CNS

Bell's palsy: symptoms Hi Yield [ID 1943]
BELL'S Palsy:
Blink reflex abnormal
Earache
Lacrimation [deficient, excess]
Loss of taste
Sudden onset
Palsy of VII nerve muscles
_ All symptoms are unilateral.
Knowledge Level 4, System: Nervous
Robert O'Connor University College Dublin



Brachial plexus branches Hi Yield [ID 135]
"My Aunt Raped My Uncle":
_ From lateral to medial:
Musculocutaneous
Axillary
Radial
Median
Ulnar
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Brachial plexus subunits [ID 18]
"Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer":
Roots
Trunks
Divisions
Cords
Branches
_ Alternatively: "Read The Damn Cadaver Book!"
_ Alternatively: "Real Texans Drink Coors Beer".
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Karl and Anonymous Contributor Boston U. School of Medicine and Not Specified
Brachial plexus: branches of posterior cord [ID 465]
STAR:
Subscapular [upper and lower]
Thoracodorsal
Axillary
Radial
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Zaineb Vakil Gulf Medical College Ajman
Buttock quadrant safest for needle insertion Hi Yield [ID 14]
"Shut up and butt out":
The Upper Outer quadrant of the Buttock safely avoids hitting sciatic nerve.
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Carpal tunnel syndrome causes Hi Yield [ID 126]
MEDIAN TRAP:
Myxoedema
Edema premenstrually
Diabetes
Idiopathic
Agromegaly
Neoplasm
Trauma
Rheumatoid arthritis
Amyloidosis
Pregnancy
_ Mnemonic fits nicely since median nerve is trapped.
Knowledge Level 4, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Cervical plexus: arrangement of the important nerves [ID 268]
"GLAST":
_ 4 compass points: clockwise from north on the right side of neck:
Great auricular
Lesser occipital
Accessory nerve pops out between L and S
Supraclavicular
Transverse cervical
_ See diagram.
Knowledge Level 3, System: Nervous
Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Deep tendon reflexes: root supply Hi Yield [ID 550]
_ God designed body reflexes according to a nursery rhyme:
One, two-- buckle my shoe. Three, four-- kick the door. Five, six-- pick up sticks. Seven, eight-- shut the gate.
S1,2 = ankle jerk
L3,4 = knee jerk
C5,6 = biceps and brachioradialis
C7,8 = triceps
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Bryan Traynor Massachussetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Diaphragm innervation Hi Yield [ID 23]
"3, 4, 5 keeps the diaphragm alive":
Diaphragm innervation is cervical roots 3, 4, and 5.
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Michael Nawfal
Extraocular muscles cranial nerve innervation Hi Yield [ID 572]
"LR6SO4 rest 3":
Lateral Rectus is 6th
Superior Oblique is 4th
rest are all 3rd cranial nerve
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Atul Singh Detroit Medical Center
Facial nerve: branches after Stylomastoid foramen [ID 863]
"Ten Zulus Buggered My Cat (Painfully)":
_ From superior to inferior:
Temporal branch
Zygomatic branch
Buccal branch
Mandibular branch
Cervical branch
(Posterior auricular nerve)
_ Alternatively: "PAssing Through Zanzibar By Motor Car" (PA for Posterior Auricular).
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Stephan Sanders and Kris Downing Nottingham Medical School, UK and UCR/UCLA Biomedical Sciences Program, USA
Lingual nerve course [ID 329]
The Lingual nerve
Took a curve
Around the Hyoglossus.
"Well I'll be f*#ked!"
Said Wharton's Duct,
"The bastard's gone and crossed us!"
Knowledge Level 6, System: Nervous
Sam Hinton University of California, San Diego
Lumbar plexus [ID 643]
"I, I Get Laid On Fridays":
Iliohypogastric [L1]
Ilioinguinal [L1]
Genitofemoral [L1, L2]
Lateral femoral cutaneous [L2, L3]
Obtruator [L2, L3, L4]
Femoral [L2, L3, L4]
_ Alternatively: "I twice Get Laid On Fridays".
_ Alternatively: "Interested In Getting Laid On Fridays?"
Knowledge Level 3, System: Nervous
Alfred Munoz MCP-Hahnemann School Of Medicine
Lumbar plexus roots [ID 263]
"2 from 1, 2 from 2, 2 from 3":
2 nerves from 1 root: Ilioinguinal (L1), Iliohypogastric (L1).
2 nerves from 2 roots: Genitofemoral (L1,L2), Lateral Femoral (L2,L3).
2 nerves from 3 roots: Obturator (L2,L3,L4), Femoral (L2,L3,L4).
Knowledge Level 4, System: Nervous
Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Median nerve: hand muscles innervated [ID 36]
"The LOAF muscles":
Lumbricals 1 and 2
Opponens pollicis
Abductor pollicis brevis
Flexor pollicis brevis
_ Alternatively: LLOAF, with 2 L's, to recall there's 2 lumbricals.
_ To remember that these are the Median nerve muscles, think "Meat LOAF".
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Samuel Atom Baek Kim
Median nerve: recognizing it in an opened axilla [ID 86]
The Median nerve is the Middle of a giant capital "M" formed by the musculocutaneous and ulnar nerves.
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Pectoral nerves: path of lateral vs. medial [ID 127]
"Lateral Less, Medial More":
Lateral pectoral nerve only goes through Pectoralis major, but
Medial pectoral nerve goes though both Pectoralis major and minor.
Knowledge Level 5, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Pelvis: sacral innervation [ID 33]
"S2,3,4 keeps the 3 P's off the floor (Penis, Poo, and Pee).
_ S2,3,4 innervates the anal sphincter, urethral sphicter, and causes erection.
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor National University of Ireland, Galway and University of Sydney, Australia
Penis autonomic innervation actions [ID 28]
"Parasympathetic Puts it up. Sympathetic Spurts it out".
Alternatively: "Point and Shoot": Parasympathetic Points it, Sympathetic Shoots out the semen.
_ Erection and Ejaculation (Emission).
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Andrew J. Vasil and John Nguyen University of Minnesota School of Medicine and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Radial nerve: muscles innervated [ID 1184]
"Try A Big Chocolate Chip Sundae, Double Dip Cherries And Peanuts Preferably Included":
_ In order of their innervation, proximal to distal:
Triceps
Anconeus
Brachioradialis
ext. Carpi radialis longus
ext. Carpi radialis brevis
Supinator
ext. Digitorum
ext.Digiti minimi
ext. Carpi ulnaris
Abductor poll. longus
ext. Poll. brevis
ext. P poll. longus
ext. Indicis
_ For the neighboring words that start with the same letter (eg: chocolate and chip), notice that the longer word in the mnemonic,
corresponds to the longer of the two muscle names (ex: ext. carpi radialis longus and ext. carpi radialis brevis)
Knowledge Level 6, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor Medical College of Ohio
Radial nerve: muscles supplied (simplified) [ID 16]
"BEST muscles":
Brachioradialis
Extensors
Supinator
Triceps
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Scalp: nerve supply [ID 2046]
GLASS:
Greater occipital/ Greater auricular
Lesser occipital
Auriculotemporal
Supratrochlear
Supraorbital
Knowledge Level 5, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Spinal cord: length in vertebral column Hi Yield [ID 1040]
SCULL:
Spinal Cord Until L2 (LL).
Knowledge Level 3, System: Nervous
Lior Greenberg Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Thigh: innervation by compartment Hi Yield [ID 2382]
"MAP OF Sciatic":
Medial compartment: Obturator
Anterior compartment: Femoral
Posterior compartment: Sciatic
_ So all the thigh muscles in that compartment get innervated by that nerve.
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
Trigeminal nerve: where branches exit skull Hi Yield [ID 38]
"Standing Room Only":
Superior orbital fissure is V1
foramen Rotundum is V2
foramen Ovale is V3
Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor
V3 innervated muscles (branchial arch 1 derivatives) Hi Yield [ID 304]
"M.D. My TV":
Mastication [masseter, temporalis, pterygoids]
Digastric [anterior belly]
Mylohyoid
tensor Tympani
tensor Veli palatini
Knowledge Level 2, System: Nervous
Christian Erickson Duke University
V3: sensory branches [ID 1024]
"Buccaneers Are Inferior Linguists":
Buccal
Auriculotemporal
Inferior alveolar
Lingual
Knowledge Level 5, System: Nervous
Jennifer Chuang University of Vermont School of Medicine
Vagus nerve: path into thorax [ID 449]
"I Left my Aunt in Vegas":
Left Vagus nerve goes Anterior descending into the thorax.
Knowledge Level 4, System: Nervous
Anonymous Contributor