Anatomy Mnemonics

  1. Anatomical Planes
    • Coronal: cutting through the head
    • Horizontal: cut through the abdomen
    • Sagittal: cutting the body in half
  2. Inversion vs. Eversion
    Little INtroVERted boys roll their feet in when talking to girls
  3. Ossification Ages
    • Every Potential Anatomist Should Known When
    • Elbow: 16 years 
    • Pelvis, Ankle: 17 years 
    • Shoulder, Knee: 18 years 
    • Wrist: 19 years
  4. Plantarflexion vs. Dorsiflexion
    Plantar flexion occurs when you squish a Plant with your foot
  5. Supine vs. Prone Body Position
    • Know SUPination is your hand while carrying a bowl of SOUP 
    • Your face follows where your palm is facing 
    • Put a handpuppet on your hand is in supination and the puppet will be the supine position
  6. Ansa Cervicalis Nerves
    • GHost THought SOmeone STupid SHot Irene
    • Geniohyoid 
    • Thyrohyoid
    • Superior Omohyoid 
    • Sternohyoid 
    • Inferior omohyoid
  7. Bell's Palsy
    • BELL'S Palsy
    • Blink reflex abnormal 
    • Earache 
    • Lacrimation (deficient, excess)
    • Loss of taste 
    • Sudden onset 
    • Palsy of VII nerve muscle
  8. Brachial Plexus
    • MAunt Raped MUncle 
    • (From lateral to medial)
    • Musculocutaneous 
    • Axillary 
    • Radial 
    • Median 
    • Ulnar
  9. Brachial Plexus (Branches of Posterior Cord)
    • STAR
    • Subscapular (upper and lower)
    • Thoracodorsal 
    • Axillary
    • Radial
  10. Brachial Plexus (Numbers of Each Section)
    • 5-3-2-3-5
    • 5 Rami
    • 3 Trunks 
    • 2 Divisions 
    • 3 Cords 
    • 5 Terminal nerves
  11. Brachial Plexus (Organization)
    • The Castrated Dog Turns Rabid
    • Terminal branches 
    • Cords
    • Divisions 
    • Trunks 
    • Roots
  12. Carotid Sheath (Contents)
    • I See 10 CC's in the IV
    • I see (I. C.) = Internal Carotid artery 
    • 10 = CN 10 (vagus nerve)
    • CC = Common Carotid artery 
    • IV = Internal Jugular Vein
  13. Cartilage Derivatives of 1st Pharyngeal Arch (mandibular)
    • I'M A Super Sexy Guy
    • Incus
    • Malleus 
    • Anterior ligament of malleus
    • Spine of sphenoid 
    • Sphenomandibular ligament 
    • Genial tubercle of mandible
  14. Cavernous Sinus (Contents)
    • O TOM CAT
    • O TOM are lateral wall components (superior to inferior)
    • CA are components within the sinus (medial to lateral)
    • Occulomotor nerve (III)
    • Trochlear nerve (IV)
    • Ophthalmic nerve (V1)
    • Maxillary nerve (V2)
    • Carotid artery 
    • Abducent nerve (VI)
    • T when written, connects to the T of OTOM
  15. Cranial Bones (Names)
    • Old Pygmies From Thailand Eat Skulls or Old People From Texas Eat Spiders 
    • Prostitutes Offer Free Sex TEveryone or PEST OF 6
    • Fraternity Parties Occassionally Teach Spam Etiquette 
    • Occipital 
    • Parietal 
    • Frontal
    • Temporal 
    • Ethmoid 
    • Sphenoid
  16. Cervical Plexus
    • 4 compass points (clockwise from north on right side of neck)
    • Great auricular
    • Lesser occipital 
    • Accessory nerve pops out between L and S
    • Supraclavicular 
    • Transverse cervical
  17. Cricoarytenoids (Abductor vs. Adductor)
    • When aliens abduct you, they Probe you 
    • Posterior cricoarytenoids abduct
    • Lateral is adduct by default
  18. Ear (Bones of Inner Ear)
    • Mailing Includes Stamps
    • Take a Hammer: Malleus 
    • Hit an Indian Elephant: Incus 
    • It Puts Its Foot in a Stirrup: Stapes
    • Describes the shape, and relative position (from out to in) of the inner ear bones
  19. External Carotid Artery (Branches)
    • Some Anatomists Like Fucking, Others Prefer M
    • AShe Lay Flat, Oscar's Passion Slowly Mounted 
    • Some Angry Ladies Figured Out PMS
    • Superior thyroid 
    • Ascending pharyngeal 
    • Lingual 
    • Facial 
    • Occipital 
    • Posterior auricular 
    • Superficial temporal 
    • Maxillary
  20. External Jugular Vein (Tributaries)
    • PAST
    • Posterior external jugular vein 
    • Anterior jugular vein 
    • Suprascapular vein 
    • Transverse cervical vein
  21. Extraocular Muscles (Cranial Nerve Innervation)
    • LR6 SO4 AO3
    • Lateral Rectus is 6th 
    • Superior Oblique is 4th 
    • All others 3rd cranial nerve
  22. Extraocular Muscles (Movement)
    • ObliqLiques cause lateral rotation of eyeball
    • Obliques cause lateral, all other rectii are medial rotators of the eyeball
    • Action of the obliques is opposite to their names
    • Action of the rectii is rightly fitting to their names 
    • Both superiors cause intorsion and both inferiors cause extorsion
  23. Extrinsic Muscles of Tongue
    • Paris St. German's Hour 
    • Palatoglossus 
    • Styloglossus 
    • Genioglossus 
    • Hyoglossus
  24. Eye Rotation by Oblique Muscles
    • I Love Salma & Maryann
    • Inferior oblique: Lateral eye rotation 
    • Superior oblique: Medial eye rotation
  25. Facial Bone (Names)
    • Virgil Can Not Make MPet Zebra Laugh
    • Vomer 
    • Conchae 
    • Nasal 
    • Maxilla 
    • Mandible 
    • Palatine 
    • Zygomatic 
    • Lacrimal
  26. Face Muscles
    • Mandibular nerve: Mastication 
    • Facial nerve: Facial expression
  27. Facial Nerves (Branches)
    • Two Zombies Buggered MCat or Two Zulus Bit MCat (superior to inferior)
    • Temporal branch
    • Zygomatic branch 
    • Buccal branch 
    • Mandibular branch 
    • Cervical branch
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Anatomy Mnemonics
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Medical mnemonics
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