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Abdelnasief Juhan, MD
Ateneo de Zamboanga
BIOCHEMISTRY Harvard

WINNING ENTRY AUG 2015 Anatomy

Jeoffrey Jay Valentin, MD This is commonly used mnemonic for Vit K dependent
San Beda College clotting factors.. 1972 or Factors 9, 10, 7, 2
Hopkins
(Sa tingin ko po wala pa gumamit nito)
Electron transport chain enzymes
“I Need 2 Study 3 Units 4 College” My Mnemonic

I --> NADPH dehydrogenase “1975“ or cranial nerves both Sensory and

2 --> Succinate dehydrogenase Motor
3 --> Ubiquinol ferricytochrome oxidoreductase CN IX, X, VII, and V
4 --> Cytochrome oxidase
“1973” or cranial nerves with parasympathetic
BERNADETTE CID: components
CN IX, X, VII, and III

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
MARGARITA DE RIVERA: DiGeorge syndrome
defect in 3rd and 4th brachial pouches
Are U Game for protein synthesis? (AUG as Start
codon)

TESSA ALCANTARA:
MICAH CABATU
DAVAO MED SCHOOL Girls payabangan about their boyfriends..."DUDE! 10
OXFORD SEPT 2016 inches?!!!"
D uodenum 10in (25cm)
Natural product anticancer drugs U reter 10in (25cm)
D escending colon 10in (25cm)
E sophagus 10in (25cm)
1. eTWOposide (etoposide) (inhibits topoisomerase II)

2. topoteONE (topotecan) (inhibits topoisomerase I)

FATIMA ZARAH UMPA
SEPT 2016

ANATOMY
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MICROBIOLOGY
TOM LEO TOLOSA
WVSU
OXFORD SEPT 2016

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
CONRAD EARL CABAHUG
DAVAO MED SCHOOL 3. IgA (LAway, GAtas, Ayaw ng complement at
OXFORD SEPT 2016 Ayaw sa Placenta)
Found in body secretions, Does NOT fix complement or
Genu valGUM CANNOT cross the placenta
Gum = sticky, knees will stick together knock knees
4. IgD (Differentiation of B-cells)
Genu vaRUM
RUM (RHUM) pag naka inom, knees will spread 5. IgE (AllergEE)
Role in allergic reaction

NIKKO ROSE CHICO

FEU Ramar John Banggayan, MD
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 Cagayan State Univ
Muscles of Facial expressions: Cambridge
Zygomaticus = smiling "SMILEgomaticus" IgM vs. IgG
Risorius = grinning "GRINsorius"
Buccinator = Sucking/blowing "SUCKinator" Yung PAST Boyfriend mo, Gago= IgG= PAST infection
Mentalis = Chin muscle "CHINtalis"
Orbicularis oris = kissing "Orbiculari oKISS Yung PRESENT Boyfriend mo, Mahal mo= PRESENT
infection

AUGUST 2013 Winning Entry:

SHERWIN SY Kyna Fortune Natinga
Cebu Institute of Medicine
UST
Hopkins
ESSENTIALS PLUS SEPT 2016
Oxygen Dissociation Curve: CABET "kabit" do the
RHYMING POEM FOR THE BROADMAAN'S RIGHT thing. Let Go.
CLASSIFICATION: Shift to the RIGHT(let go of oxygen):
C: CO2
A: acidosis
MOTOR area is B.A. FOUR, (motor area B.A. 4) B: BPG
ONE, TWO, THREE is SENSORY, (somesthetic area BA E: exercise
312) T: temperature
SEVENTEEN will be SEEN, (visual cortex BA 17)
I HEAR you, FORTY-TWO (auditory complex BA 41,42)
BERNADETTE CID:

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WVSU
CAMBRIDGE SEPT 2016

Renal Clearance

PAHK! CIUNGA
[Pak! Shunga]

PAH> K+> Creatinine> inulin > urea> Na+ > glucose,

amino acid

PRECIOUS NARIMAE TULAWIE

ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA
CAMBRIDGE SEPT 2016

SHAYNE FAJUTAGANA: Ach - triggers sleep

Reward vs Punishment centers  Achleep (asleep) na kaya nagdREM (nagdream)
Reward = you give a MEDAL (MEDiAL forebrain na after 90 mins
bundle)
Punishment = think of Christian GREY, a sadist
(Central GREY area near aqueduct of Sylvius)
WINNING ENTRY – SEPT 2016
ERNESTINE FAYE TAN
LISA EVANGELISTA: UST
Physio: HOPKINS SEPT 2016
"Ghrrrr! Im so hungry!"
(Ghrelin: hunger hormone- acts on the arcuate nucleus How to memorize muscarinic receptors and their
of the hypothalamus) locations (M1, M2, M3)

"We're ThIN because of leptin!" Parang pagmamahal lang yan.

(Leptin: satiety hormone -acts on the same arcuate
nucleus of the hypothalamus where ghrelin acts. Remember M= Mahal
Secreted by adipose cells)
Ano ba ang dapat sundin pag nagmamahal?

1st- you listen to your brain (M1=CNS) (touch your

CATHERINE CO head)
SAN BEDA
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 2nd- you listen to your heart (M2= heart) (touch your
heart)
Physio
Respi And
BOYLE's Law: 3rd- you listen to your "other organs" (M3) (touch your
BOYLume/Pressure - an increase in lung volume, there "other organs")
is a decrease in pressure

Dalton's Law - 'Dalton's DOUBLE mix!' - Mixed gases

LEGAL MED
Henry's law - Henry's HALO-HALO of gases! (Haluin ng
mabuti ng madissolve) - on dissolved gases

Fick's law - D' Fick's Law - diFFusion of gases

Poiseuille's law - read as 'PISwillis' that sounds like

PATHOLOGY
PISton - for airway resistance
Edgardo Augusto Cruz, MD
San Beda College
RACHELLE DIANNE MARAVILLA Hopkins
LA SALLE
CORNELL SEPT 2016 Schiller duval bodies (yes sir!)
think of sundalo- yung schiller duval cells parang
On Nerve Fibers (Physio): pangalan ng sundalo, ang mga sundalo kumakain ng
itlog (YOLK sac tumor) at ang mataas sa yolk sac ay
*Type A - all start with A AFP!
-Anlaki (largest)
-Ambilis (fastest nerve conduction, fast pain)
-Accurate Blas Bandian, MD
-Abundant sa myelin (myelinated) Silliman University
Oxford
*Type C - all start with C
-Cutest (smallest) KAWASAKI, you're so HOT! kaya CRASH kita.
-Culelat (slowest nerve conduction, slow pain)
-Culang sa myelin (non-myelinated) Fever > 5 days
+
Conjunctivitis
MA. NERISSA LANGURAYAN Rash
Adenopathy
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Strawberry tongue 1. Fiery eyes (bilateral conjunctivitis)
Hand and foot changes 2. Fruity tongue (strawberry tongue)
3. Fat lymph node (unilateral lymphadenopathy)
MARGARITA DE RIVERA: 4. Feet and hands edema
Arsinangag: Acute arsenic poisoning manifests as 5. F(p)olymorphous exanthem esp groin area
GARLIC odor breath and RICE water stools

PHARMACOLOGY
SHERYL DECLARO VON JERICK TENORIO
LA SALLE SILLIMAN UNIV
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 OXFORD SEPT 2016

X-LINKED RECESSIVE DISEASES Causes of GYNECOMASTIA

"your eX is poCESSIVE" (X-linked RECESSIVE) still, "S-ayang, A-K-ala C-o D-ede..."

Spironolactone, Alcohol, Ketoconazole, Cimetidine,
"Be With Him, He Farts GOLD" Digoxin

Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Robert Galura, MD
Hunter Syndrome Fatima
Hemophilia Harvard
Fabry's disease
G6PD deficiency 1. Cytochrome P450 Inducers
Ocular albinism
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome "BGC Shopping SPREe"
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
- Barbiturates
- Griseofulvin
PAUL VISTA - Carbamazepine
PLM - St. John's Wort
COLUMBIA SEPT 2016 - Smoking
- Phenytoin
Right to Left Shunts: - Rifampicin
Tra-Te-Tri-To-Tru - Ethanol

Transposition of Great Arteries 2. Cytochrome P450 Inhibitors

Tetralogy of Fallot
Tricuspid Atresia "QuICK GRAVES"
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Vein Connection
Truncus Arteriosus - Quinidine
- Isoniazid
- Cimetidine
MAURICE BAYHON - Ketoconazole
LA SALLE - Grapefruit juice
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 - Ritonavir
- Amiodarone
Cytokines: - Valproic Acid
- Erythromycin
TNF-A - ThiN-FAyat! - muscle breakdown and cachexia - Sulfonamides

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

JANINA MUSICO:
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

For Kawasaki Disease: FFFFFFFFF

Fever For Five days up to 40C LINELLE LAO:

Plus 4 of the ff.:

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For MOA of dopamine in terms of dosage, spell
dopamine as DoBAmine Happy aral!
low dose (1-5) - targets the D1 receptors
medium dose (5-15) - targets the B1 receptors
high dose (>15) - targets A1 receptors

GRAZIELLA JEERAH YOU:

SURGERY
Metastasis to the Brain: Pounds and Kilograms
L iver
B bones
S kin INTERNAL MEDICINE
K idney
G ut/Colon
Jose Bayani Aliling, Jr, MD
UP College of Medicine
Hopkins
ANIX AGONCILLO
Bacteria not seen on Gram Stain Ssx of shock
“Lesbians Myca B and Myca P Silently Remain in S - sensorium decreased
the Closet” H - hypotension
Legionella, Mycobacterium, Mycoplasma, Spirochetes, O - oliguria
Rickettsia, Chlamydia C - cold, clammy extremities
K - taKcardia, taKypnia

SHERYL DECLARO
LA SALLE LISA EVANGELISTA:
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 IM- Endocrinology:

CYTOCHROME P450 INDUCERS Somogyi phenomenon: "SOMObra ng insulin sa

gabi" kaya may hypoglycemia ng 3am and
"nag GEBS ako Sa PRC" :) hyperglycemia ng 7am :)

Griseolfulvin
Ethanol
Barbiturates
St. John's Wort

Smoking
OB-GYNE
Phenytoin BERNADETTE CID:
Rifampicin
Carbamazepine Puberty for Girls: Boobs before Pubes, Spurt before
Squirt ( thelarche-adrenarche-growth spurt-
menstruation)
MAURICE BAYHON
LA SALLE
HOPKINS SEPT 2016

PGE1
PGEwan: PEDIATRICS
Additional for E1 bukas PDA: (alprostadil)
WINNING ENTRY FEB 2016
PGEone: Edmar Aseberos, MD
Promotes Genital ErectiONE! (alprostadil) Davao Med School
Prevents Gastric ErosiONE! (misoprostol, gemeprost Yale

NEW BORN SCREENING

ALDRIN BAMBA Galactosemia

AUF G6PD
HOPKINS SEPT 2016 Congenital Hypothyroidism
Phenylketonuria
DRUGS FOR STATUS EPILEPTICUS Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
"DiLa PhePhe" Mnemonic :

DIazepam, "GaGapang Ca Papunta Cay Mama”

LArazepam (Lorazepam)
PHEnytoin
PHEnobarbital PREV MED
Lea Andrea Cabading, MD
:) peace po! Dont judge me po! No pun intended haha
UST
for learning purposes only
Hopkins

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Type 1 vs Type 2 error: (COMBAT HIV)
Type 1 - mag-isa ka nalang kasi paranoid ka. Sinasabi 7 - think of "7" as a tree. Or SEVEN-environment.
mong may mali, wala naman. (Rejecting null when it is (ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY)
true) 8 - think of "8" as two circle or globes partnered
Type 2 - dalawa pa kayo kasi nagbubulagbulagan ka. together (GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP)
May mali na nga, di mo pa inaacknowledge. (Failing to
reject null when it is false)

Miriam Claire Dy, MD

SLU
Hopkins

10 DOH Herbal Medicines

LANTAY BUBS

L- Lagundi
A- Ampalaya
N- Niyog-niyogan
T- Tsaang gubat
A- Akapulko
Y- Yerba buena
B- Bawang
U- Ulasimang bato
B- Bayabas
S- Sambong

If nakaka-offend for others, may wholesome version

po : BANTAY LUBS =)

MICHELLE KRISTINE MIRANDA

UPCM
ESSENTIALS PLUS SEPT 2016

MNEMONICS FOR THE EIGHT MILLENIUM

DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS OF 2015 (image sent via
FB groups)

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

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