHARMACOLOGY B bones
S kin
VON JERICK TENORIO K idney
SILLIMAN UNIV G ut/Colon
OXFORD SEPT 2016

Causes of GYNECOMASTIA
ANIX AGONCILLO
Bacteria not seen on Gram Stain
"S-ayang, A-K-ala C-o D-ede..."
Lesbians Myca B and Myca P Silently Remain in the Closet
Spironolactone, Alcohol, Ketoconazole, Cimetidine, Digoxin
Legionella, Mycobacterium, Mycoplasma, Spirochetes, Rickettsia,
Chlamydia

Robert Galura, MD
Fatima
SHERYL DECLARO
Harvard
LA SALLE
HOPKINS SEPT 2016
1. Cytochrome P450 Inducers
CYTOCHROME P450 INDUCERS
"BGC Shopping SPREe"
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"nag GEBS ako Sa PRC" :)

OB-GYNE
Griseolfulvin BERNADETTE CID:
Ethanol
Barbiturates Puberty for Girls: Boobs before Pubes, Spurt before Squirt (
St. John's Wort thelarche-adrenarche-growth spurt- menstruation)

Smoking

Phenytoin
Rifampicin
Carbamazepine
PEDIATRICS
WINNING ENTRY FEB 2016
MAURICE BAYHON Edmar Aseberos, MD
LA SALLE Davao Med School
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 Yale

PGE1 NEW BORN SCREENING

PGEwan:
Additional for E1 bukas PDA: (alprostadil) Galactosemia
G6PD
PGEone: Congenital Hypothyroidism
Promotes Genital ErectiONE! (alprostadil) Phenylketonuria
Prevents Gastric ErosiONE! (misoprostol, gemeprost Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Mnemonic :
ALDRIN BAMBA "GaGapang Ca Papunta Cay Mama
AUF
HOPKINS SEPT 2016

DRUGS FOR STATUS EPILEPTICUS PREV MED

"DiLa PhePhe"
Lea Andrea Cabading, MD
UST
DIazepam,
Hopkins
LArazepam (Lorazepam)
PHEnytoin
Type 1 vs Type 2 error:
PHEnobarbital
Type 1 - mag-isa ka nalang kasi paranoid ka. Sinasabi mong may
mali, wala naman. (Rejecting null when it is true)
:) peace po! Dont judge me po! No pun intended haha for learning
Type 2 - dalawa pa kayo kasi nagbubulagbulagan ka. May mali na
purposes only
nga, di mo pa inaacknowledge. (Failing to reject null when it is
false)
Happy aral!

Miriam Claire Dy, MD

SLU
Hopkins
SURGERY
10 DOH Herbal Medicines

LANTAY BUBS
INTERNAL MEDICINE
L- Lagundi
A- Ampalaya
Jose Bayani Aliling, Jr, MD
N- Niyog-niyogan
UP College of Medicine
T- Tsaang gubat
Hopkins
A- Akapulko
Y- Yerba buena
Ssx of shock
B- Bawang
S - sensorium decreased
U- Ulasimang bato
H - hypotension
B- Bayabas
O - oliguria
S- Sambong
C - cold, clammy extremities
K - taKcardia, taKypnia
If nakaka-offend for others, may wholesome version po : BANTAY
LUBS =)
LISA EVANGELISTA:
IM- Endocrinology:
MICHELLE KRISTINE MIRANDA
Somogyi phenomenon: "SOMObra ng insulin sa gabi" kaya may
UPCM
hypoglycemia ng 3am and hyperglycemia ng 7am :)
ESSENTIALS PLUS SEPT 2016

MNEMONICS FOR THE EIGHT MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENTAL

GOALS OF 2015 (image sent via FB groups)

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1 - kahirapONE and kagutumONE
(ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER)
2 - e-TWO-cation
(ACHIEVE EDUCATION)
3 - think of "3" as a pair of boobs (empower women) and two
genders as one (equality)
(GENDER EQUALITY AND EDUCATION)
4 - think of "4" as the leg of a kid skipping on one leg (same
mnemonic for knowing the age when the kid can do that)
(REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY)
5 - think of "5" as the baby bump of a mother who is pregnant
(IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH)
6 - six = sex = HIV
(COMBAT HIV)
7 - think of "7" as a tree. Or SEVEN-environment.
(ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY)
8 - think of "8" as two circle or globes partnered together
(GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP)

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