Thoracoacromial artery branches [ID 1207] ABCD. Acromial Breast (pectoral) Clavieular Deltoid Knowledge Level 6, System: Cardiovascular Anonymous contributor UCLA School of Medicine Axillary artery branches [ID 1208] "Screw The Lawyer Save A Patient” Superior thoracic Thoracoacromiol Lateral thoracic Subscapular Anterior circumflex humeral Posterior circumflex humeral Alternatively: "Some Times Life Seems A Pain" Knowledge Level 2, System: Cardiovascular Anonymous contributor and Joe Azzopardi Not specified and Xarabank Anterior forearm muscles: superfici "Pimps F*ck Prostitutes For Fun" Pronator teres Flexor carpi radialis Palmaris longous Flexor carpi ulnaris, Flexor digitorum superficialis Knowledge Level 3, System: Muscle group [ID 1117] Bicipital groove: attachments of muscles near it [ID 27] "The lady between two majors" Teres major attaches to medial lip of groove. Pectoralis major to lateral lip of groove. Latissimus (Lady) is on floor of groove, between the 2 majors. Knowledge Level 3, System: Muscle Brachioradialis: function, innervation, one relation, one attachment [ID 92] BrachioRadialis Function: Its the Beer Raising muscle, flexes elbow, strongest when wrist is oriented like holding a beer. Innervation: Breaks Rule: it's a flexor muscle, But Radial. (Radial nerve usually is for extensors: Recall BEST rule: B was for brachioradialis) Important relation: Behind it is the Radial nerve in the cubital fossa.Attachment: Attaches to Bottom of Radius. Knowledge Level 4, System: Muscle Robert O'Connor University College Dublin Elbow: muscles that flex it [ID 94] Three B's Bend the elBow: Brachialis Biceps Brachioradialis Knowledge Level 2, System: Muscle Elbow: which side has common flexor origin [ID 6] FM (as in FM Radio): Flexor Medial, so Common Flexor Origin is on the medial side. Knowledge Level 2, System: Muscle Anonymous Contributor Erector spinae muscles [ID 661] "I Love Sex" _ From lateral to medial Tliocostalis Longissimus Spinalis Alternatively: "I Long for Spinach” _ "Sex" helps you think of "Erector", but "Long" and "Spinach" help you remember the muscles! names. Knowledge Level 7, System: Muscle Michael A. Chaplin SUNY-HSCB Downstate College of Medicine Interossei muscles: actions of dorsal vs. palmar in hand [ID 293] "PAd and DAb" The Palmar Adduct and the Dorsal Abduct. Use your hand to dab with a pad Knowledge Level 5, System: Muscle Dr. Atif Faroog and Anonymous Contributor Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan and Not Specified Intrinsic muscles of hand (palmar surface) [ID 646] "A OF A OF A" _Thenar, lateral to medial: ‘Abductor pollicis longus Opponens pollicis Flexor pollicis brevis Adductor pollicis. _ Hypothenar, lateral to medial Opponens digiti minimiFlexor digiti minimi Abductor digiti minimi Knowledge Level 4, System: Muscle Anonymous Contributor Lumbricals action [ID 5] joints. When look at hand in this position, can see this makes an "L" shape, since L Lumbrical. Robert O'Connor University College Dublin Flex metacarpophalangeal j Extend interphalangeals Lumbricat Rotator cuff muscles Hi Yield (ID 35] "The SITS muscles" Clockwise from top: Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Teres minor Subscapularis t Supraspinatus ~Infraspinatus “Teres minor SubscapularisA pro baseball pitcher has injured his rotator cuff muscles. As a result, he SITS out for the Test of the game, and then gets sent to the minor leagues, Knowledge Level 2, System: Muscle Anne Conlin and Robert O'Connor University of Western Ontario Medical School, London, Canada and University College Dublin Serratus anterior: innervation SALT erratus A Long horacic. Knowledge Level 2, System: Muscle Serratus anterior: innervation and action "C5- -7 heaven": Long thoracic nerve roots (567) innervate Serratus anterior. Brachial plexus branches "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. Schoo! 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 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: 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 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. Indici _ 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 Knowledge Level 1, System: Nervous Anonymous Contributor Cubital fossa contents [ID 1271] “Really Need Booze To Be At My Nicest" _From lateral to medial Radial Nerve Biceps Tendon Brachial Artery & its burfications Median Nerve RN BT Knowledge Level 2, System: Other/Miscellaneous Anonymous ContributorArm fractures: nerves affected by humerus fracture location Hi Yield [ID 2797] ARM fracture: From superior to inferior A Radial: mid shaft edian: supracondular Knowledge Level 1, System: Skeletal Carpal bones [ID 552] "Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver's Hand" _ Proximal row, lateral-to-medial: Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrum Pisiform _ Distal row, lateral-to-medial: Trapezium Trapezoid Capitate Hamate Knowledge Level 1, System: Skeletal Edward Tanner University of Alabama SOM Carpal bones: trapezium vs. trapezoid location [ID 4] _ Since there's two T's in carpal bone mnemonic sentences, need to know which T is where: TrapeziUM is by the thUMB, TrapeziOID is inSIDE. _ Alternatively, TrapeziUM is by the thUMB, TrapezOID is by its SIDE. Knowledge Level 1, System: Skeletal Tom Ball Imperial College, UK Carpel bones Hi Yield [ID 2291] "So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb" _ Proximal row, lateral-to-medial, then distal row, medial-to-medial Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrium Pisiform Hamate Capate Trapezoid Trapezium Knowledge Level 1, System: Skeletal Anonymous ContributorWrist: radial side vs. ulnar side Make a fist with your thumb up in the air and say " Your thumb is now pointing to your Rad _ Note: '‘Rad!" was a late 80's catchphrase, short for ‘Radical’, Things that were good were called ‘Rad’ Patrick Esperanzate University College Dublin Mesoderm components Hi Yield (ID 606] MESODERM: Mesothelium (peritoneal, pleural, pericardial)/ Muscle (striated, smooth, cardiac) Embryologic Spleen/ Soft tissue Serous linings/ Sarcoma/ Somite Osseous tissue/ Outer layer of suprarenal gland (cortex)/ Ovaries Dura/ Duets of genitalia Endothelium Renal Microglia’ Mesenchyme/ Male gonad Knowledge Level 5, System: Other/Miscellaneous Rinku Uberoi UNIBE