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Branches of the Facial Nerve
To Zayed city By Motor Car
Temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Masseteric, Cervical
Bones of the Wrist
Students Like Trying Practices That They Cannot Handle
Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate
Brachial Plexus
Risky Talal Drives Car Bad
Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches
Tonsil Arteries
Tonsilar, Maxillary, Pharyngeal, Facial, Internal Carotid Branch
Test Makes Practice Fall In Crisis
Cranial Nerves
1. Olfactory Oh Some Sensory
2. Optic Oh Say Sensory
3. Oculomotor Oh Marry Mixed
4. Trochlear To Mary Mixed
5. Trigeminal Touch But Both
6. Abducens And My Mixed
7. Facial Feel Brother Both
8. Acoustic A Says Sensory
9. Glossopharyngeal Good(?) Bad Both
10. Vagus Vein(?) Business! Both
11. Accessory Ah Marry Mixed
12. Hypoglosseal Heaven Money Mixed
Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel A Good Vein Ah Heaven
On Old Olympus Topmost Tip A Fat-Armed German Views Advancing Hordes
You have 1 nose. You have 2 eyes.
(The first "O" is Olfactory, second "O" is Optic)
The way to remember which cranial nerves are sensory, motor or both
Some Say Marry Mary But My Brother Says Bad Business Marry Money :
"ABC'S"
The Aortic arch gives off the Brachiocephalic trunk, the left Common Carotid, and the left Subclavian artery.
Innervation of phrenic nerve
C 3,4,5 keeps the phrenic alive
C 3,4,5 keep the diaphragm alive
Long thoracic nerve innervates serratus anterior
C 5-6-7 raise your arms to heaven
Relationship of Thorasic duct to Esophagous and Azygous
The duck is between two gooses.
duck = thoracic duct
2 gooses = azyGOUS and esophaGOUS
Attachments of Pectoralis Major, Teres Major and Latissimus Drosi
A lady between two majors.
Pectoralis major attaches to lateral lip of bicipital groove, the teres major attaches to medial lip of bicipital groove, and the latissimus dorsi attaches to the floor of bicipital groove.
The "lati" is between two "majors."
Innervation of the Penis
Parasympathetic puts it up; sympathetic spurts it out.
Parasympathetic, sympathetic, somatomotor
Point Shoot Score
"S2, 3, 4 ...keep the penis off the floor",
which refers to the innervation of the penis by branches of the pudental nerve which are derived from spinal cord levels S2-4
Lateral and Medial Pectoral Nerve
Lateral is less, medial is more.
Lateral pectoral nerves goes through pectoralis major while medial pn goes though both pectoral major and minor.
Layers of the epidermis
Bad Student Gained Little Credit
Germinativum or Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum, Lucidum, Corneum
"9 O P"
9th cranial nerve innervates the parotid gland by way of the otic ganglion.
Extraocularmotor muscles
"RL6SO4 taken 3 times"
converts to: Rectus Lateralis: 6th cranial nerve (abducens)
Superior Oblique: 4th cranial nerve (trochlear)
All other muscles(medial rectus, superior and inferior recti, and inferior oblique): 3rd cranial nerve (oculomotor)
Oculomotor Reflex is the 5 & dime reflex:
Afferent: Trimenimal V and
Efferent: Vagus X
Essential Amino Acids
PriVaTe TIM HALL
Phe, Val, Thr, Trp, Ile, Met, His, Arg, Leu, Lys
Urea Cycle
Ordinarily, Careless Crappers, Are Also Frivolous About Urination.
Ornithine, Carbamoyl, Citrulline, Aginosuccinate, Aspartate, Fumarate, Arginine, Urea.
Cell division
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase.
"People Meet And Talk."
In the Phasted State
Phosphorylate Phosphorylation cascade active when blood glucose low.
DNA expression into mature mRNA
Exons expressed, Introns in the trash.-
Pyrimidines are CUT from purines.
Pyrimidines are Cytosine, Uracil, Thiamine and are one ring structures.
Purines are double ring structures.
Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone:
Serotonin, Histamine, Muscarinic, Opioids, Dopamine
Salem Hates Men On Drugs
Beta receptor activity
One heart two lungs
Beta-1 primarily on heart;
airway is beta-2 receptors
Spinal Meds:
Little Boys Prefer Toys.
Lidocaine, Bupivicaine, Procaine, Tetracaine
Causes of Acute pancreatitis
GET SMASH'D.
-Gallstones, Ethanol, Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, Autoimmune(PAN), Scorpion bites, Hyperlipidemia, Drugs(azathioprine, diuretics)
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
MEN I is a disease of 3 P's (pituitary, parathyroid, and pancreas) plus adrenal cortex
MEN II is a disease of 2 C's(carcinoma of thyroid and catacholamines[pheochromocytoma]) plus parathyroid for MEN IIa or mucocutaneous neuromas for MEN IIB(aka MEN III)
Takayasu's diz = pulseless diz
, therefore when you have Takayasu's, I can't Tak'a yu pulse.
Alcohol use screening
CAGE
1. Have you ever felt it necessary to CUT DOWN on your drinking?
2. Has anyone ever told you they were ANNOYED by your drinking?
3. Have you ever felt GUILTY about your drinking?
4. Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the morning for an EYE OPENER?
P-Q-R-S-T--eliciting and HPI and exploring symptoms
P--palliative or provocative factors for the pain
Q--quality of pain(burning, stabbing, aching, etc.)
R--region of body affected
S--severity of pain(usually 1-10 scale)
T--timing of pain(eg.-after meals, in the morning, etc.)
The five W's--post-operative fever
Wind--pneumonia, atelectasis
Water--urinary tract infection
Wound--wound infections
Wonderdrugs--especially anesthesia
Walking--walking can help reduce deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolus
Goombs classification of
ACID
Type I Anaphylaxis
Type II Cytotoxic-mediated
Type III Immune-complex
Type IV Delayed hypersensitivity
Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia
Sunday Hot Day, Better Give Iced Fluids Today!
S: Stop all triggering agents, give 100% O2
H: Hyperventilate
D: Dantrolene 2.5mg/kg
B: Bicarbonate
G: Glucose and Insulin
I: IV Fluids, Cooling Blanket
F: Fluid Output; Furosemide
T: Tachycardia, be prepared to treat V Tach
Back Pain: DISK MASS
D == Degeneration: DJD, Osteoporosis, spondylosis
I == Infection: UTI, PID, Potts, osteomyelitis, prostatitis, Injury/fractur e, compression fracture.
S == Spondylitis, ankylosing Spondyloarthropathies (rheum. arthritis, Reiters, SLE)
K == Kidney stones/infarction/infection (pyelo/abscess)
M == Multiple myeloma Metastasis from breast, prostate, lung, thyroid, kidney CA
A == Aneurysm Abdominal pain referred to the back (see acute abdominal pain)
S == Slipped disk, spondylolisthesis
S == Strain, scoliosis/lordosis Skin: herpes zoster.
Regarding what to do in case of syncope:
If the face is red, raise the head.
If the face is pale, raise the tail!
Aortic Regurgitation and Mitral Regurgitation
Fast, Full, Loose
Sympathetic nervous system: Fight or Flight
Parasympathetic nervous system: Rest and Digest
Cholinergic Crisis-Parasympathetic Stimulation:
SLUD
Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination and Defecation.
F L A G T O P Hormones of the Anterior Pituitary
F: Follicle Stimulating Hormone
L: Lutinizing Hormone
A: ACTH
G: Growth Hormone
T: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
O: MSH
P: Prolactin
Those mnemonics were reviewed by :
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Prof. M. Ezimokhai , Acting chairman of the obstetrics & gynaecology department of the FMHS .
| Assistant Prof. S. Bastaki , Assistant professor in the pharmacology department of the FMHS .
| Prof. T. El Sharkawy , Professor in the physiology department of the FMHS .
| Prof. R. Padmanabhan , Professor in the anatomy department of the FMHS.
| Associate Prof. M. Gillett , Acting chairman of the biochemistry department of the FHMS. |
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