USMLE Mnemonics by Topic

USMLE Step 1/Immunology

USMLE Step 1/Biochemistry

Pre-Medicine/MCAT

Vitamins (03:14:32)

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Biochemistry

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Biochemistry

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Deficiency and Excess

Hartnup Disease

Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)

Vitamin B7 (Biotin)

Vitamin B9 (Folate)

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Biochemistry

Vitamins B9 and B12 Deficiencies

Vitamin A (Retinol) Biochemistry

Vitamin A (Retinol) Deficiency and Excess

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Biochemistry

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Deficiency and Excess

Vitamin D Biochemistry

Vitamin D Deficiency and Excess

Vitamin E (Tocopherol/Tocotrienol)

Vitamin K Biochemistry

Vitamin K Deficiency

Kwashiorkor and Marasmus

Biochemical Pathways (03:05:50)

De Novo Purine Synthesis

Pyruvate Metabolism

Sorbitol (Polyol) Pathway

Fatty Acid Synthesis (Citrate Shuttle)

Fatty Acid Breakdown (Carnitine Shuttle)

Ethanol Metabolism

Purine Excretion

Catecholamine Synthesis & Breakdown

De Novo Pyrimidine Synthesis

Homocysteine Metabolism

Alanine (Cahill) Cycle

Galactose Metabolism

Lipids (01:12:22)

Chylomicron Metabolism

VLDL Metabolism

Abetalipoproteinemia

Familial Hyperchylomicronemia

Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Familial Dysbetalipoproteinemia

Familial Hypertriglyceridemia

Porphyrias (15:29)

Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)

Autosomal Dominant Diseases (01:05:41)

Marfan Syndrome

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS)

Huntington Disease

Job (Hyper IgE) Syndrome

Hereditary Spherocytosis

von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)

Von Recklinghausen Disease (NF I)

Neurofibromatosis Type II (NF II)

Myotonic Dystrophy

Metabolic Disorders (01:32:58)

Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Essential Fructosuria

Hereditary Fructose Intolerance

Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Galactokinase Deficiency

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Lysosomal Storage Diseases (42:56)

Hurler and Hunter Syndromes

Tay-Sachs and Niemann-Pick

Gaucher Disease

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Glycogen Storage Diseases (20:27)

Pompe Disease (Type II)

Von Gierke (Type I)

Cori Disease (Type III)

McArdle Disease (Type V)

Chromosomal Abnormalities (57:08)

Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)

Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)

Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)

Klinefelter Syndrome

Turner Syndrome

Williams Syndrome

Cri du Chat Syndrome

Collagen Related Disorders (47:43)

Alport Syndrome

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease)

Collagen Synthesis

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Goodpasture Syndrome

DNA Repair (27:57)

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Ataxia-Telangiectasia

Lung Cancer (23:02)

Lung Cancer Overview

Small Cell Carcinoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Large Cell Carcinoma

Bronchial Carcinoid Tumor

Neurological Disorders (01:09:10)

Craniopharyngioma

Oligodendroglioma

Glioblastoma Multiforme (Grade IV Astrocytoma)

Tuberous Sclerosis

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Tension Headache

Toxicology (41:43)

Cyanide Poisoning

Methanol Poisoning

Ethylene Glycol Poisoning

Ciguatoxin (Ciguatera Fish Poisoning)

Spoiled Fish (Scombroid) Poisoning

Mechanoreceptors (18:36)

Pacinian Corpuscle (Lamellar Corpuscle)

Meissner Corpuscle (Tactile Corpuscle)

Ruffini Endings (Ruffini Corpuscle)

Vasculitides (40:22)

Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis

Takayasu Arteritis

Buerger Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans)

Peroxisome (19:44)

Zellweger Syndrome

Adrenoleukodystrophy

Mitochondrial Diseases (13:19)

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Mitochondrial Myopathies

Lab Diagrams (14:47)

BMP (Chem7) Fishbone

Misc (02:40:27)

Chediak-Higashi Syndrome

Bruton (X-linked) Agammaglobulinemia

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)

Lactase Deficiency

McCune-Albright Syndrome

Hexokinase vs Glucokinase

COP I & II and Clathrin

Kartagener Syndrome (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia)

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Cystic Fibrosis Overview

Medicare vs Medicaid

Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Burkitt Lymphoma

Fragile X Syndrome

Whipple's Disease

Osteoid Osteoma vs Osteoblastoma

GPCRs (in-progress) (31:31)

Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors

M1 Muscarinic Receptors

Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptors

Beta-1 Adrenergic Receptors

Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptors

Beta-3 Adrenergic Receptors

Diabetes Drugs (in-progress) (36:28)

Insulin Preparations

First-Gen Sulfonylureas

Second-Gen Sulfonylureas

DPP-4 Inhibitors

Glitazones / Thiazolidinediones

alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors

In Progress (35:29)

Propionic Acid Pathway

Cystic Fibrosis Complications

Coagulation Panel

Homocystinuria Findings

HMP Shunt (Pentose Phosphate Pathway)

Microscopic Polyangiitis

Systemic Primary Carnitine Deficiency

Abetalipoproteinemia

Wegener's Granulomatosis

G6PD Deficiency

MCAD Deficiency

Dyslipidemias (deprecated) (21:56)

Apolipoproteins

Hyperchylomicronemia

Hypercholesterolemia

Dysbetalipoproteinemia

Hypertriglyceridemia