The way the brachial nerves are presented in the text-books, and where they go, is not tractable to learning. Once, however, I took the time to draw the nerves on a human being on all fours-just like Rover lives his daily life: on all fours-everything fell into place! Pun intended! There is a famous mnemonic for memorizing the cranial nerves. Guys love it! Girls say they hate it! They're lying! Keep repeating it to them, despite what they say!! They will then tell you some mnemonics about the nervous system in males you will never forget!! It's great! For me the nervous system was the key to everything else.
Then, too, you can make up your own mnemonics. The more offensive the better. Neither you, nor your listeners, will forget them. Tell them to your friends, especially when they are eating. Little by little you will learn anatomy, and assure yourself of some commentary in the yearbook at the end of four years. T
he Stedman's dictionary gives the word roots which makes a lot of this stuff easier. A lot of the labels in anatomy are really pretentious: the "pineal" gland. My,oh my, how scientific it sounds! Then we learn that pineal comes from the Lain for pine cone, which is the shape of the pineal gland. In medicine they expect us to wear white coats. "Pineal" goes better with a white coat than "pine cone," I guess. Oh well, when in Rome...
Unfortunately, the day after the anatomy final everything gets forgotten. And then you start all over again. Such is life. Such is anatomy. Good luck!!!!
