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Skull Mnemonics |
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Skull - Cranium Mnemonics |
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Cranial Bones |
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Old Pygmies
From
Thailand
Eat
Skulls |
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Occipital |
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Parietal |
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Frontal |
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Temporal |
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Ethmoid |
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Sphenoid |
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STEP OF 6 (Alternatively:
"STEP OFf my
skull") |
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The 6 skull bones are: |
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Sphenoid |
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Temporal |
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Ethmoid |
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Parietal |
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Occipital |
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Frontal |
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Cranial Sutures |
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Learn Cranial
Sutures |
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Lambdoid |
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Coronal |
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Sagittal |
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Skull - Face Mnemonics |
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Facial Bones |
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Zoro Likes
Punching
My
Very
Nose In |
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Zygomatic |
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Lacrimal |
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Palatine |
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Maxillary |
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Vomer |
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Nasal |
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Inferior concha |
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Virgil Can
Not
Make
My
Pet
Zebra
Laugh! |
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Vomer |
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Conchae |
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Nasal |
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Maxilla |
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Mandible |
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Palatine |
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Zygomatic |
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Lacrimal |
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Mastoid bone (muscle insertion): |
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Log Suddenly
Struck my
Mastoid |
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Longissimus capitis |
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Splenius capitis |
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Sternomastoid |
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Mastoid |
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Skull - Orbit Mnemonics |
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Superior orbital fissure (structures passing through): |
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Lazy French
Tarts
Lie
Naked
In
Anticipation
Of
Sex |
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Lacrimal nerve |
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Frontal nerve |
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Trochlear nerve |
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Lateral nerve |
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Nasociliary nerve |
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Internal nerve |
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Abducens nerve |
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Ophthalmic veins |
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Sympathetic nerves |
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Trigeminal nerve (where branches exit skull): |
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Standing Room
Only |
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Superior orbital fissure is V1 |
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foramen Rotundum is V2 |
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foramen Ovale is V3 |
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Orbit (bones of medial wall): |
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My Little
Eye
Sits in the orbit |
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Maxilla (frontal process) |
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Lacrimal |
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Ethmoid |
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Sphenoid (body) |
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Skull - Base Mnemonics |
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Foramen ovale contents: |
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OVALE |
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Otic ganglion (just inferior) |
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V3 cranial nerve |
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Accessory meningeal artery |
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Lesser petrosal nerve |
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Emissary veins |
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Trigeminal nerve (where branches exit skull): |
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Standing
Room
Only |
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Superior orbital fissure
is V1 |
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foramen Rotundum is V2 |
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foramen Ovale is V3 |