Anatomy Mnemonics
Below are some old Anatomy Mnemonics someone once gave me that I found in my hard drive. Hopefully theyāll come in handy for someone else.
BONES āØ6 cranial bones āØOld People From Texas Eat Spiders. āØParietal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Temporal, Occipital, Frontal. āØāØLeg Bones āØTIBia is the Thick Inner Bone, and Fibula is Finer, Fluted, and Lateral. āØāØ8 facial bones āØCommon Love gone Zip?(Abbr. CMMNLVZP) āØconchae, mandible, maxilla, nasal, lacrimal, vomer, zygomaticus, palatine. āØāØ*Applying the first-3-letters rule to the facial bones, I came up with āØCon Man āØMax and Pal āØāØBones of the Wrist āØSome Lovers Try Positions That They Cannot Handle āØScaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate āØāØNever Lower Tillieās Pants, Mama Might Come Home. āØnavicular, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, greater and lesser multangular, capitate, and hamate. āØāØ*To remember that the carpals are bones of the wrist and not the foot, Lunate, Triquetrum, remember that CARPenters use their hands.āØ āØ7 types of bone fractures āØC3-PO Breaks his Bones āØ āØGreenstick, Open, Complete, Closed, Comminuted, Partial, and Others.āØ āØMUSCLES āØMuscles in gluteal region: from top to bottom: P-GO-GO-Q āØ Piriformis āØ Gemellus superior āØ Obturator internus āØ Gemellus inferior āØ Obturator externus āØ Quadratus femoris āØ āØMuscles whose tendons attach at the pes anserinus (medial tibia): SGTāØ(āSargentā) āØ Sartorius āØ Gracilis semiTendinosus āØ āØFour abdominal muscles ā āØTIRE: (deepest to most superficial) āØTransversus abdominis, Internal abdominal oblique, Rectus abdominis, and External abdominal oblique āØāØFunctions of the Interossei muscles āØ PAD ā Palmar ADduct āØ DAB ā Dorsal ABduct āØāØAttachments of Pectoralis Major, Teres Major and Latissimus Dorsi āØ A lady between two majors. āØ Pectoralis major attaches to lateral lip of bicipital groove. āØ Teres major attaches to medial lip of bicipital groove. āØ Latissimus dorsi attaches to the floor of bicipital groove. āØ The ālatiā is between two āmajors.ā āØ A lady between two majors. āØāØFour muscles which control the mandible āØmasseter, temporal, lateral and medial pterygoids āØform the letters MTPP, which could be read as "Empty Peepeeā which could be construed as a command (or wish) to empty oneās peepee viaā¦oh weād better not say it. āØāØFour abdominal muscles Spare TIRE āØtransversus, internal oblique, rectus, and external oblique āØ āØOn the floor of the mouth are two musclesāØDoctor on the Floor? āØmylohyoid and digastric ā MD. āØMuscles which regulate breathing āØYou Will DIE! If you donāt have'em āØDiaphragm, Inner costal, and External costalāØ āØThe SITS muscles make up the rotator cuff: āØ Supraspinatus āØ Infraspinatus āØ Teres Minor āØ Subscapularis āØāØNERVES āØRadial n. innervates the BEST!!!! āØ Brachioradialis āØ Extensors āØ Supinator āØ Triceps āØāØHand muscles innervated by the Median nerve āØLOAF āØ Lumbricals 1 + 2 āØ Opponens pollicis āØ Abductor pollicis brevis āØ Flexor pollicis brevis āØ Innervation of phrenic nerveāØ c345 keeps the phrenic alive āØ c345 keep the diaphragm aliveāØ Innervation of the penis: āØ Parasympathetic puts it up; sympathetic spurts it out āØ Point , Shoot, Score! (erection, emmision ,ejaculation) āØ Parasympathetic, Sympathetic ,Somatomotor āØ āØInnervation of the penis by branches of the pudental nerve āØ"S2, 3, 4 keep the penis off the floorā, derived from spinal cord levelsāØS2-4 āØ āØLong thoracic nerve innervates serratus anterior āØ c5-6-7 raise your arms to heaven āØāØLateral and Medial Pectoral Nerve āØLateral is less, medial is more. āØLateral pectoral nerves goes through pectoralis major while medial pn goes though both pectoral major and minor. āØāØ12 Facial Nerves āØ"At the OIL FACTORY, the OPTICIAN looked for the OCCUPANT of the TRUCK. HeāØwas searching because 3 GEMS had been ABDUCTED by a man who was hiding his FACE and EARS. A GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH has been taken of him, but it was too VAGUE to use. He appeared to be SPINELESS and HYPOCRITICAL.ā āØāØIn order, the oil factory is the olfactory nerve; the optician is the optical nerve; the occupant is the occulomotor nerve; the truck represents the trochlear nerve; the 3 gems are the trigeminal nerve; abducted is really the abducens;āØface is facial; ears really means auditory; glossy photograph is glosso-pharyngeal; spineless relates to the spinalāØaccessory nerve; and hypocritical is the hypoglossal nerve. āØāØWrist Nerves and Prohibition āØRUM, for radial, ulnar, and medial symptoms of nerve troubles are wrist drop, claw hand, and tunnel syndrome ā¦ āØrepresented by the letters WCT (Womenās Christian Temperance Union). āØāØCranial Nerves āØI-Optic āØII-Olfactory āØIII-Oculomotor āØIV-Trochlear āØV-Trigeminal, āØVI-Abducens āØVII-Facial āØVIII-Acoustic (Vestibulocochlear), āØIX-Glossophrayngeal, āØX-Vagus, āØXI-Spinal Accessory, āØXII-Hypoglossal āØOn Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops āØ Branches of the Facial Nerve (CN VII): āØTo Zanzibar by Motor Car āØTen Zebras Bought My Car āØTemporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Masseteric,Cervical āØ Brachial Plexus: āØRoots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, BranchesāØRobert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer. (or Richard Tucker Drinks Cheap Beer :-) ) āØāØInnervation of Extraocularmotor Muscles: LR6 SO4 Others 3 āØ LR6āLateral rectus - VI abductens āØ SO4āSuperior Oblique - IV Trochlear āØ Others 3āThe remaining 4 eyeball movers = III Oculomotor āØ āØFor the order of nerves that pass through the superior orbital fissure: āØ"Lazy French Tarts Lie Naked in Anticipation.ā āØ(Lacrimal, Frontal, Trochlear, Lateral, Nosociliary, Internal, Abducens) āØ9 branches of the abdominal portion of the aorta āØ"Celia Smithās Supra Rams Green Impala Past Stop Light" āØCeliac, Supra mesenteric, Supra-renal, Renal, Gonadal, Inferior mesenteric, Phrenic, Sacral, and Lumbar. āØāØVESSELS Structures passing posterior to the medial malleolus of the foot: āØ Tom, Dick, And Harry āØTibialis posterior tendon, flexor Digitorum longus tendon, post. tibial Artery and tibial nerve, and āØflexor Hallucis longus tendon. (i.e. Tibialis, Digitorum, Artery & nerve, and Hallucis) āØ āØCarotid Sheathā VAN āØ Internal Jugular Vein āØ Common carotid Artery āØ Vagus Nerve āØāØArteries as they come off the external carotid: āØSuperior thyroid, Ascending pharyngeal, Lingual, Facial, Occipital, Post Auricular, Superficial temporal, Maxillary āØSome Angry Lady Figured out PMS āØāØABCāS of the aortic arch! āØAortic arch gives off the Brachiocephalic trunk, the left Common Carotid, and Left Subclavian artery āØāØBranches of the aorta artery in the lower torso āØTranssexuals Remember the Aorta āØ"Come on In Ex-Female, Pop And Prance Past Doors and Planters". āØCommon iliac, Internal iliac, External iliac, Femoral, Popliteal, Anterior tibia, Posterior tibia, Peroneal, Dorsalis, medial and lateral Plantars.āØ āØBranches of the axillary artery āØ Sally Thompson Loves Sex And Pot pie āØSuperior Thoracic, Thoracoacromial, Lateral thoracic, Subscapular, Anterior circumflex humeral, Posterior circumflex humeral, and Profunda brachii. āØāØArteries off the External Carotid āØThey are buried in the phrase Some Loser F*cked My Sister āØSuperior Thyroid, Lingual, Facial, Maxillary, Superficial Temporal āØ āØVessels joining the inferior vena cava āØ"He Commonly Lumbers in the Viet Cong ReGion". āØA Vietnamese Lumberjackās Heart: āØ Hepatic, Common iliac, Lumbar, Vena Cava, Renals, Gonadals.āØ Stroke versus Aneurysm āØSTRoke is caused by arterial reSTRiction, and aneurysm is AN Erupting artery.āØ āØMISCELLANEOUS āØchecklist of factors causing back troubles āØDr. O. VESALIUS āØO - Osteomyelitis āØV - Vertebral fracture āØE - Extraspinal tumour āØS - Spondylolisthesis āØA - Ankylosing spondylitis āØL - Lumbar disk disease āØI - Intraspinal tumour āØU - Unhappiness āØS - Stress āØ Cranial sutures āØcranial sutures have CLASS! āØCoronal, Lambdoid, Squamous, Sagittal. āØ āØfive visceral sensors āØLow TEMPeratures have BARe-CHEsted cOSMO-girls kNOCking. temperature, barometric, chemical, osmotic, nociceptors āØāØFemoral Sheath (lateral to medial) order of things in thigh āØNAVEL āØ Femoral Nerve, āØ Femoral Artery, āØ Femoral Vein, āØ Empty Space, āØ Lymphatics (or Lacunar Ligament) āØ āØPelvic Diaphragm ā PICOLO(A) -Posterior to anterior āØ PIriformis āØ COccygeus āØ Levator Ani āØ āØLocation of Thoracic duct: āØThe duck is between two gooses (duck = thoracic duct) āØ2 gooses = azyGOUS and esophaGOUS āØ āØStructures perforating the diaphragm āØ āAt T8 you see, perforates the IVCā (inferior Vena Cava) the āEsoVagusā pierce T10 (esophagus, vagus nerve) āØ T12 - red, white and blue (aorta,thoracic duct,azygous vein) āØ āØCourse of Ureters āØWater runs under the bridge (uterine a. and ductus deferens) āØāØ
