Mnemonics

Question 1

pyrimidines?

Answer 1

CUT PY pyrimidines are cytosine, uracil, and thymine

Question 2

purines?

Answer 2

PUre As Gold purines are adenine and guanine

Question 3

stop codons?

Answer 3

U Are Annoying, U Go Away, U Are Gone, UAA UGA UAG

Question 4

rna polymerase

Answer 4

RMT
RNA polymerase 1 for rRNA
2 for mRNA
3 for tRNA

Question 5

phases of cell cycle

Answer 5

I Pee on the MAT
interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Question 6

atrioventricular valve names

Answer 6

LAB RAT : Left Atrium Bicuspid, Right A trium Tricuspid.

Question 7

hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary gland

Answer 7

FLAT PiG

F SH, L H, A CTH, T SH, P rolactin, (the “i” is little so you can ignore it), Growth hormone

Question 8

salty banana

Answer 8

K inside, Na outside

Question 9

hydrophobic amino acids

Answer 9

GAV e LIF e W ith M y P artner.

GAVLIFWMP.

Question 10

charged amino acids

Answer 10

D ragons E at K nights R iding H orses… DEKRH

Question 11

aromatic amino acids

Answer 11

wifey WFY

Question 12

type of blotting and what is being tested on the blot

Answer 12

SNOW DROP

southern for DNA
northern for RNA
western for protein

Question 13

visible spectrum colors high to low (740 nm to 380nm)

Answer 13

ROY G B i V for the visible spectrum

R ed, O range, Y ellow, G reen, B lue, V iolet.

Question 14

most electronegative elements to least electronegative in covalent compounds

Answer 14

FONClBrISCH … F luorine, O xygen, N itrogen, C h l orine, Br omine, I odine, S ulfur, C arbon, and H ydrogen.

first three can H bond

Question 15

equation for Gibbs Free Energy

Answer 15

Goldfish are Horrible Without Tartar Sauce

ΔG = ΔH – TΔS

Question 16

strong acids

Answer 16

So I B rought No Cl ean Clo thes” to remember the strong acids:

H2 S O4,
H I ,
H Br ,
H NO 3,
H Cl ,
H ClO 4.

Question 17

correct type for naturally occurring amino acids and carbohydrates

Answer 17

two major cities on opposite sides of the United States, Los Angeles (LA) and Washington, District of Columbia ( DC ). This stands for L Amino acids and D Carbohydrates.

Question 18

thin-layer chromatography

Answer 18

polar is lower and slower ” (polar compounds move more slowly up the plate and are lower on the plate than nonpolar compounds) nonpolar elute faster

Question 19

Furanose

Answer 19

Five membered ring

Question 20

hydroxyl group orientation in beta anomer

Answer 20

“It’s better to B UP !!” to remember that the hydroxyl group points UP in a β anomer.

Question 21

four things that increase a molecule’s stability

Answer 21

cowboys have hard, early days. They must RISE and go to the STABLE : R esonance, I nduction, S ize, and E lectronegativity (basically, anything that minimizes charge).

Question 22

acetal vs ether

Answer 22

ether: c-o-c
acetal: o-c-o

Question 23

NMR spectroscopy signal

Answer 23

D eshielded signals are more D ownfield (they have higher ppm values).

Question 24

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

Answer 24

S ome P eople C an F ly: S ensorimotor, P re-operational, C oncrete operational, and F ormal operational.

Question 25

McCrae and Costa Five-Factor Model of personality traits

Answer 25

OCEAN : O penness to experience, C onscientiousness, E xtroversion, A greeableness, and N euroticism.

Question 26

Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory contains eight stages of development

Answer 26

“Trust the auto insurance industry; identify with intimate geniuses with integrity”

Trust vs Mistrust

Auto nomy v Shame and Doubt

In itiative v Guilt

Industry v Inferiority

Identi ty v Role Confusion

Intima cy v Isolation

Gen erativity v Stagnation

Integrity v Despair

Question 27

Water soluble compounds

Answer 27

NAG SHAm
Nitrates (NO_3-)
Acetate (CH_3*CO_2_*-)
Group 1 metal cations (Li, Na, K, Cs, Rb)
Sulfates (SO_42-) except with PMS Castro Bar
Halogens except with PMS
Ammonium (NH_4+)
PMS = Pb (Lead), Mercury (Hg), Silver (Ag)
Castro Bar = Ca (Calcium), Str (Strontium), Ba (Barium)

Question 28

Calcium hormones

Answer 28

Calcitonin: calcium into bones
Parathyroid: rids bone of calcium

Question 29

Retrovirus

Answer 29

retrovirus has RNA reverse transcriptase
Two r’s in retrovirus: RNA reverse (transcriptase)

Question 30

Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

Answer 30

Mutations, migration, drift, non-random mating, selection
Maggie May Does Not Smoke

Question 31

Embryogenesis

Answer 31

Morula, Blastula, Gastrula
Must Be Good

Question 32

Fat soluble vitamins

Answer 32

ADEK

Question 33

Hormones that increase blood glucose

Answer 33

Somatotropin (growth hormone), thyroid hormones (T3 & T4), epinephrine, norepinephrine, glucagon, glucocorticosteroids, immunoglobulins
STENGGI ferengi like sweet blood

Question 34

Path of sperm

Answer 34

Seminiferous tubules, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, urethra, penis
SEVEN UP

Question 35

mRNA post-processing

Answer 35

Exons Expressed, Introns in the trash

Question 36

White blood cells

Answer 36

Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils
Nobody Likes Me Eating Badgers

Question 37

Diverging lens image

Answer 37

diminished, upright, virtual
DDUV

Question 38

citric acid cycle

Answer 38

Can I Keep Selling Sex For Money Officer? Citrate to Isocitrate to Alpha-Keto to Succinyl-CoA to Succinate to Fumerate to Malate to OAA

Question 39

polar hydrophilic amino acids

Answer 39

queen tanu never stays chill

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