Know Your Cranial Nerves | An Aid To Memory
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✒️ - By Aan Gray
Generations of biology and medical students have relied on mnemonic (memory-aiding) phrases and ditties, ranging from the sublimely silly to the unprintably ribald, to help them remember the cranial nerves and other anatomy. An old classic began, "On old Olympus towering tops..." with the first letter of each word matching the first letter of each cranial nerve (olfactory, optic, oculomotor, etc.). Some cranial nerves have changed names, however, since that passage was devised. One of the author's former students devised a better mnemonic that can remind you of the first two to four letters of most cranial nerves:
Old - Olfactory (I)
Opie - Optic (II)
Occasionally - Oculomotor (III)
Tries - Trochlear (IV)
Trigonometry - Trigeminal (V)
And - Abducens (VI)
Feels - Facial (VII)
Very - Vestibulocochlear (VIII)
Gloomy, - Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vague, - Vagus (X)
And - Accessory (XI)
Hypoactive - Hypoglossal (XII)
Another common mnemonic, but using only the first letter of each nerve's name, is "Oh, once one takes the anatomy final, very good vacation ahead." The first two letters of ahead represent nerves XI and XII.
📜: Please, you should know this! It will help you learn the cranial nerves faster.
Tags: #ScienceWithGray #ScienceOnBuzz #Anatomy #Science
Generations of biology and medical students have relied on mnemonic (memory-aiding) phrases and ditties, ranging from the sublimely silly to the unprintably ribald, to help them remember the cranial nerves and other anatomy. An old classic began, "On old Olympus towering tops..." with the first letter of each word matching the first letter of each cranial nerve (olfactory, optic, oculomotor, etc.). Some cranial nerves have changed names, however, since that passage was devised. One of the author's former students devised a better mnemonic that can remind you of the first two to four letters of most cranial nerves:Old - Olfactory (I)
Opie - Optic (II)
Occasionally - Oculomotor (III)
Tries - Trochlear (IV)
Trigonometry - Trigeminal (V)
And - Abducens (VI)
Feels - Facial (VII)
Very - Vestibulocochlear (VIII)
Gloomy, - Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vague, - Vagus (X)
And - Accessory (XI)
Hypoactive - Hypoglossal (XII)
Another common mnemonic, but using only the first letter of each nerve's name, is "Oh, once one takes the anatomy final, very good vacation ahead." The first two letters of ahead represent nerves XI and XII.
📜: Please, you should know this! It will help you learn the cranial nerves faster.
Tags: #ScienceWithGray #ScienceOnBuzz #Anatomy #Science
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