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Femoral triangle: arrangement of contents

NAVEL:
· From lateral hip towards medial navel:
Nerve (directly behind sheath)
Artery (within sheath)
Vein (within sheath)
Empty space (between vein and lymph)
Lymphatics (with deep inguinal node)
· Nerve/Artery/Vein are all called Femoral.
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---Andrew J. Vasil UMD School of Medicine, Duluth, MN

Femoral triangle: arrangement of nerve, artery, vein

VAN:
· From medial to lateral:
Vein
Artery
Nerve
· Nerve/Artery/Vein are all called Femoral.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Aortic arch: major branch order

"Know your ABC'S":
Aortic arch gives rise to:
Brachiocephalic trunk
left Common Carotid
left Subclavian
· Beware though trick question of 'What is first branch of aorta?' Technically, it's the coronary arteries.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Lung lobe numbers: right vs. left

Tricuspid heart valve and tri-lobed lung both on the right side.
Bicuspid and bi-lobed lung both on the left side.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Ulnar nerve to ulnar artery and radial nerve to radial artery relations

Think "peripheral nerves":
The ulnar nerve is "ulnar" to the ulnar artery.
Radial nerve is "radial" to the radial artery.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Pancytopaenia differential

"All Of My Blood Has Taken Some Poison":
Aplastic anaemias
Overwhelming sepsis
Megaloblastic anaemias
Bone marrow infiltration
Hypersplenism
TB
SLE
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
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---Dr. Trisan W. Graham

Superior thyroid artery branches

"May I Softly Squeeze Charlie's Girl?":
Muscular
Infrahyoid
Superior laryngeal
Sternomastoid
Cricothyroid
Glandular
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---Anonymous Contributor

Haematology: key numbers

3 and 4 are key in in haematology:
1.34 cm3 of oxygen is carried by a gram of hemoglobin.
There's 3.4mg of iron in each gram of hemoglobin.
There's an average of 3.4 lobes per neutrophil.
There's 34mg bilirubin from each gram of hemoglobin.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Takayasu's disease is Pulseless disease

"Can't Tak'a ya pulse" (Can't take your pulse):
Takayasu's disease known as Pulseless disease, since pulse is weakened in the upper extremities.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Acute ischemia: signs [especially limbs]

6 P's:
Pain
Pallor
Pulselessness
Paralysis
Paraesthesia
Perishingly cold
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---Shebrain Cairo University