Memory based learning needs repetition.
I feel that making short notes where you can hide a part with you (the most low tech way of achieving mem-rise / dui lingo style recall)
Same can be done with word lists
Just words and cues
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Cell --> Tissue --> Organ --> Organ System
Digestive System
- Buccal Cavity
- Epiglotis, glotis
- Oesophagus
- lower oesophageal sphincter
- stomach
- pyloric sphincter
- duodenum
- jejunum
- ilium
- cecum
- ascending colon
- transverse colon
- descending colon
- rectum
- anal sphincter, anus
- Peristalsis
Respiratory System
- sinus, nasal cavity
- nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
- larynx
- Trachea
- Lung (right, left)
- bronchus (right, left)
- bronchi, bronchioles
- alviolus, alvioli
Circulatory System
Heart
- Superior, inferior vena cava
- Right auricle (atrium)
- Tricuspid valve
- Right ventricle
- Pulmonary Valve
- Pulmonary Artery --> Lungs
- Pulmonary Vein
- Left Auricle
- Bicuspid Valve
- Left Ventricle
- Aorta
- Septum
- Purkinje Fibers
Blood:
RBC
WBC
Platelets
Plasma
Blood Vessels:
- Arteries
- Capillaries
- Veins
Circulation:
Pulmonary
Coronary
Systemic
Almost everything works through Osmosis
Skeletal System:
- 206 Bones in an adult
- ~300 in new borns --> fuse with age
- Skull ( cranium) - 28 bones -
- Arm ( H U R ) -- Humerus, Ulna, Radius -- Embarrassing Pneumonic :P (my own)
- Spine (C T L) -- Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar
- Hands (C MC PP MP DP) - Carpel, Meta Carpel, Proximal Phalanges, Medial, Distal (Like Regina Phalange :P)
- Rib cage -- Spine Ribs Sternum
- Leg (F P T F) -- Femur, Patela, Tibia, Fibula, Tarsal, Meta Tarsal, Phalanges...
- Bone to bone --> Tendon
Bone
- collagen
- marrow -- makes RBC
- hard bone, spongy bone,
Muscular System
- Types:
- cardiac,
- smooth --> movement: involuntary
- Skeletal --> movement: voluntary
- Attachment to bones: tendon
Excretory System:
Parts
- Kidney
- Ureter
- Urinary Bladder
- Urethra
Kidney
- Renal Artery
- Pelvis
- Medulla
- Cortex
- Nephrons
- Renal Vein
Nephrons
- Afferent Arteriol,
- Glomerulus
- Efferent Arteriol
- Bowmans Capsule
- Henle's loop
Secondary excretion mechanisms:
- Skin - sweat
- Live - bile
- Lungs - carbon dioxide
Anatomical Positions And Directionals Terms:
- Base: Body Erect, Feet slightly apart, Palms facing forward, thumbs pointing away from the body
- Superior, Inferior
- Anterior, Posterior
- Dorsal, Ventral
- Medial, Lateral, Intermediate
- Proximal, Distal
- Superficial, Deep
- Planes: Frontal Coronal, Saggital, Mid Saggital, Transverse
Body Cavity
Dorsal
- cranial
- vertibral
Ventral
- Thoracic
- Pleural cavity
- Abdominal
- pelvic
Abdominopelvic cavity Quadrante (normal math quads)
- Right upper, left upper,
- right lower, right lower
Abdomino pelvic regions (H L R , E U H, H L I)
Right Hypocondriac | Epigastric | Left Hypocondriac
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Right lumbar | Umbilical | Left lumbar
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Right iliac | Hypogastric | Left Iliac
Words:
Adeno - gland
Andro - male
Arthro - joints
Bio - life
Carcino - cancer
Cardio - heart
Cephalo - head
Cerebro - cerebrum / head / brain
Ciso - to cut
Crino - to secret
Cysto - cyst - mass - collection of macrophages
Cyto - cell
Dermo - skin
Dermato - skin
Electro - electricity
Encephalo - head
Entro - intestine - pneumonic: entrails
Erythro - Red - pneumonic - erethrocytes
Gastro - stomach
Glyco - sugar
Gnoso - knowledge
Gyneco - female
Hemato - blood
Hemo - blood
Hepato - liver
Iatro - in the process of treatment
Leuko - white
logo - study of
Nephro - kidney
Neuro - brain / nervous system
Onco - tumour
Ophthalmo - eyes
osteo - bones
patho - disease
pedo - child
psycho - mind
radio - radio
reno - kidney
rhino - nose
sarco - flesh
secto - to cut
thrombo - blood clotting
uro - urinary
-- Other Word list -
Dys- : bad (dystopia)
Mal- : bad (maladjusted)
-itis : inflamation (tendonitis)
-plasia : growth (hyperplasia)
-plasam : growth ()
-oma . : tumor (sarcoma)
-trophy : growth ()
-pathy : disease (neuropathy)
-osis : condition (acedosis)
-ia : abnormal condition
-ism : state (hyperthyroidism)
-ic : pertaining to (glycemic)
-eal : pertaining to (arboreal)
-meta : change (metamorphosis)
-stasis : maintain normal condition
-static : maintain normal condition
-dynamic :
-lytic : destruction (pyrolytic)
-lysis : destruction (pyrolysis)
-megaly : enlarged (megalomaniac)
-penia : decrease, below normal (cytopenia)
-emia : of blood (anemia)
-ectomy: removal (appendectomy)
-otomy: incision, cutting (lobotomy)
-ostomy: make a hole (colostomy)
-scopy:
-graphy: multiple axis (generally : 2d, 3d) (PET)
-gram: single axis mostly with time (ECG)
-plasty: surgical repair (angioplasty)
-therapy:
-chemo: chemical (chemotherapy)
-echo / sono: sound (sonography, ECG)
-electro:
Cancer Specific:
TNM staging