October 29, 2009
The contributor of this medical mnemonic is Kristen. Thank you!
Medical mnemonic for the order in which the heart valves close:
My — Mitral
Teeth — Tricuspid
Are — Aortic
Pretty — Pulmonary
And then you smile, because you got it right!
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July 30, 2009
The contributor of this medical mnemonics is @hugosays. Thank you!
USMLE / NCLEX mnemonic for the order of heart valves for stethoscope exam:
All Physicians Take Money
Aortic
Pulmonary
Tricuspid
Mitral
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December 11, 2008
Medical Mnemonic for Serratus anterior: innervation and action.
“C5-6-7 raise your wings up to heaven“:
C567 injury causes inability to raise arm past 90 degrees up to heaven, and results in a winging of the scapula.
· Long thoracic nerve roots (567) innervate Serratus anterior.

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November 18, 2008
Medical mnemonics for thoracid duct.
Thoracic duct: relation to azygous vein and esophagus “The duck between 2 gooses“:
Thoracic duct (duck) is between 2 gooses, azygous and esophagus.
Thoracic duct: which half of upper body does it drain?
Right or the left part of the upper body?
Answer: its Lymph from the Left of the upper body.
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November 10, 2008
USMKL and NCLEX medical mnemonic. Posterior mediastinum mnemonic: contents.
DATES:
Descending aorta
Azygos and hemiazygous veins
Thoracic duct
Esophagus
Sympathetic trunk/ganglia

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November 6, 2008
USMLE/NCLEX heart valves mnemonic: order in circuit.
TRI before you BI:
Tricuspid valve is located in left right heart and Bicuspid valve is located in right left heart. Blood flows through the tricuspid before bicuspid.
Alternative version:
First learn a Tricycle, then learn a Bicycle:
Flow through Tricuspid first, then Bicuspid.

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November 3, 2008
USMLE medical mnemonic. Good way to remember the sequence of the heart valves.
Try Pulling My Aorta:
Tricuspid
Pulmonary
Mitral
Aorta

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October 29, 2008
Atrioventricular valves
LAB RAT:
Left Atrium: Bicuspid
Right Atrium: Tricuspid

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October 21, 2008
Inferior vena cava tributaries mnemonic
I Like To Rise So High:
Illiacs
Lumbar
Testicular
Renal
Suprarenal
Hepatic vein.
· Think of the IVC wanting to rise high up to the heart.

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October 12, 2008
CAlifornia Police Department:
Clavicular
Acromial
Pectoral
Deltoid
Alternative version:
USMLE and NCLEX medical mnemonic. Thoracoacromial trunk mnemonic: branches.
Cadavers Are Dead People:
Clavicular
Acromial
Deltoid
Pectoral

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