mnemonic: Courtesy my little brain

hey, here is a tuff one..

for clotting factors present in blood in order...

very very useful though..

and the mnemonic is...

Four Policemen Taking CLUeS ASPHaLt .. plzz remember to insert a C b/w A and S in asphalt....

blood's 13 clotting factors in order ...these are actually denoted by the roman numerals...Factor I , Factor II etc.. upto factor XIII ...

Fibrinogen

Prothrombin

Thromboplastin

Ca++

Labile factor / proaccelerin

Unidentified

stable factor/ Serum prothrombin convergen factor/ proconvertin

Anti haemophilic factor-A (AHF-A)

Chrismas factor / (AHF-B)/ Plasma thromboplastin component

Stuart factor

Plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA) or AHF-C

hageman factor / glass factor / contact factor

Laki-Lorand factor / fibrinase / Fibrin stabilising factor..

its most difficult thing to memorise in AIPMT syllabus according to me...