ANATOMY MNEMONICS
List
of Three's in Anatomy
You have I nose. You have II eyes. (I - Olfactory; II -- Optic)
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Standing Room Only -Exit of branches of trigeminal nerve from the skull S
V1 -Superior orbital fissure, V2 -foramen Rotundum, V3 -foramen Ovale
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For the order of nerves that pass through the superior orbital fissure:
"Lazy French Tarts Lie Naked in Anticipation."
(Lacrimal, Frontal, Trochlear, Lateral, Nosociliary, Internal,
Abducens)
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2 Muscle of mastication- Lateral Lowers- lateral pterygoid is the one that
opens the jaw
4 Muscles of Mastication MTPP( which could be read as "Empty Peepee")
-masseter, temporal, lateral and medial pterygoids --
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Arteries as they come off the external carotid:
Superior thyroid, Ascending pharyngeal, Lingual, Facial, Occipital, Post
Auricular, Superficial temporal, Maxillary
Some Anatomists Like Fucking, Others Prefer S & M
Some Angry Lady Figured out PMS
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Innervation of Extraocularmotor Muscles: LR6 SO4 3
LR6--Lateral rectus--> VI abductens
SO4--Superior Oblique--> IV Trochlear
3--The remaining 4 eyeball movers = III Oculomotor
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ABC'S of the aortic arch!
Aortic arch gives off the Bracheiocephalic trunk,
the left Common Carotid, and the left
Subclavian artery
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BRACHIAL PLEXUS: Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches
Robert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer.
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CERVICAL SPINAL NERVES:
c345 keeps the phrenic alive (innervation of phrenic nerve) c345 keep the
diaphragm alive (innervation of diaphragm)
c5-6-7 raise your arms to heaven (nerve roots of long thoracic nerve
innervate serratus anterior)
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Cranial Bones
Annoying, aren't they?
The cranial bones are the PEST OF 6...
Parietal, Ethmoid,Sphenoid,Temporal,Occipital,Frontal- 6 ? (6-the number
of bones!)
( another one) Old People From Texas Eat Spiders.
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LOCATION OF THORACIC DUCT: The duck is between two gooses (duck = thoracic
duct) 2 gooses = azyGOUS and esophaGOUS
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Cartilages of the Larynx - There are 4 cartilages in the larynx whose
initial letters are TEAC (also the brandname of a home stereo).
Thyroid, Epiglottis, Arytenoid, Cricoid
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Abdomen-Pelvis
INNERVATION OF PENIS:
Parasympathetic puts it up; sympathetic spurts it out
Point , Shoot, Score! (erection, emmision ,ejaculation) Parasympathetic,
Sympathetic , Somatomotor
"S2, 3, 4 keep the penis off the floor" Innervation of the penis
by branches of the pudental nerve, derived from spinal cord levels S2-4
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Structures perforating the esophagus
"At T8 you see, perforates the IVC" (inferior Vena Cava)
the "EsoVagus" pierce T10 (esophagus, vagus nerve)
T12 - red, white and blue (aorta,thoracic duct,azygous vein)
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Femoral Sheath (lateral to medial) order of things in thigh -NAVEL
Nerve, Artery, Vein, Empty, Space, Lymphatics
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Radial n. innervates the BEST!!!!
Brachioradialis
Extensors
Supinator
Triceps
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Course of Ureters
Water runs under the bridge (uterine a. and ductus deferens)
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Carotid Sheath-- VAN
Internal Jugular Vein
Common carotid Artery
Vagus Nerve
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Dermatomes
C3 is a high turtleneck shirt
T4 is at the nipple
L1 is at the inguinal ligament (or L1 is IL -Inguinal ligament)
Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer--Brachial plexus
Robert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer
Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches
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Bones of the wrist -Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium,
Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate
1. Slowly Lower Tilly's Pants To The Curly Hairs
2. Swifty Lower Tilly's Pants to try coitus here. (the risque version)
3.Scared Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle. (Classic version)
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Pelvic Diaphragm
PICOLO(A) -Posterior to anterior
PIriformis
COccygeus
Levator Ani
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Pelvic Splanchic-Parasympathetic
Sacral Splanchic-Sympathetic
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Armies travel over bridges, the Navy travels under.
(Bridge is the ligament...reference to suprascapular artery and nerve.)
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Pad, dab. Dorsal ABduct...Palmar ADduct...interosseous muscles of
hand/foot.
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Layers of the epidermis-Germinativum or Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum,
Lucidum, Corneum
Grandpa Shagging Grandma's Love Child.
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Limbic System- the 5 F’s- Feeding, Fighting, Feeling, Flight and Fucking
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The 5 sphincters found in the Alimentary Canal are APE OIL:
Anal, Pyloric, Lower Esophogeal, Oddi, and Ileocecum.
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Sally Thompson Loves Sex And Pot pie. The branches of the Axillary Artery
are: Superior Thoracic, Thoracoacromial, Lateral Thoracic, Subscapular,
Anterior Circumflex Humeral, Posterior Circumflex Humeral, and Profunda
Brachii.
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TIRE- four abdominal muscles -- transversus, internal oblique, rectus
abdominus, and external oblique
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GFR -Layers of the adrenal:-- Glomerular, Fascicular, Reticular
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