10 best and easy mnemonics for anatomy










Today we are going to talk about some of the anatomy mnemonics which cover some of your topics and will help you in memorizing them, although anatomy is vast and of course most volatile subject in medical sciences.

So the first one is how to remember the contents of the aortic opening.

1# Mnemonic for aortic opening contents

First of all, lets briefly know about the aortic opening, so the aortic opening or aortic hiatus are the three major openings in the diaphragm as shown in the diagram which passes the aorta, azygous vein, and thoracic duct so the mnemonic can be like this:
AORTA
AOR= the first three letters refer to Aorta
T= here T means thoracic duct
A= And here A mean azygous vein.

diapghram insitu


2# Mnemonic for abdominal muscles

To remember the muscles of the abdomen (as shown in the diagram highlighted in yellow) below the following mnemonic can help you in memorizing them.
the mnemonic is like the word TYRE but here in place of the "Y", we will use the "I" so it will be like this  TIRE you can say it it will be like a homophone :)
Now let's use this mnemonic 
T=  Transversus abdominis muscles
I=   internal abdominal oblique muscles
R=  Rectus abdominus
E=  External abdominal oblique




3# Mnemonic for deep muscles of  the back

With the follwoing mnemonic you can easily remember the deep muscles of the back (as shown in the daigram below) 

SENIOR ENGINEER INVITED IN STATES TO  SEE MACHINES RUNING

Senior=Splenius capitis

Engineer=Erector spinae

Invited=Interspinales

In=Intertransvarsarii

States=Splenius cervicis

To=Transvarsospinalis

See=Semispinalis

Machines=Multifidus

Runing=Rotatores


deep muscle of the back


4# Mnemonic for sarcomere structure

the sarcomere is the basic structural unit of the muscle fiber which is composed of some basic strcutures for the contractility of the muscle but the important two structures are the myosin and actin filament. Note the H zone in the contracted and reaxed muscle in the daigram below.
to remember the strcuture of the sarcomere (as show in daigram below) here the mnemonic 

ZAHID IS A HANDSOME MAN 
Lets use this mnemonic.

Zahid= Z-line

Is= I-band

A= A-band

Handsome= H-zone

Man=  M-line


structure of sarcomere

5#Mnemonic for ball and socket joints examples

There are total of the four ball and sokcet joint in human body which are named below with mnemonic.
so the mnemonic for those four types of which the first  two are known to each and every medical student and very easily  they can memorize it .
the mnemonic is 
SHIT 

S= Shoulder joint
H= Hip joint
I=Incudostapedial joint
T=Talonavicular joint

#6 Mnemonic for Deep cerebllar nuclie

The mnemonic for the deep cerebllar nuclie from medial to lateral is like this 
Fat Girls Eat Donts lets explain it briefly so that you can understand it.

Fastigial
Globose
Emboliform
Dentate

#7 Mnemonic for foramen ovale contents

So the mnemonic for foramen ovale content is ' MALE' we will explain it below shortly to help your understand it.

Mandibular nerve 
Accessory menengial artery
Lesser petrosal nerve
Emissary vein 

#8 Mnemonic for Bell's palsy symptoms

The mnemonic for the bells pasly symptoms is itself there in th words of bells palsy mean the mnemonic for the symptoms is ' Bell's Palsy'
Blink reflex abnomral
Ear ache 
Lacrimation
Loss of taste
Sudden onset
Palsy of 7th nerve muscles

#9 Mnemonic for subclavin artery main branches

To remember the main branches of the  subclavin artery the mnemonic goes like this 
'VITamin C and D'

Vertebral artery
Internal thoracic 
Thyrocervical trunk

Costocervical trunk
Dorsalscapular 

#10 Mnemonic for inferior vena cava tributaries

To remember the tributaries of inferior venacava easily here is the best and easy mnemonic for it.
' I Like To Rise So High'  lets discuss it briefly to help you understand whats that mean.

Iliac vein 
Like 
lumbar veins
T
Testicular veins 
Rise 
Renal viens 
S
Supra renal vein 
High 
Hepatic vein 

SO that was all 10 collection of the best and easy mnemonics for anaotmy if you guys liked it and you have much more easier and best than these one then please share it here to help eachother and do comment if you want part two of this.

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  1. thankyou its amazing and really helpful

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