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| Anterior Pituitary Hormones |
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| “FLAGTOP” = Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), Growth Hormone, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, MelanOcyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH), Prolactin |
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| “Like Hairy Apes” (LH-->A), the A stands for Androgens |
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| Causes of Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium |
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| “Maggie May Does Not Smoke” = Mutations, Migration, genetic Drift, Non-random mating, Selection |
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| "Go Sally Go! Make Children!" = Growth phase 1, Synthesis of DNA, Growth phase 2, Mitosis, Cytokinesis |
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| "People Meet And Talk" = Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase |
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| "People Meet And Talk x2” = Prophase I, Metaphase I, Anaphase I, Telophase I, Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II |
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| "Do Not Pinch People" = Dorsal, Notochord, Pharyngeal slits, Postanal tail |
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| "Must Be Good" = Morula, Blastula, Gastrula |
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| Gastrointestinal Hormones |
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| "Garlic Cloves Smell Exquisite" = Gastrin, Cholecystokinin, Secretin, Enterogastrone |
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| Hormones that Increase Blood Glucose |
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| "STENGG" = Somatotropin, Thyroid hormones, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Glucagon, Glucocorticosteroids |
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| "MADGE" = IgM, IgA, IgD, IgG, IgE |
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| "My Poor Friend Picks Apples" = Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals |
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| Male Reproductive Tract Path |
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| "SEVEN UP" = Seminiferous tubules, Epididymis, Vas deferens, Ejaculatory duct, Nothing, Urethra, Penis |
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| "FOL(d) M(a)PS" = Follicular phase, Ovulatory phase, Luteal phase, Menstrual flow, Proliferative phase, Secretory phase |
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| "CUT the PY" = Cytosine, Uracil, and Thiamine are PYrimidines (one-ring structures) |
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| "GAPur" = Guanine and Adenine are PURines (two-ring structures) |
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| "All Tigers Can Growl" = Adenine bonds to Thymine; Cytosine bonds to Guanine |
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| Proteases in the Duodenum |
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| "Eat Tender Chicken Chunks Elegantly" = Enterokinase, Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Carboxypeptidase, Elastase |
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| "IS GOHH" = Induction: Specific --> General. or, Observation --> Hypothesis --> Hypothesis-testing. |
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| "D(o)GS" = Deduction: General --> Specific |
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| Rate of SeDimentation is proportional to Size and Density |
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| "Bowel Movement" or "BM" = A Bacterium is about 1 Micron (1 mm) |
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| "ZIAH" = Z-line, I-band, A-band, H-zone |
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| "King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain" = Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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| "CEVASACK" = Cephalization, Endoskeleton, Vertebrae, Axial skeleton, Skull, Appendicular skeleton, Closed circulatory system, Kidneys |
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| "Nobody Likes My Educational Background" = Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils |
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| "HONC" = H requires 1 (more electron(s) in its outer shell to become stable), O requires 2, N requires 3, C requires 4 |
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| The "t" in cation looks like a plus sign: "ca+ion." |
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| "LEO is A GERC (jerk)" = Loss of Electrons is Oxidation, which occurs at the Anode. Gain of Electrons is Reduction, which occurs at the Cathode. |
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| "MIT is enough" = Moles (deposited at an electrode) = It/nF |
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| Gibb's Free Energy (3 equations) |
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| "Good Honey Tastes Sweet" = △G = △H - T△S, "Gee! Plus Arty! Thank you!" = △G = △G° + RTlnQ, "Delicious Grapefruit - Not For Everyone" = △G° = -nFE° |
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| Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation |
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| "Hong Kong + American Hospital Association" = pH = pKa + log10(A-/HA) |
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| Hydrogen Bonding Elements |
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| "Hold the FON" = Fluorine, Oxygen, Nitrogen |
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| "Weee minus Arty (is) enough, thank you." = E = E° - (RT/nF)lnQ |
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| If a compound has at least one unpaired electron, it is Paramagnetic, and will be Pulled toward a magnetic field. If not, it is diamagnetic. |
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| "National Library (of) Medicine Sizzles" = n, l, m, s |
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| "Sensual People Do Foreplay" = s, p, d, f |
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| "VG PHEST" (Very Good Festival) = V for volume, G for Gibb's free energy, P for pressure, H for enthalpy, E for internal energy, S for entropy, T for temperature |
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| Addition of Amine to Carbonyl Group |
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| "SE PI" (or "SEe PIe") = Secondary amine --> Enamine, Primary amine --> Imine |
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| Cis/trans (Geometric) Isomers |
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| Z: Zame Zide, E: Epposite |
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| “Gauche that hurts” = Gauche conformation – because it hurts for one methyl group to stand too close to another. |
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| Sit in a “Chair” to rest = Low energy chair conformation, “Boats” can be tippy = High energy boat conformation |
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| If the second lowest -OH is on the Left, the molecule is L, If the -OH is on the Right, it's D. |
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| "MeSo compounds have a Mirror of Symmetry" |
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| Meta-Directing Groups on a Benezene Ring |
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| "Queen Elizabeth Second's Navy Commands, Controls, Communicates" = Q Quaternary amino -NR3+, E Ester –COOR, S Sulfonic acid -SO3H, N Nitro -NO2, C Carbonyl –CHO, C Carboxyl –COOH, C Cyano -CN |
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| Ortho- and Para- Directing Groups on a Benezene Ring |
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| "AHA AHA P" = A Alkyl –R, H Halogen –X, A Alkoxyl –OR, A Amino -NH2, -NHR, -NR2 (not -NR3+), H Hydroxyl –OH, A Amide –NHCOR, P Phenyl -C6H5 |
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| "SEA MOuRNS CANned PEAs" = Substitution Electrophilic – Aromatic, Most Other Reactions - Nucleophilic Substitution, Carbonyl - Addition Nucleophilic, Pi bonds - Electrophilic Addition |
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| Basic Physical Quantities |
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| "Taking Luxurious Limos More Noxious Than Cycling" = Temperature (K), Length (m), Luminous intensity (Cd), Mass (kg), Number of particles (moles), Time (s), Charge (C) |
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| "Quintessential Curriculum Vitae" = Q = CV, "England Hails Queen Victoria" = E (energy stored) = ½QV |
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| "Essay" = Elastic modulus = stress / strain, Stress is associated with the forss (force) applied, Strain is the deformation produced |
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| "RIVUXGa" = Electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency: Radio waves, Infra red, Visible spectrum, Ultra violet, X-rays, Gamma rays |
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| Force on a Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field |
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| "Fast Quality Vitalizes Business" = F = QvB |
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| "D DUV" = For Diverging mirrors and lenses, the image is always Diminished, Upright, and Virtual, regardless of the distance of the object from the mirror or lens. |
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| "ROY G. BIV" = Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (In order of increasing frequency) |
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