Kreb Cycle

Med Student Sing along to memorize the steps of the Kreb Cycle (aka TCA cycle, the Citric Acid Cycle, Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle)

We're the Steps in the Kreb Cycle (to the tune "Kids in America")

OAA (spoken before verse)
Citrate to Isocitrate
Lose CO2
Alpha-ketoglutarate
You've learned half the cycle--just concentrate

Lose another CO2 and
Turn to Succinyl CoA
Then Succinate
Fumarate, Malate
Oxaloacetate

Acetyl CoA's the one
Joins OAA and the fun

We're the steps in the Kreb cycle (Wah-oh)
We're the steps in the Kreb cycle (Wah-oh)
Tricarboxylic acid cycle

(Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na)
(OAA)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Biology
• Mitochondria
• metabolism
• Medical
• School
• study
• help
• GIMNER
• TCA
• Kreb
• cycle
• Tricarboxylic
• Acid
• Citric
• Sing
• Along
• science
• mnemonic
• spoof

[lengocbaotram]

Thank you!!! The only part I could really sing was "to the Kreb's cycle oh oh" lol but this is much more helpful than notecards!! :)

[englishgalmd]

@lengocbaotram :-)

[TheGreenPlague]

OH WAIT A SECOND, it would make so much more sense NOT to give all the processes complicated names, that way we wouldn't need all this stuff.

[englishgalmd]

@TheGreenPlague I'm going to agree with you there. Alas, the world is not how I would have designed it.  Boo!

[CaptainofSquad14]

that was hilarious

[englishgalmd]

Thanks! Can't wait till I have a little time to update it. :-)

[TheGreenPlague]

@englishgalmd  well, at least this works. I's interesting that we can actually memorize better when given a tune! It worked for my spanish, and it works for the kreb.