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Hi people,

can someone pl. help me out remembering this things?

> How do you remember cranial nerves? is there any trick to remember cranial nerve's function?

> I've a hard time remembering this psych terminology: Repression, Regression, undoing, compensation,dissociative reaction, distancing,blocking etc..., how do you remember this in little easy way?:idea:

one of the my weak area is psych. I've noticed that psychosocial integrity & psychosocial adaptation is weak area.

Pl. help me, how to remember this things in an easy way !!Thank you.

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For the cranial nerves, I am still working on function, but to remember the names in order, I use what I learned in Anatomy:

On - Olfactory

Old - Optic

Olympus - Oculomotor

Towering - Trochlear

Tops - Trigeminal

A - Abducens

Finn - Facial

And - Acoustic

German - Glossopharyngeal

Viewed - Vagus

Some - Spinal Accessory

Hops - Hypoglossal

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This is how I learned in my A&P class, it really helped with memorization.

Oh, Oh, Oh To Touch And Feel Very Green Vegetables AH!

For some reason I lost some of my post in the twilight Zone!

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as for function of the cranial nerves, i didn't have a trick, just had to memorize. but my a&p prof gave a pretty good tool for remembering the names:

oh-olfactory

oh-optic

oh-oculomotor

to-trochlear

touch-trigeminal

and-abducens

feel-facial

very-vestibulocochlear

good-glossopharyngeal

very-vagus

ah-accessory and hypoglossal

i guess adding that little bit of naughty was a good way to get it to stick for us! worked for me!!

;)

as for the psych terms, i guess i didn't have anything that worked, because i sure can't remember them now!

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This was how I was taught to memorize the function (sensory, motor, or both) of cranial nerves 31 years ago, and I still remember. You need to match this up with the names of the cranial nerves (methods suggested in the prior posts) to better understand the function of each specific nerve.

S=sensory

M=motor

B=both (both sensory & motor)

Some-CN 1

Say-CN II

Marry-CN III

Money-CN IV

But-CN V

My-CN VI

Brother-CN VII

Say-CN VII

Bad-CN IX

Business-CN X

Marry-CN XI

Money-CN XII

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This was how I was taught to memorize the function (sensory, motor, or both) of cranial nerves 31 years ago, and I still remember. You need to match this up with the names of the cranial nerves (methods suggested in the prior posts) to better understand the function of each specific nerve.

S=sensory

M=motor

B=both (both sensory & motor)

Some-CN 1

Say-CN II

Marry-CN III

Money-CN IV

But-CN V

My-CN VI

Brother-CN VII

Say-CN VII

Bad-CN IX

Business-CN X

Marry-CN XI

Money-CN XII

yeah! that's how I was taught too! I never forget and it's very easy to remember when paired as stated above. I learnt them with On Old .....

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The way I remembered it:

Oh!- Olfactory

Oh!- Optic

Oh!- Oculomotor

To- Trochlear

Touch- Trigeminal

And- Abducens

Feel- Facial

Virgin- Vestibulocochlear

Girl's-Glossopharyngeal

Vag**a- Vagus

And- Accessory

Hym*n- Hypoglossal

Quite a DIRTY Thing but it helps me out!!!! LOL!

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Hi everybody,

Thank you so much for answering my one of the question. I remember the name of the que. but only have a hard time remembering functions of the cra. nerves. this is how I remember the names:-

Triple "O" , double "T" , "A F A",GVSH (OOOTTAFAGVSH)

LEDA, Thanks a lot for letting me know little easier way to remember it's function.

I didn't get my answer regarding psych. terminology. I guess other people are facing same problem too!!

BTW,AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO REPLIED TO ME. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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Hi everybody,

Thank you so much for answering my one of the question. I remember the name of the que. but only have a hard time remembering functions of the cra. nerves. this is how I remember the names:-

Triple "O" , double "T" , "A F A",GVSH (OOOTTAFAGVSH)

LEDA, Thanks a lot for letting me know little easier way to remember it's function.

I didn't get my answer regarding psych. terminology. I guess other people are facing same problem too!!

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I can't tell you thank you enough for this post. I saw the other examples

On - Olfactory

Old - Optic

Olympus - Oculomotor.....ect

online and some people in my class even showed the teacher, but as much as I tried, I could not remember the different nerves to save my life. I happened to see your post, and I read it over once, and it was set. I will probably never forget in what order the cranial nerves are in now. I always do better at remembering things if I can make them dirty, lol. Just had to say thank you!!!!

-Angie

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I found this on Google from American Nurse Today. It helped me learn them!!!

Here is the PDF link...

http://www.americannursetoday.com/assets/0/434/436/440/5120/5122/5154/5156/904adb93-6d32-4770-83d7-e6f1ad1667d2.pdf

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