MEMORY AIDING DEVICES(MNEMONICS)

Mnemonics (Memory-Aiding Devices) Anatomy: To remember the cranial nerves: "On Old Olympus' Towering Tops A Fat Angelic Girl Viewed Spanish Hops." (Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducent, Facial, Auditory, Glossopharyngeal, Vagar, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal) Astronomy: To remember the order of the planets from the sun: "Mary Very Easily Makes Jam Saturday Unless No Plums." (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) Biology: To remember the classification of living things "Kings Play Cards On Fairly Good Soft Velvet." (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Variety) Colours of Spectrum: To remember the order of the colours of the spectrum: "Roy G. Biv" (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) Geography: To remember the names of the Great Lakes: "HOMES" (visualize summer homes on the edge of the lake - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) Marine Navigation: To remember the names of a ship's side and the light colour of each side: "PORT is a red wine and red is the left side of politics." (The left side of the ship is called Port and has a red light). or PORT has four letters, as does LEFT. Economics: To remember that a "tight labour market" means there are many jobs available: "Tell your boss to fly a kite, When the labour market is tight." Nerves: For the order of nerves that pass through the superior orbital tissue in the skull: "Lazy French Tarts Lie Naked in Anticipation." (Lacrinal, Frontal, Trochlear, Lateral, Nosociliary, Internal, Abduceir) Amino Acids: For the ten essential amino acids: "These Ten Valuable Amino Acids Have Long Preserved Life In Man." (Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, Arginine, Histidine, Lysine, Phenylalanine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine) Blood: For the functions of blood: "Old Charlie Foster Hates Women Having Dull Clothes." (Oxygen (transport), Carbon Dioxide (transport), Food, Heat, Waste, Hormones, Disease, Clotting) Bile: For the properties of bile: "Bile from the liver emulsifies greases, Tinges the urine and colours the faeces, Aids peristalsis, prevents putrefaction. If you remember all this you'll give satisfaction." Excretion: For the excretory organs of the body: "SKILL" (Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver, Lungs).