-ANATOMY MNEMONICS
HEAD:
•Cranial bones "PEST OF 6": Parietal Ethmoid Sphenoid Temporal Occipital Frontal · The 6 just
reminds that there's 6 of them to remember.
•BRACHIAL PLEXUS: Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches •
Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beers. •Robert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer.
•Brachial plexus: branches of posterior cord
STAR: Subscapular [upper and lower] Thoracodorsal Axillary Radial
•CRANIAL NERVES:
Trigeminal nerve: where branches exit skull
"Standing Room Only": Superior orbital fissure is V1 foramen Rotundum is V2 foramen Ovale
is V3
, Vagus nerve: path into thorax"I Left my Aunt in Vegas": Left Vagus nerve goes Anterior
descending into the thorax.
NASAL CAVITY COMPONENTS
"Never Call Me Needle Nose!":
Nares [external] Conchae Meatuses Nares [internal] Nasopharynx · Note mnemonic sentence is
nasally-related.
•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)
•ATTACHMENTS OF CHEST MUSCLES:
•A lady between two majors.
•Pectoralis major attaches to lateral lip of bicipital groove.
•Teres major attaches to medial lip of bicipital groove.
•Latissimus dorsi attaches to the floor of bicipital groove. •The "lati" is between two "majors."
•AORTIC BRANCHES: •ABC'S
•Aortic arch gives off the Bracheiocephalic trunk, the left Common Carotid, and the left
Subclavian artery
EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY BRANCHES
Sister Lilly’s Powdered Face Often Attracts Medical Students
Superior thyroid L lingual P-Pharyngeal F-Facial,O-Occipital A-Auricular M-Maxillary S-
Supeficial temporal
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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