Medical Mnemonic

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ANATOMY

Head & Neck

CRANIAL NERVES: I-Optic, II-Olfactory, III-

Oculomotor, IV-Trochlear, V-Trigeminal, VI-

Abducens, VII-Facial, VIII-Acoustic

(Vestibulocochlear), IX-Glossophrayngeal, X-Vagus,

XI-Spinal Accessory, XII-Hypoglossal

On Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German

Viewed Some Hops (older and cleaner)

Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel A Girls Vagina And

Hymen (newer and, well ...)

Which cranial nerve is Sensory, Motor, or Both- Some

Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Breasts

Matter More

BRANCHES OF FACIAL NERVE: Temporal,

Zygomatic, Buccal, Mandibular, Cervical

Ten Zebras Beat My Cock

Two Zulus buggered my cat –(for the sicker, amongst

you!)


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You have I nose. You have II eyes. (I - Olfactory; II --

Optic)

Standing Room Only -Exit of branches of trigeminal

nerve from the skull S

V1 -Superior orbital fissure, V2 -foramen Rotundum,

V3 -foramen Ovale

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)

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

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

ABC'S of the aortic arch!

Aortic arch gives off the Bracheiocephalic trunk,

the left Common Carotid, and the left

Subclavian artery

BRACHIAL PLEXUS: Roots, Trunks, Divisions,

Cords, Branches


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Robert Taylor Drinks Cold Beer.

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)

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.

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

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

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

Radial n. innervates the BEST!!!!

Brachioradialis

Extensors

Supinator

Triceps

Course of Ureters

Water runs under the bridge (uterine a. and ductus

deferens)

Carotid Sheath-- VAN

Internal Jugular Vein

Common carotid Artery

Vagus Nerve

Dermatomes


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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

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)

Pelvic Diaphragm


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PICOLO(A) -Posterior to anterior

PIriformis

COccygeus

Levator Ani

Pelvic Splanchic-Parasympathetic

Sacral Splanchic-Sympathetic

Armies travel over bridges, the Navy travels under.

(Bridge is the ligament...reference to suprascapular

artery and nerve.)

Pad, dab. Dorsal ABduct...Palmar

ADduct...interosseous muscles of hand/foot.

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

The 5 sphincters found in the Alimentary Canal are

APE OIL:

Anal, Pyloric, Lower Esophogeal, Oddi, and

Ileocecum.

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.

TIRE- four abdominal muscles -- transversus, internal

oblique, rectus abdominus, and external oblique

GFR -Layers of the adrenal:-- Glomerular, Fascicular,

Reticular

BIOCHEMISTRY


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In the Phasted State Phosphorylate

Phosphorylation cascade active when blood glucose

low.

Exons expressed, Introns in the trash--DNA

expression into mature mRNA

Pyrimidines are CUT from purines.

Pyrimidines are Cytosine, Uracil, Thiamine and are

one ring structures.

Purines are double ring structures.

Amino Acids:The ten essential amino acids:

"These Ten Valuable Amino Acids Have

Long Preserved Life In

Man."

(Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, Arginine,

Histidine, Lysine,

Phenylalanine, Leucine, Isoleucine,

Methionine)


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INsulin gets sugar INto cells- (Excess sugar is

removed via urine.The Romans noticed bees

attracted to the urine of diabetics and coined the term

"diabetes" to describe the overflow of sugar.)

GOAT FLAP- Eight hormones: Growth hormone,

Oxytocin, Adenocorticotropin, Thyroid stimulating

hormone, Follicle stimulating hormone, Leutinizing

hormone (interstitial cell stimulating hormone in

males), Anti-diruetic(Vasopressin), and Prolactin

(shhhh.... also Melatonin!)

PHARMACOLOGY

Morphine excites men, but sedates cats.

One heart two lungs--beta receptor activity

Beta-1 primarily on heart; airway is beta-2 receptors

CLINICAL


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Meckel’s diverticulum- rule of 2’s

2 inches long,

2 feet from the ileocecal valve,

2% of the population

commonlly presents in the first 2 years of life

may contain 2 types of epithelial tissue

Pheochromocytoma-rule of 10s:

10% malignant

10% Bilateral

10% extraadrenal

10% calcified

10% children

10% familial

* discussed 10 times more often than actually seen

Aphasia

"BROKen aphasia" (Broca’s aphasia-broken speech)


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"Wordys aphasia" (Wernicke’s aphasia- wordy, but

making no sense)

GET SMASH'D--Causes of Acute pancreatitis

Gallstones, Ethanol, Trauma, Steroids, Mumps,

Autoimmune(PAN), Scorpion bites, Hyperlipidemia,

Drugs(azathioprine, diuretics)

(Multiple endocrine neoplasia) Each of the MENs is a

disease of three or two letters plus a feature.

"MEN I" is a disease of the 3 Ps (pituitary, parathyroid

and pancreas)

plus adrenal cortex.

"MEN II " is a disease of the two Cs (carcinoma of the

thyroid and

catacholamines [pheochromocytoma]) plus

parathyroid for MEN IIa or

mucocutaneous neuromas for MEN IIb (aka MEN III).

Acute pneumonia caused by Pyogenic bacteria--PMN

infiltrate


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Acute pneumonia caused by Miscellaneous microbes

--Mononuclear infiltrate

Takayasu's diz = pulseless diz, therefore when you

have

Takayasu's, I can't Tak'a yu pulse.

Argyll-Robertson Pupil--syphilitic pupil (AKA

"Prostitute's pupil" - Accommodates, but doesn't react

)

Accommodation reflex present, Pupillary reflex absent

CAGE--alcohol use screening

1. Have you ever felt it necessary to CUT DOWN on

your drinking?

2. Has anyone ever told you they were ANNOYED by

your drinking?

3. Have you ever felt GUILTY about your drinking?

4. Have you ever felt the need to have a drink in the

morning for an EYE OPENER?


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P-Q-R-S-T--eliciting and HPI and exploring symptoms

P--palliative or provocative factors for the pain

Q--quality of pain(burning, stabbing, aching, etc.)

R--region of body affected

S--severity of pain(usually 1-10 scale)

T--timing of pain(eg.-after meals, in the morning, etc.)

The five W's--post-operative fever

Wind--pneumonia, atelectasis

Water--urinary tract infection

Wound--wound infections

Wonderdrugs--especially anesthesia

Walking--walking can help reduce deep vein

thromboses and pulmonary embolus

ACID or "Anna Cycled Immediately Downhill"

classification of hypersensitivity reactions

Type I - Anaphylaxis

Type II - Cytotoxic-mediated


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Type III - Immune-complex

Type IV - Delayed hypersensitivity

WBC Count:

"Never Let Momma Eat Beans(60, 30, 6, 3, 1)

Neutrophils 60%

Lymphocytes 30%

Monocytes 6%

Eosinophils 3%

Basophils 1%

A-P-G-A-R:

A - appearance (color)

P - pulse (heart rate)

G - grimmace (reflex, irritability)

A - activity (muscle tone)

R - respiratory effort

Predisposing Conditions for Pulmonary Embolism:

TOM SCHREPFER

T--trauma


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O--obesity

M--malignancy

S--surgery

C--cardiac disease

H--hospitalization

R--rest (bed-bound)

E--estrogen, pregnancy, post-partum

P--past hx

F--fracture

E--elderly

R--road trip

The 4 P's of arterial Occlusion: pain pallor

pulselessness paresthesias

The 4 T's of Anterior Mediastinal Mass:Thyroid

tumor,Thymoma,Teratoma, Terrible Lymphoma


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These are some international acronyms used around

the globe…….

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