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• This is how I remember which papilla on the tongue don't have tastebuds FILIFORM:
  When you eat, you get filled, when you get filled, you don't taste.
• Iron Deficiency can cause burning tongue. If you Iron your tongue, it will burn.
• Afferent arrives, efferent exits.
• Mucin is a polysaccharide, poly likes music.
• Aciduric bacteria is DURABLE IN ACID.
• For radiology remember that radiolucent is dark, radiopaque is light. I remember this by, radioLucent has an Lin it and the L's don't go together.
• Vitamin D is necessary for Calcium (CA) and Phosphorus(P): Cal and Phos went fishing for D.....the fishing is in there because alot of seafood and oils are sources of Vitamin D.
• Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble. I remember it by DEAK IS FAT.
• Vitamin K is responsible for clotting. REMEMBER: K KLOTS.
• Vitamin B6 = Pyridoxal or pyridxine. It's necessary for metabolism of Tryptophan (essential amino acid=Protein) REMEMBER:6 Pyrex dishes cooking protein
• HDL is good cholesterol, LDL is bad cholesterol. Remember HDL is happy, LDL is lousy.
• For dryclave: the degrees is 320 - 340 F for 1-2 hours. it's the oven type. Remember: Dry chicken happens in the oven at 320 for 1-2 hours.
• I remember that bradycardia is less than 60 beats per minute by: The brady's had six kids
• Vagus, longest nerve in body, Vital
• Cathy sends in:
  Hi - Here's one my friend Laura always said in class when we were learning what instrument is used for what... "My 'nabor' has a furry dog"... To remember to use the Nabor's probe in "furcation" areas!
• LaDonia sends in the following:
  • pelical, like pelicans, come and go.
  • calculus, like the math, is HARD.
  • Filtrum fills with snot....gross, but it works. And I can remember where it is.....
• Roxann sends in:
  • I always had trouble remembering antigen and antibody until I came up with: Antigen: foreign to the body (both have "g").
  • This also helps me to remember when testing for HepB: HBsAg Hope this helps
  • I remembered another one that helped me Dentin and Pulp arise from the Dental Papilla (D & P)
  • Periodontal Ligament, Alveolar Bone & Cementum arise from Dental Sac (Pac rhymes w/ Sac)
• Another student on the Email list sent in:
  this helps with the bones of the skull
  Human Males Try Zealously Never To Over Educate Sensually Promising Female Offspring Possessing Very Large Muscles.
• One late study night, we were getting kind of silly when we came up with this one,
  • MC Hammer had a bowel movement while ordering a Luxury car on his PC.
  • Mepivicaine is Carbocaine (MC Hammer)
  • Bupivicaine is Marcaine (bowel movement)
  • Prilocaine is Citanest (PC)
  • Lidocaine is Xylocaine (LuXury car)

  Lori from Bulldog Country

• Amy sends in (different Amy than from this website)
  To remember the 12 cranial nerves we were taught:
  On Old Olympia's Towering Top A Fin And German Viewed A Hop.
  
  And to remember whether they were sensory, motor, or both we learned:
  Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Boobs Marry Money. 
  
• Diana contributes: You're right---2 is a line angle and 3 is a point angle---I always remembered that by picturing the capital "L"--it's 2 lines to form the
  letter.
  
• Barbara contributes: When we were learning how to identify an abnormality in the mouth, we were
  told to classify it by:
  • Size
    
  • Morphology
    
  • Location
    
  • Color
    
  • History
    
  • Distribution

  The mnemonic to remember is the abbreviation of a small child.....SMLCHD
  Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Happy studying!
  Barbara Tarbox

Ones sent in from the instant form:

• For the carpal bones one can use: 
  Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle
• To remember the cranial nerves: 
  Oh Oh Oh To Taste And Feel Very Green Veggies, AH Kristen, DH2 @ U-M
• To remember the 12 cranial nerves I came up with: 
  On Old Olympia's Towering Top A Fin And German Viewed A Hop.
  Our one old teacher talked about finding a good vehicle at home Andy Codding - 1st year student at Floyd College in Rome, GA
• I must give credit to Doc DeVille for this one: To remember PSR scores 
  1=A Absence of bleeding 
  2=B Bleeding present 
  3=C Calculus detected 
  4=D Disappearance of black band begins 
  5=E Entire black band goes in pocket.
• Hypertrophy is an enlargement of a tissue or organ caused by increase in size, where as hyperplasia is an enlargement of tissue or organ caused by increase in number or normal cells. I differentiate between the terms hypertrophy and hyperplasia by remembering the trophy in hyper"Trophy", and I want the largest trophy. Then I can remember hyperplasia is an increase in number. Submitted by Jennifer.
• Hypertrophy is an enlargement of a tissue or organ caused by increase in SIZE, where as hyperplasia is an enlargement of tissue or organ caused by increase in NUMBER of normal cells. I differentiate between the terms hypertrophy and hyperplasia by remembering the trophy in hyper"Trophy", and I want the largest trophy (SIZE). Then I can remember hyperplasia is an increase in NUMBER. Submitted by Jennifer.

Contributed by Nisa Hasmani:

• Hepatitis A from fecAl and orAl route Hepatitis B from Blood
• Profiramonas gingivalis--Ramona had gingivitis and now she has chronic perio (check spelling)
• Exogenous--Exit out (staining from outside source) Endogenous--Enter in (staining from within source like dead pulp)
• Kwashiorkor syndrome of severe protein deficiency. Has the word wash in it. K for cannot (k not) wash out fat. Think of a fat chubby baby who has edema.
• Tic douloureux which is a trigeminal neuralgia which means irritation of the fifth cranial nerve the trigeminal V. Both Tic and Trigeminal start with T for trigger to touch. When you touch the face and forehead there is severe pain.
• Addison's disease is due to insufficient production of corticol from the adrenal gland. Mr. Addison has Adrenal problem and cannot control temper.
• Osmosis has to do with water movement in and out of membrane. Think of an Ocean (beach) for osmosis. The water moves to the sand where there is less water and more sand. Just like that the water moves in the cell if there is more salt or solutes causing the cell to blow up with water.
• Whikham's striae related with lichan planus. Think of a plant (planus) with branches (straie).
• stannous fluoride has the word stan, stannous stains
• Vitamin C for Citrus fruits. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficency causes BeriBeri. B and 1 for Beri Niacin is in wheat bread that is brown and wrinkled so think deficiency of niacin causes skin disease  That's all folks from Nisa Hashmani

• I make up words or use the alphabet a lot to remember things like: 
  alpha and beta 
  A-C Alpha Contracts 
  B-D Beta Dilates
  As far as leukocytes: 
  BEN are granular, basophil eosinophil, neutrophil. 
  Nongranular are: LM(N) lymphocytes, monocytes
  To remember the B vitamins: "Two Rights Never Prove Correct" B-1 Thiamin, B-2 Riboflavin, B-3 Niacin, B-6 Pyridoxine, B-12 Cobalamin
  STEPOF are the cranial bones-sphenoid,temporal,ethmoid,parietal,occipital,frontal
• I owe this one to our osha trainer Kim from Colorado.. 
  Hep A and E... Ate it or Eat it because thats how they are transmitted and 
  Hep "B" is "b"ad because it is transmitted in so many ways. MKW
• Plummer Vinson syndrome is related to an iron deficiency, I think of plumbers work on the pipes which are iron. Jennifer in Gainesville,FL
• Maria Martinez 1st Year DH student:
  Suprahyoid muscles- Don't Get So Mad
  D-igastric, G-eniohyoid, S-tylohyoid, M-ylohyoid
  Infrahyoid muscles- TOSS
  T-hyrohyoid, O-mohyoid, S-ternohyoid, S-ternothyroid
• Tom contributes:
  kingdom king's phylum pawn class can order only family fill a genus good species square
  Bad chess and my wife didn't like it (into plants).
•  Hi, this one helped me......
  Amylase helps in the digestion of starch in saliva>
  Amy loves to eat pasta, the pasta is the starch.
• She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her (carpal bone) Name: Norhayati Abas (Malaysia student)
• Embryology stages: BUD - CAP - BELL -- to remember them in order, Bud threw his cap to ring the bell.
• Vitamin A looks like a carrot upside down, contains beta carotene, which is in carrots (and other orange pigmented foods).
• To remember some radiographic techniques: Water's projection: chin is tilted upwards Think: when your nose WATERS tilt your chin up to prevent it from running out! Reverse-Towne's Projection: chin is brought down Think: going DOWN TOWNE. They're silly but they help me!
  Good luck! ~amy (U of M senior)
• Radiology tip: Ma, Fill (the) Cup (for the) Cat! MilliAmps, Tungsten Filament, Molybdenum Cup, Cathode
  Kristen (SWC,CA)
• Beta blockers cause bradycardia, beta=brady, b=b
  Stacey Lorenz, TCC dental hygiene student
• MEDICAL NURSER all the systems of body
  M=musculature
  E=endocrine
  D=digestive
  I=integument
  C=cardiac
  A=alimentary
  L=Lymphatic
  N=nervous
  U= urinary
  R= respiratory
  S=skeletal
  E= exocrine
  R= reproductive
  by David V. Pearson
• 4 types of hypersensitivity reactions:
  A.C.I.D
  Type I = Anaphlactic
  Type II = Cytoxic
  Type III= Immune comples
  Type IIII= Delayed
  by Milissa Duran
• To remember the Classes of occlusion, think of a car and a gear shift. 
  **For Class I think of the shift in neutral.
  **For Class II think of the shift in 2nd gear and think of the mandible going towards the back like the shifter goes down.
  **For Class III think of the shift in 3rd gear and think of the mandible going towards the front like the shifter going up.
• This is regaurding the 12 CN sensory/motor/both I saw the "some say marry money" but this ending makes a little more since Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Boobs Matter More
• HI - I just had a doctor share this charming description of a "female patient experiencing disabling menopausal symptoms, characterized by the mnenomic: S H I T - S stands for sweating, H stands for hot flashes, I stands for insomnia and T stands for tremulousness". Sandie Riffle
• To remember the cranial nerves: On Occasion Our Teacher Talks Awfully Fast And Gives Very Awful Harassment To remember if they are sensory, motor or both: Some Scientists Make Money But My Brother Says Bad Blondes Make More Second Year DHY Student @ Harper College
• Radiology tip: To remember that using the KVP knob makes the electons SPEED up, relate it to a race and call it the KVP 500! Also, if you speed up for too long you'll get LIGHT headed. (If you increase the KVP the film gets LIGHTER = decreased radiographic contrast.)this tip comes from Allegany College of Maryland Amy Kurtz and April McMullen
• To remember what these appear as I remember: Enamel HyPoplasia=Pitting (P's match) Enamel HypoCalcification=Chalky white spots (C's match) Samantha Theus
• To remember which heps are transmitted fecal/orally, remember the ones with vowels are bowels........( Hep A is fecal oral) Hope this one helps!!!! Jolene, UMA
• mitrAL vaLVe = Left Atrium Left Ventricle Von ebner's glands = circumVallate papilla Koplik's spots associated with measles = Me A Kop ribosomes synthesize proteins = ribs are meat which is protein
• There are 2 bony defects:
  Dehesinse and fenestration.
  Dehesince is a groove like area in the bone and fenestration is an actual "window" in the bone.  We remembered it this way because if you are looking through a fence there is a hole thus fenestration.   Hope this helps.
• For remembering Bradycardia slows the heart, I just think of it as the Brady Bunch was slightly on the slow side.
• Colineric drugs are drugs that mimic parasympathetic, normal body functions. Autonomic nervous system -AUTOMATIC. SLUD- Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation.
• My friend Sue thought of this the first semester. I never forgot it.....Fungiform papilla are the bigger ones- BIG guys are FUN! Erie C
• Fat soluble vitamins. A, D, E, K. You get FAT when you're laying on A-D-E-K.
• Radiology. Components of the tubehead. Cathode has the negative electrode. Anode has the positive electrode. You go from a C- to a A+. Good luck and think positive:)-"Future RDH, currently studying for Boards"
• Steps in the learning ladder: (Ugly Apes Sit In A Hut)
  U=Unawareness
  A=Awareness
  S=Self-Assessment
  I=Involvement
  A=Action
  H=Habit
• Gingivitis (Go Now Randy, Said Sandy, Buy Four Vanilla Taffy)
  G,N=Gram negative
  R=Rods
  S=Spirochetes
  S=Streptococcus
  B=Bacteroids
  F=Fusobacterium
  V=Veillonella
  T=Treponema
• Rapidly Progressive Periodontitis (Get Nooky After All Ballgames)
  GN=Gram Negative
  A=Actinobacillus
  A=AA
  B=Bacteroides
• Good Bugs associated with health (Sweet Coke & Rum Greatly Put Away Nasty Moods!) S=Saccharolytic
  C=Cocci
  R=Rods
  GP=Gram Positive
  A=Aerobic
  NM= Nasty Moods
  Bad Bugs (Angry Sick Roger Gave Nice ANAbelle Mono)
  A=Asaccharolytic
  S=Spirochetes
  R=Rods
  G N=Gram Negative
  ANA=Anaerobic
  M=Motile
• For Paget's Disease-You wear (cotton and wool) in beauty pageants = cotton/wool appearance of the disease.
• Acromegaly= hypersecretion of growth hormone-just remember (A Giant). use the A and the G in the word to remember.
• "D-A-M-G-E" Short for "damage". Demonstrating the Immunoglobulins-Antibodies
  "D" IgD
  "A" IgA
  "M" IgM
  "G" IgG
  "E" IgE
  This really made it easy for me to remember them. Sharon McNeal Thanks for your great tips!
• To remember the difference between dehisence and fenestration one of my classmates says "if you open the window you will Freeze" F(freeze)-fenestration-window Senior-Floyd College Rome, Ga
• For the Foramen that the cranial nerves V1, V2, V3, VII, IX, & X go through, is Fish Around (the) Valley, (with your) Acoustic Jug. Fish = Superior Orbital Fissure (V1). Around = Foramen Rotundum (V2). Valley = Formamen Ovale (V3). Acoustic = Internal Acoustic Meatus (VII). Jug = Jugular Foramen (IX, X)
• Cranial Nerve Mnemonic Oh, Oh, Oh Tall Trees And Flowering Apples Grow Vast, So High Shirley, Nursing Student, from Florida
• Hemophilia A is caused by a deficiency of clotting factor VIII. ("H" for hemophilia is the 8th (VIII) letter of the alphabet). Hemophilia B is caused by a defect of factor IX. (B follows A just as IX follows VIII). From Melinda, senior at COD in Illinois.
• GV BLACKS CLASSIFICATION -CLASS 3-TAKE THE PROXIMAL SURFACE OF ANTERERIORS-IT HAS THE SHAPE OF A TRIANGLE-"3",- SO NATURALY CLASS 4 INCLUDES THE INCISAL EDGE TOO.
• For the layers of the skin:
  "c"=corneum;"L"=Lucidum; "G"=granulosum;"S"=spinosum;"B"=basale.
  Can Larry get some bud(wiser). Hope this helps. Tricia Koester in Il.
• when I am trying to memorize my sters an amides i think amIdes are in lIver which you use lIdocaIne and prIlocaIne. So I try to think of two I are in amides with an I and in liver with an I
• Here's one.I could never figure out which antibiotics are bacteriocidal and bacteriostatic. I realized like penicillin inhibits Cell wall synthesis. Cell wall begins with a C and so does cidal. So if they inhibit cell wall synthesis then they are bacterialcidal.. The only antibiotic that it doesn't apply to is metrodiazonle: it is bactericidal but inhibit protein synthesis.
• From Sam Nijmeh, DD: Suprahyoid muscles: I SoUPED up my HYundai. Do you DIG MY GINO STYLES??? Digastric Mylohyoid Geniohyoid Stylohyoid
• Stages of Mitosis Anaphase (ANNA) Metaphase (MET) Prophase (PRO) Telophase (TEL) ANA MET a PRO on the TELEphone
• Inorganic components of Calculus:
  CALCium PHOsphate, MAGnesium PHOsphate, CALcium carbonate
  CALCy's PHOto and MAGgie's PHOto of CALcy's CARdboard BOx
• This one always worked better for me than the others I heard for the Cranial Nerves:
  On Occasion Our Trusty Truck Acts Funny, Very Good Vehicle Any_How! Bridget
• sabine josama white blood cells never let monkey eat banana
  N- NEUTROPHILS
  L-LYMPHOCYTES
  M- MONOCYTES
  E- EOSINOPHILS
  B-BASOPHIS
• AS FOR TB 3 MAIN DRUG THEY HATE FAN SO THEY (*RIP THE FAN)RIPTOPHSN. THEY LIKE TO ISOLATE ISONIAZIDE AND THE LIKE TO STIP FOR MY SINS STREPTOMYCIN SABINE JOSAMA
• This may help when trying to tremember the layers of a membrane (stata) Stratum Corneum (Cara's) Stratum Lucidum (Lips) Statum granulosum (Get) Stratum spinosum (Sun) Statum basale (burned) *Cara's Lips get sun burned*
• For those just beginning & having trouble remembering maxillary, to the max=top; Mandible = Man-on the bottom
• 12 Cranial Nerves: On Our Old Train There Are Four Very Good Vents And Heaters.
  Sensory, Motor, or Both: Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Boobs Make Money.
• To remember the stata of epithelium: Corneum, Lucidum, Granulosum, Spinosum, Basale - Use Cara's Lip's Get Sun Burned -UMDNJ
• A classmate told me this one for sharpening Graceys:  Rod's Leavin - if you
  have the odd end of the instrument (like the 11 end of the 11/12), sharpen
  the right side (as you face it), if you have the even end (the 12 end of the
  11/12), sharpen the left side of the blade (as you face it).  Right=odd,
  Left=even - Rod's Leavin.  She saved me with this one!!!  Thanks Meg (and
  Angela) :)
  Sue K , New Hampshire
• I got a new mnemonic for less vertical agulation( L  E ) result  EL =ELOGATION sabine josama

• I thought that it might be helpful – to add on the 3 extra B vits  - Biotin, Folate and Pantothenic Acid.

  Two Rights Never Prove Correct But For Puns

  Thank you for your great site!

  Anna

• Hopefully you wont find this one too tasteless but it works. 
  For remembering the classes of furcations remember T.I.T.S.= To it// In it// Through it// See it
  Use this one if you see fit.  My classmates tell me they will never forget it.  Bob   2nd yr DH student

   

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