Damn cranial nerves

[deleted4401]

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Hey all,

I just started cranial nerves...

I was wondering if anyone had a good technique to learn this very tedious mess. I thought brachial plexus was a pain, but when the prof lectured us, he taught it so well and most of us mastered it in a few hours.

It seems they are spoon feeding us less this block and they spent far less time on this. Anyone know mnemonics or just a cool way to learn this without just force-feeding it? I mean - learn the motor and sensory innervations, the functional deficits in lesions, and the tests for lesions... Geez, the trigeminal and the facial look daunting right now.

Thanks in advance,

Simul
Tulane Med '05

 

[bruinboy2000]

Oh - Olfactory
Oh - Optic
Oh - Occulomotor
To - Trochlear
Touch - Trigeminal
And - Abducens
Feel - Facial
A - Auditory (Vestibulocochlear)
Girls - Glossopharyngeal
Vagina - Vagus
Ah - Accessory
Heaven - Hypoglossal

Crude....yet highly effective.

 

[leorl]

Some
Say
Marry
Money
But
My
Brother
Says
Big
Boobs
Matter
More

(S = sensory, B = both, M = primarily motor). These go in order from I to XII

 

[SocialistMD]

Originally posted by bruinboy2000:
•Oh - Olfactory
Oh - Optic
Oh - Occulomotor
To - Trochlear
Touch - Trigeminal
And - Abducens
Feel - Facial
A - Auditory (Vestibulocochlear)
Girls - Glossopharyngeal
Vagina - Vagus
Ah - Accessory
Heaven - Hypoglossal

Crude....yet highly effective.•

I learned it as
Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel very good vagina, ah heaven.

 

[tussy]

Hmmm, we seem to be even more crude here up north. This is how I learned it:

Oh Oh Oh, To Touch and Feel Virgin Girls' Vaginas And Hymens.

I also used the big boobs one! Why are the good mneumonics always so dirty????? I guess if you don't want to use the dirty ones you can always use the "on old olympus' towering top ..." I can never remember the rest of it though.

 

[David511]

yeah, okay hotshots, how about a mnemonic for the 46 branches of the trigeminal nerve???

 

[Mossjoh]

Darn my teachers for teaching us:
On
Old
Olympus'
Towering
Top
A
Fin
And
German
Viewed
Some
Hawks

Mossjoh

 

[Fossa9]

😛 I'm sure everyone has heard about this site, but I thought I'd post it here just in case someone hasn't. It's helped be tremendously! http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/

 

[Mango]

Don't worry Simul, you'll get it. Repitition is key. And keep your eye on the ball! Someday soon, you'll be puting that knowledge to real uses.

Actually, I was doing that today. I just got back from physical diagnosis self-exams, and today we learned the whole neuro exam. Including testing all 12 fabulous cranial nerves!

Big fun. Much better than memorizing that crap the first time. Good luck

 

[Mango]

Oh yeah, here's a great mneumonic for innervation of the eye muscles: LR(6)SO(4)

The numbers should be in subscript, so that it looks like a molecule with sulfate. Anyhow, it stands for Lateral Rectus = CN 6, Superior Oblique = 4. Everything else is 3. Plus, you can remember that CN 4 lets you look at your FOREarm (down and out). Then Inferior rectus is just the opposite. Enjoy!

 

[Jamier2]

Mango, I would have kissed you if you had posted that yesterday, but my Comparative Anatomy test was today. 🙁

I'll be using that from now on, though, so thanks anyway. 🙂

 

[deleted4401]

Thanks guys...

The ones mentioned above were in our class notes (well, the student version of the notes) or told to us by dirty old profs....

But, I like the one for the eye muscles, Mango... that is definitely helpful.

It's nice to know that one day we'll actually use this stuff!

Later,
Simul
Tulane Med '05