List of medical mnemonics
This is a list of medical mnemonics categorized and alphabetized.
Afferent connection arrives and an efferent connection exits.
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Tibialis anterior
extensor Hallucis longus
anterior tibial Artery
deep fibular Nerve
extensor Digitorum longus
Peronius tertius [aka fibularis tertius]
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From proximal to distal:
I See 10 CC's in the IV:p. 1
I See (I.C.) = Internal Carotid artery
10 = CN 10 (Vagus nerve)
CC = Common Carotid artery
IV = Internal Jugular Vein
O TOM CAT:p. 1
O TOM are lateral wall components, in order from superior to inferior.
CA are the components within the sinus, from medial to lateral. CA ends at the level of T from O TOM.
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
Left Hand Side (LHS):
Left gastric artery
Hepatic artery
Splenic artery
There are many mnemonics for the names of the cranial nerves, e.g. "OOOTTAFAGVSH" is "OLd OPen OCeans TROuble TRIbesmen ABout Fish VEnom Giving VArious ACute/SPlitting Headaches" (a mnemonic that gives enough letters to distinguish between nerves that start with the same letter), or "On old Olympus's towering tops, a Finn and German viewed some hops," and for the initial letters "OOOTTAFVGVAH" is "Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel very good velvet ... ah, heaven." The differences between these depend on "acoustic" versus "vestibulocochlear" and "spinal-accessory" versus "accessory".
A common example mnemonic for remembering which nerves are motor (M), sensory (S), or both (B), "Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Benevolent Bride Matters More". There are a very large number of additional mnemonics.
For the five branches of the facial nerve there are: Two Zebras Bit My Cookie or To Zanzibar By MotorCar
Aortic hiatus = 12 letters = T12
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