List of anatomy mnemonics

This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized. For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics. Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand, the inner ear, or the foot, or the elements comprising the human biliary system or arterial system.
How Rare U Cook Mesquite Pork?
He Runs Up Cold Mountains Panting
Hurry! Ralph Untie Carol's Mini Pechay
He Races Until Chunky Men Pace
(In order from proximal to distal)
"Ultra Red Hair"
"Ultimate Rave Headquarters
Usually Really Hard
Unemployment Rises High
Understand
Listen
Name
A bone
"Please Make Cookies"
"Please Massage Chest"
People Make Choices
(These are in order from the distal end of the fingertips to the wrist)
Sally Left The Party To Take Cathy Home:
She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her:
Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle: Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate.
So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb: Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Hamate, Capitate, Trapezoid, Trapezium.
""" T T Table Par Chillate hui Sunny Leone """, APG-007
Damn My Pinky!
Dick Move Pal!
Distance My People
Don't Make Problems
(From distal to proximal.)
F POETS "Fluffy Puppies On Every Third Street"
Fit People Occasionally Eat Table Salt
Fat People Only Eat Thick Steak
Funny People Over Entertainment Try Songs
Fraternity Parties Occasionally Teach Spam Etiquette
Old People From Texas Eat Spiders
Very bad
Odor
Makes my
Eyes
Run
CS
Clearwater Sucks
Crazy Seals
Can This Little Servant Cook ?
(These are in order superior to inferior- or starting from the top of the spine to the bottom.)
"Can Tall Ladies Sit Comfortably"
"Can The Ladies Stand Comfortably"
"Candy Takes Liking Stripping Catiously"
Can Tinkerbell Let Stars Collide?
PTTTCC "People Take Teaspoons Temporarily Causing Constipation
Humerus tubercles
Girls In Leadership
Let's Rewatch Criminal Minds
Let's Roll Clay Moons
FFNF "Fireman Fight Notorious Fires
Flowers Flow Neatly Fabulously
Family Feuds are No Fun
SITS
"Sit In The Seat" / The humerus SITS in the glenoid fossa
Shit I Trusted Sam
Swimming In The Summer
She Is The Scientist
Scooby Investigated The Mysterious Scene
3 Bs bend the elbow: (in order of location)
Cats Run Circles Under Dogs Stomachs
Can't Really Come Until Day Six
"The Hospitals Are Not Dirty Places"
"Those Horses Are Never Doing Pilates"
"Tom Had A Night Down Town"
Tom Dig A Nice Hole
Tom, Dick, And Very Naughty Harry
Tom, Dick, And Very Nervous Harry
RIC "Rice Is Curing
RIC "Really Interesting Crap
Roads In California
Rum In Coke
CLSS "Crazy Llamas Sassing Santa
The Lazy Cat Sleeps Safely
"Come Sing Love Songs"
"Come Smoke L 's Sam
"Can Seagulls Lift Snacks
A mnemonic to remember the muscles that contribute tendons to the pes anserinus and the innervations of these muscles is SGT FOT (sergeant FOT)
Notice the order of the muscles (S, G, T) follows the order of the innervating nerves which correspond to those muscles (F, O, T)
Another anterior to posterior is “Say Grace before Tea” Sartorius, Gracilis, semiTendinosus.
Left Hand Side (LHS):
"I Like To Rise So High"
The branches of the subclavian artery can be remembered using VITamin C and D.
I Like Going Places Using My Very Own Unmanned Vehicle Posterior division:
Anterior division:
The contents of superior mediastinum can be remembered using the mnemonic, "TT ET AV N LO"
or
"Try To Eat Toast And Vitamins Now Little Oliver"
The contents of anterior inferior mediastinum can be remembered using the mnemonic, "RT LN"
or
"ReTweet Light Novels!"
The contents of middle inferior mediastinum can be remembered using the mnemonic, "PHP P ASP" or "PHP plus ASP"
or
"'Personal Home Page' plus 'Active Server Pages'"
The contents of posterior inferior mediastinum can be remembered using the mnemonic, "DATE VSL"
or
"on the DATE Vivian Slapped Larry"
The contents of posterior mediastinum can be remembered using the mnemonic, "DATES"
Contents of the foramen magnum: VAMPS-AT-SD
or
VAMPires Sing AT SD card
VAMPires Stalk At Twilight Seaking Damsels/Darkness
VAMPires Sing AT SunDown
Contents of the foramen magnum: VAMPS-ATM
or
VAMPires Sing AT Midnight
Structures passing through greater sciatic foramen below piriformis (S.N.I.P. N.I.P.)
Structures passing through lesser sciatic foramen: (P.I.N.T.)
a mnemonic to remember the contents of the Tarsal tunnel from anterior to posterior is "Tom, Dick and Harry". or alternatively "Tom, Dick (and very nervous) Harry" if the artery, vein, and nerve are included.
The femoral triangle is shaped like the sail of a sailing ship and hence its boundaries can be remembered using the mnemonic, "SAIL":
The order of structures in the femoral triangle is important in the embalming of bodies, as the femoral artery is often exposed and used to pump embalming fluids into the body. The order of this neurovascular bundle can be remembered using the mnemonic, "NAVY":
An alternate to this mnemonic is "NAVEL" for Nerve, Artery, Vein, Empty Space and Lymph, to include the deep inguinal lymph nodes located medial to the Femoral vein.
A useful mnemonic to remember popliteal fossa anatomy (medial-to-lateral arrangement) is: Serve And Volley Next Ball.
Or Serve Aunt Vivvien Next Bowl
I See 10 CC's in the IV:
O TOM CAT:
O TOM are lateral wall components, in order from superior to inferior.
CA are the components within the sinus, from medial to lateral. CA ends at the level of T from O TOM.
Many mnemonics are used for diaphragm apertures including:
number of letters = vertebral level
"I Read, Very Old, And Torn Articles." - (IVC, Right phrenic nerve), (Vagus nerve, Oesophagus), (Aorta, Thoracic duct, Azygos vein).
Openings of the diaphragm and structures passing through
The sternal angle marks the approximate level of the 2nd pair of costal cartilages, which attach to the second ribs, and the level of the intervertebral disc between T4 and T5. In clinical applications, the sternal angle can be palpated at the T4 vertebral level.
The sternal angle is used in the definition of the thoracic plane. This marks the level of a number of other anatomical structures.
For structures lying at the level of the sternal angle, the following mnemonic can be used:
is a more detailed mnemonic including:
Afferent connection arrives and an efferent connection exits.
Remember To Drink Cold Beer - Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches
Deep cerebellar nuclei and their positions relative to the midline: "Fat Guys Eat Donuts," where each letter indicates the medial to lateral location in the cerebellar white matter.
Or inversely, "Don't Eat Greasy Food", where each letter indicates the lateral to medial location in the cerebellar white matter.
On Occasion Of Parties, The Attractive Faces Are Girl Visitors. Say Hello!
OOOh the 2 Traceys Are From Virginia Good cause Virginians Are Hilarious
On, On, On, They Traveled And Found Voldemort Guarding Very Ancient Horcruxes
There are many mnemonics for the names of the cranial nerves, e.g.
Old Ollie Oson Teaches Teenagers About Fashion Very Gladly Very Adequately Hilarious
Only Our Old Trusty Vodka And Friends Validate Great Victories, So Harmonious.
One Orange Orangutan Tries To Avoid Fragile Vines & Gracefully Vacates All Hazards
Ongoing Optimism Only Teaches True Amazing Fundamentals Varying Globally Versatile And Honesty
Only Old Otters Take Time And Find Very Good Values At Hand
Only One Ounce To Take Another Farmer's Very Great Vest And Hat
motor (M), sensory (S), or both (B)
Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Business Makes Money.
A common example mnemonic for remembering which nerves are motor (M), sensory (S), or both (B), "Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Benevolent Bride Matters More". There are a very large number of additional mnemonics.
Summertime Seems More Majestic Because Multiple Bystanders Sing Brilliant Ballads Making Masterpieces
Silly Sally Makes Many Big Muffins But Sally Bakes Big Macarons Moreover
Some Sundays Make Me Bored, My Brother Stays Busy Building Miniature Models
Some Say Moms Make Boys Magnificent Because She Babies Boys Much More
Sometimes She May Muster Big Motors Because She Believes Both Men Matter
Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More
Some Say Marry Money, But My Buddy Says Brilliant Brains Make Money
Standing room only can be used to remember that:
For the five branches of the facial nerve there are: "Two Zebras Bit My Cookie" or "To Zanzibar By MotorCar" or "To Zoo By My Car"
In neuroanatomy, the lateral geniculate nucleus is a structure in the thalamus and a key component of the mammalian visual pathway.
A simple mnemonic for remembering which layers of lateral geniculate body are synapsed with the ganglion cells of the ipsilateral or contralateral optic nerve is "See I? I see, I see," with "see" representing the C in "contralateral," and "I" representing the I in "ipsilateral." (CIICIC)
Another is "Emily and Pete meet eye to eye" as in "M and P meet I to I," or again, "Magno and Parvo meet Ipsi to Ipsi." (MMPPPP)
Another way of remembering which layers of lateral geniculate body are synapsed with the ganglion cells of the ipsilateral or contralateral optic nerve is 2+3=5 (layers II, III and V), which is correct, so it is from the same (ipsilateral) side as the ganglion cells from the side of question, while at the same time 1+4 doesn't equal 6, so the remaining layers (I, IV, and VI) are synapsing with ganglion cells of the other (contralateral) optic nerve.
"In Extremis, Cannibals Eat People's Globus Pallidi Instead of Their Hearts":
From insula to midline:
FLAG TOP
"Dow Jones Industrial Average Closing Stock Report"
From proximal to distal:
"Counting 1 to 4 but staggered":
The major glands of the endocrine system, excluding ovaries and testes: "T-A-P." (T2, A3, P4)
M.S.M.S.
A WET BED
WANT My Hot Dog
A mnemonic to remember the layers of the retina:
"My boyfriend's name is STEVE":
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