Anatomy - MNEMONICS

Question 1

How do you remember the branches that arise from the axillary artery?

Answer 1

SomeTimes Life Seems A Pain.
Superior thoracic (1st part)
Thoraco-acromial, Lateral thoracic (2nd part)
Subscapular, Anterior circumflex humeral, Posterior circumflex humeral (3rd part)

Question 2

How do you remember the nerves that arise from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus?

Answer 2

ULTRA:
Upper subscapular
Lower subscapular
Thoracodorsal
Radial
Axillary

Question 3

How do you remember the 5 largest terminal nerves arising from the brachial plexus?

Answer 3

My Aunty Raped My Uncle.

Musculocutaneous, Axillary, Radial, Median, Ulnar.

Question 4

What is a mnemonic to help remember the contents of the cubital fossa?

Answer 4

Really Need (radial nerve) Beer To (biceps tendon) Be At (brachial artery) My Nicest (median nerve).
From lateral to medial

Question 5

How do you remember which part of the brainstem each cranial nerve has its nucleus?

Answer 5

1st four above the pons
2nd four at the pons
3rd four below the pons

Question 6

How do you remember where to find the Foramina of Luschka and Magendie?

Answer 6

L for lateral, M for median (in the 4th ventricle)

Question 7

What is an easy way to remember the interossei of the foot and the hand?

Answer 7

PAD DAB.
The Plantar interossei ADduct, there are only three, and only unipennate.
The Dorsal interossei ABduct, there are four, and they are bipennate.
This is the same for the foot and the hand.