Anatomy Mnemonics and Hints

Upper Extremity
SITS: Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, Subscapularis (4 rotator cuff muscles)
Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer: Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, Branches (brachial
plexus)

Army goes over the bridge, Navy goes under the bridge: suprascapular Artery passes
above the transverse scapular ligament, suprascapular Nerve passes deep to transverse
scapular ligament

Lady between two majors: Relations of muscles inserting on the intert!erc"ar
s"cs; "atissims dorsi inserts in the groove between the insertions of pec major and
teres major

Screw The Lawyers, Save A #atient: Superior thoracic, Thoracoacromial, Lateral
thoracic, Subscapular, Anterior circumflex humeral, #osterior circumflex humeral
arteries (branches of the axillary artery)

ong thoracic nerve ! ateral thoracic artery: "ong# has an "n# for nerve, "ateral# has
an "a# for artery

$ll % branches of the medial cord have the word "medial# in them (not counting terminal
branches)

&he single branch of the lateral cord has the word "lateral# in it

'oraCoid process on sCapula (both have "'(s#); 'oraNoid process on ulNa (both have
")(s#)

4*%!+,: muscles of the forearm; anterior compartment has 4 superficial, * intermediate
and % deep muscles; posterior compartment has + superficial and , deep muscles

Some Lovers Try #ositions That They Can(t Handle: Scaphoid, Lunate, Tri-uetrum,
#isiform, Trape.ium, Trape.oid, Capitate, Hamate (carpal bones; / rows of 4, going in
radial 01 ulnar direction)

$ll muscles in the anterior $orearm are innervated by the median ner%e E&CE#T
$"exor carpi "naris and ' o$ $"exor di(itorm pro$nds )"nar ner%e*

$ll muscles in the +and are innervated by "nar ner%e E&CE#T the % t+enar muscles
and the "atera" , "m!rica"s )median ner%e*

&he carpal bone in the floor of the Snuffbox is the Scaphoid (the only bone that starts
with 2)

#AD: the #almar interosseous muscles ADduct

DAB: the Dorsal interosseous muscles ABduct
TAN: Tendon, Artery, Nerve (the bicipital aponeurosis created by the tendon o$ t+e
!iceps !rac+ii is superficial to the !rac+ia" artery-median ner%e in the cubital fossa;
usually protects the artery and nerve from puncture during blood draw from median
cubital vein)
3lnA articulates with the trochleA
trape.iUM articulates with the thUMb
All .or /ne: Abductor digiti minimi, .lexor digiti minimi, /pponens digiti minimi
(hypothenar group; ulnar01radial direction)
And /ne .or All: Adductor pollicis, /pponens pollicis, .lexor pollicis brevis, Abductor
pollicis brevis (thenar group; ulnar01radial direction)
L/A.: Lateral / "umbricals, /pponens pollicis, Abductor pollicis brevis, .lexor pollicis
brevis (, muscles that the median nerve innervates in the hand)
T+orax
C01 C21 C3 4eep t+e diap+ra(m a"i%e5 '%0', ventral rami contribute to the phrenic
nerve
LAR#5 Left Anterior Right #osterior, the left vagus nerve lies on the anterior aspect of
the esophagus, the right vagus nerve lies on the posterior aspect of the esophagus01 form
the esophageal plexus
#e"%is
4nnervation of the penis:
*5 #oint (erection; #arasympathetic pelvic splanchnics 2/024)
/5 Shoot (emission; Sympathetic *0/)
%5 Score (e6aculation; Somatic pudendal nerve 2/024)
#ILS: branches of the posterior division of the internal iliac artery
#osterior division
Iliolumbar
Lateral sacral
Superior gluteal
67ater nder the bridge7:
&he reters (which carry water), are posterior to the uterine artery5
8'linically important, since a common surgical error is to cut!clamp ureter during
hysterectomy5
#elvic splanchnics 9 #arasympathetics
Sacral splanchnics 9 Sympathetics
Lower Lim!
NA8EL5 :emoral Nerve, Artery, 8ein, Empty space with Lymphatics (from lateral0
1medial, contents of femoral triangle; artery, vein, lymphatics are in sheath, nerve is
outside of sheath)
I#A5 Iliopsoas, #ectineus, Adductor longus (from lateral01medial, muscles that form the
floor of the femoral triangle)
Tall Californian Navy Medical Interns Lay 'uties: Talus, Calcaneus (new row)
Navicular (new row) Medial, Intermediate, Lateral cuneiforms, Cuboid
Tom, Dick And 8ery Nervous Harry: Tibialis posterior tendon, flexor Digitorum longus
tendon, posterior tibial Artery, posterior tibial 8ein, tibial Nerve, flexor Hallucis longus
tendon (from anterior 01 posterior, contents of tarsal tunnel on medial side of ankle)
;hen facing a patient or looking at an $< view of knee, the two anterior cruciate
ligaments make a 7=7 (insert on lateral femoral condyle01medial!anterior aspect of tibia)
Head-Nec4
4 >lfactory ! 2ensory
44 >ptic ! 2ensory
444 >cculomotor !?otor
4= &rochlear ! ?otor
= &rigeminal ! @oth
=4 $bducens ! ?otor
=44 :acial ! @oth
=444 =estibulocochlear ! 2ensory
4A Blossopharyngeal ! @oth
A =agus ! @oth
A4 $ccessory ! ?otor
A44 Cypoglossial ! ?otor
4 >hD ! 2ome
44 >nce ! 2ay
444 >ne ! ?arry
4= &akes ! ?oney
= &he ! @ut
=4 $natomy ! ?y
=44 :inal ! @rother
=444 =ery ! 2ays
4A Bood ! @ig
A =acations !@oobs
A4 $re ! ?atter
A44 Ceavenly !?ore
Some Aggressive Lovers .ind /dd #ositions More Stimulating: Superior thyroid1
Ascending pharyngeal1 Lingual1 .acial1 /ccipital1 #osterior auricular1 Maxillary1
Superficial temporal (from inferior01 superior, branches of the external carotid artery)
8IT C and sometimes D: 8ertebral a5, Internal thoracic a5, Thyrocervical trunk
(transverse cervical a5, suprascapular a, inferior thyroid a5), Costocervical trunk, Dorsal
scapular a5 (branches of subclavian artery)

To 9an.ibar By Motor Car: Temporal, 9ygomatic, Buccal, Marginal ?andibular,
Cervical (terminal branches of facial n5)
SCAL#9 Skin, Connective &issue, Aponeurosis, Loose '&, #ericranium (layers of the
scalp)
#+arynx motor inner%ation5 all muscles of pharynx are innervated by ') A with one
exception (stylopharyngeus m5 by ') 4A)
CT/ Mnemonics and Hints
Endocrine System
. L A : T / #: Cormones of the $nterior <ituitary

:: :ollicle 2timulating Cormone
: utini.ing Cormone
$: $'&C
B: Browth Cormone
&: &hyroid 2timulating Cormone
>: >dd one (?2C)
<: <rolactin
2alt, sugar, sex; the deeper you go, the better it gets555
>R 7:o .ind Rex, Make :ood Sex7
ayers of the adrenal cortex:
.ona :lomerulosa0 controls salt balance; makes Mineralcorticoids (aldosterone)
.ona .asiculata0 controls sugar levels; :lucocorticoiods (cortisol)
.ona Reticularis0 produces a weak androgen (ECF$) which promotes Sex drive in
women
'alcitonin 7tones down7 blood calcium levels ('a out of blood into bones; osteoclast
activity slows)
C cells (<arafollicular cells) produce Calcitonin