How do you remember this?

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

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!

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!

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

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 .....

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!

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.

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!!

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

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