anyone want to share their a&p mnemonics?

LilRedRN1973 · Oct 14, 2003

This is for the cranial nerves and how to remember which is motor, which is sensory, and which are both.

Silly Sally's Mother Makes Big Maroon Balls Sail By Bob's Blue Mercedes.

Sensory, Sensory, Motor, Motor, Both, Motor, Both, Sensory, Both, Both, Both, Motor.

And this one is for the cranial nerves

Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel A Girl's lady parts And Hips

Olfactory, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, (Spinal) Accessory, Hypoglossal

LilRedRN1973 · Oct 14, 2003

Oops....I left out Optic from that last one....it's supposed to be Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, etc......that's what happens when you have small children buggin' ya while you're trying to type! = )

sunnyside · Oct 14, 2003

Regarding the nerves posted above i've got

"oh once one take the anatomy final all good vacations are heavenly"

and my friends and I made up a TON of dirty ones for the bones hee hee hee let me know if I can post 'em here...did I mention I tutor A & P?

S.N. Visit, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2003

These are great! I won't have A& P until the next spring, but i'm glad to start taking notes :) Keep them comming!

allthingsbright · Oct 14, 2003

yeah, dirty ones seem to stick best in my head for some reason. i would think it would be okay to post them w/out the profanity maybe? my professor has even given us some risque mnenomics.

amy :)

bigmona · Oct 14, 2003

Ace Is Ill at the Pub - for the coxal bone: acetabulum (composed of) ischium, illium, pubis bones

Tendons have a tendency to be seen

AmyLiz · Oct 14, 2003

TIRE

for the abdominal muscles in order...

Transversus abdominis

Internal abdominal oblique

Rectus abdominis

External abdominal oblique

Jennerizer, ASN, RN · Oct 14, 2003

For the wbc......from highest percentage to the lowest. This is a good one for microbiology too.

Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas

N= neutrophils

L=lymphocytes

M=monocytes

E=eosinophils

B=basophils

LilRedRN1973 · Oct 15, 2003

http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/browse.cfm

angelac1978 · Oct 15, 2003

here's one for the carpals:

Never Lower Tilly's Pants

GrandMa Might Come Home

N-navicular

L-lunate

T-triquetrium

P-pisiform

GM-greater multangular

lM-lesser multangular

C-capitate

H-hamate

snowbiggie · Oct 18, 2003

Another one for the wrist carpals:

1.....Praise The Lord, Say Those Terrific Christian Hymms.....

Pisiform

Triquetral

Lunate

Scaphoid(Navicular)

Trapezium

Trapezoid

Capitate

Hamate

2. And one to remember the distal humerous articulations(the sides)

(trademark) TM= Trochlea Medial

(Clear Lake) CL=Capitulum Lateral.

3. Another one for some of the foot muscles...

(A) Tom, Dick & Harry or (B)Tall, Dark & Handsome

Tibialis Posterior

Digitorum longus

Hallicus Longus

4. small trick for AcidMucoPolySaccharides.

=AMPS!

Don't know why I had the last one, but AMPS kept coming up in my cell lectures...

I could continue...Hope some of this can help you(it certainly is helping me! Mnemonics rock!