Facial bones"Virgil Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh!

": Vomer
Conchae Nasal Maxilla Mandible Palatine Zygomatic Lacrimal
Nasal caity com!onents
"Neer Call Me Needle Nose!":
Nares "external# Conchae Meatuses Nares "internal# Naso!harynx $ Note
mnemonic sentence is nasally%related&
Median nere: recogni'ing it in an o!ened axilla(he Median nere is the
Middle o) a giant ca!ital "M" )ormed by the musculocutaneous and
ulnar neres&
(rigeminal nere: *here branches exit skull"+tanding ,oom -nly":
+u!erior orbital )issure is V. )oramen ,otundum is V/ )oramen -ale is
V0
"M&1& My (V": Mastication "masseter2 tem!oralis2 !terygoids# 1igastric
"anterior belly# Mylohyoid tensor (ym!ani tensor Veli !alatini
Foramen oale contents
M3L4: Mandibular nere 3ccessory meningeal artery Lesser !etrosal
nere 4missary eins
Pterygoid muscles: )unction o) lateral s& medial
"Look at ho* your 5a* ends u! *hen saying )irst syllable o) 6Lateral6 or
6Medial6 ":
"La": your 5a* is no* o!en2 so Lateral o!ens mouth&
"Me": your 5a* is still closed2 so medial closes the mandible&
aernous sinus contents - (-M C3(:
- (-M are lateral *all com!onents2 in order )rom su!erior to in)erior&
C3 are the com!onents *ithin the sinus2 )rom medial to lateral& C3 ends
at the leel o) ( )rom - (-M& $ +ee diagram& -cculomotor nere 78889
(rochlear nere 78V9 -!hthalmic nere 7V.9 Maxillary nere 7V/9
Carotid artery 3bducent nere 7V89 (: :hen *ritten2 connects to the (
o) -(-M&
V0 innerated muscles "My 3;; Meets (he (oilet":
Mylohyoid
3nterior digastric
Muscles o) Mastication
(ensor eli !alatini
Cranial bones "P4+( -F <":
Parietal
4thmoid
+!henoid
(em!oral
-cci!ital
Frontal
$ (he < 5ust reminds that there6s < o) them to remember&
Cerical !lexus: arrangement o) the im!ortant neres "=L3+(":
$ > com!ass !oints: clock*ise )rom north on the right side o) neck:
=reat auricular
Lesser occi!ital
3ccessory nere !o!s out bet*een L and +
+u!raclaicular
(ranserse cerical
$ +ee diagram&
?oints in the midline "+C":
8n medial line2 belo* +econd Cerical2 5oints are +econdary
Cartilaginous and usually hae a di+C&
$ Notes: secondary cartilaginous is also kno*n as sym!hysis& (he one
that doesn6t hae a disc is xi!hi%sternal&
4xternal carotid artery branches "+ome 3ggressie Loers Find -dd
Positions More +timulating":
+u!erior thyroid
3scending !haryngeal
Lingual
Facial
-cci!tal
Posterior auricular
Maxillary
+u!er)icial tem!oral
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4xternal carotid artery branches
"+ome 3natomists Like FGHking2 -thers Pre)er + I M":
+u!erior thyroid
3scending !haryngeal
Lingual
Facial
-cci!ital
Posterior auricular
+u!er)icial tem!oral
Maxillary
$ 3lternatiely: 3s +he Lay Flat2 -scar6s Passion +lo*ly Mounted"&
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Lingual nere course
(he Lingual nere
(ook a cure
3round the Kyoglossus&
":ell 86ll be )GHked!"
+aid :harton6s 1uct2
"(he bastard6s gone and crossed us!"
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+u!erior orbital )issure: structures !assing through "La'y French (arts
Lie Naked 8n 3ntici!ation -) +ex":
Lacrimal nere
Frontal nere
(rochlear nere
Lateral nere
Nasociliary nere
8nternal nere
3bducens nere
-!hthalmic eins
+ym!athetic neres
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+u!erior orbital )issure: structures !assing through"Lonely Fat (eenage
Virgins ,arely Like +*allo*ing 3nd Neer 8ngest": Lacrimal nere
Frontal nere (rochlear nere Vein: o!hthalmic ,ing: tendinous $ From
the ring2 arises: Lateral rectus +u!erior diision 888 3bducent nere
Nasociliary nere 8n)erior diison 888
Cranial bones"Fraternity Parties -ccasionally (each +!am 4tiMuette": $
(he )irst t*o letters o) each bone: Frontal Parietal -cci!ital (em!oral
+!henoid 4thmoid
Foramen oale contents-V3L4: -tic ganglion 75ust in)erior9 V0 cranial
nere 3ccessory meningeal artery Lesser !etrosal nere 4misary eins
4ar: bones o) inner ear (ake a Kammer: Malleus
Kit an 8ndian 4le!hant: 8ncus
8t !uts its )oot in a stirru!: +ta!es
$ 1escribes the sha!e2 and relatie !osition 7)rom out to in9 o) the inner
ear bones&
$ 3lternatiely: "Mailing 8ncludes +tam!s"&
CN V88 innerated muscles 7branchial arch / deriaties9
"8magine someone making the )acial ex!ression to say 6P++&&&6 ":
Facial ex!ression muscles
Posterior belly o) digastric
+ta!edius
+tylohyoid
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4xtrinsic muscles o) tongue ")or !ro soccer )ans# "Paris +t& =ermain6s
Kour":
Palatoglossus
+tyloglossus
=enioglossus
Kyoglossus
$ P+= is a French soccer team 7)oreign92 hence extrinsic comes to mind&
Foramen s!inosum: location on base o) skull Foramen s!inosum is
ad5acent to the s!ine o) s!henoid&
(onsils: (he three ty!es "PPL 7!eo!le9 hae tonsils":
Pharyngeal
Palatine
Lingual
Kyoid bone: muscle attachments "Christ2 Ke 1idn6t +cre* =irls Much&
(hat6s -bious2 +tu!id":
$ (he )irst sentence is )or < muscles attaching su!eriorly2 the second
sentence is )or 0 muscles attaching in)eriorly&
$ Ooth sentences are in order )rom lateral to medial:
Constricter 7middle9
Kyoglossus
1igastric
+tylohyoid
=eniohyoid
Myloyoid
(hyrohyoid
-mohyoid
+ternohyoid
Cranial bones "-ld Pygmies From (hailand 4at +kulls":
-cci!ital
Parietal
Frontal
(em!oral
4thmoid
+!henoid
$ Note: 6skull%eating !ygmies6 hel!s remind that mnemonic is )or the
skull&
$ 3lternatiely: "-ld Peo!le From (exas 4at +!iders"&
$ 3lternatiely: "Prostitutes -))er Free +ex (o 4eryone"&
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3nsa cericalis neres "=Kost (Kought +-meone +(u!id +Kot 8rene":
=eniohyoid
(hyrohyoid
+u!erior -mohyoid
+ternothyroid
+ternohyoid
8n)erior omohyoid
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4ye rotation by obliMue muscles "8 Loe +IM":
8n)erior obliMue: Lateral eye rotation&
+u!erior obliMue: Medial eye rotation&
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Maxillary artery branches
"13M 8 3M Piss 1runk Out +tu!id 1runk 8 Pre)er2 Must Phone
3lcoholics 3nonymous":
1ee! auricular
3nterior tym!anic
Middle meningeal
8n)erior aleolar
3ccessory meningeal
Masseteric
Pterygoid
1ee! tem!oral
Ouccal
+!heno!alatine
1escending !alatine
8n)raorbital
Posterior su!erior aleolar
Middle su!erior aleolar
Pharyngeal
3nterior su!erior aleolar
3rtery o) the !terygoid canal
Lacrimal nere course "Lacrimal6s story o) P L6s":
Lacrimal nere runs on Lateral *all o) orbit aboe Lateral rectus2 then
Lets communicating branch 5oin in2 then su!!lies Lacrimal gland2 then
Leaes it and su!!lies Lateral u!!er eye Lid!
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+cal!: nere su!!ly =L3++:
=reater occi!ital@ =reater auricular
Lesser occi!ital
3uriculotem!oral
+u!ratrochlear
+u!raorbital
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-rbit: bones o) medial *all "My Little 4ye +its in the orbit":
Maxilla 7)rontal !rocess9
Lacrimal
4thmoid
+!henoid 7body9
Facial nere branches "(*o Zombies Ouggered My Cat":
$ From su!erior to in)erior:
(em!oral branch
Zygomatic branch
Ouccal branch
Mandibular branch
Cerical branch
$ 3lternatiely: "(*o Zulus Oit My Cat"&
$ 3lternatiely: "(*o Zebras Oit My Coccyx"&
$ 3lternatiely: "(o Zan'ibar Oy Motor Car"&
$ 3lternatiely: "(all Zulus Oear Many Children"&
Cartilage deriaties o) .st !haryngeal arch 7mandibular9 "86M 3 +u!er
+exy =uy" 7or =irl9:
8ncus
Malleus
3nterior ligament o) malleus
+!ine o) s!henoid
+!henomandibular ligament
=enial tubercle o) mandible
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Facial nere: branches a)ter +tylomastoid )oramen "(en Zulus Ouggered
My Cat 7Pain)ully9":
$ From su!erior to in)erior:
(em!oral branch
Zygomatic branch
Ouccal branch
Mandibular branch
Cerical branch
7Posterior auricular nere9
$ 3lternatiely: "P3ssing (hrough Zan'ibar Oy Motor Car" 7P3 )or
Posterior 3uricular9&
+u!erior orbital )issure: structures !assing through "Lie Free (o +ee
3bsolutely No 8nsult":
Lacrimal nere
Frontal nere
(rochlear nere
+u!erior branch o) oculomotor nere
3bducent nere
Nasociliary nere
8n)erior branch o) oculomotor nere
Korner6s syndrome com!onents "K-,Ny P3M"
$ Korner6s is:
Ptosis
3nhidrosis
Miosis
Cubital )ossa contents ",eally Need Ooo'e (o Oe 3t My Nicest":
$ From lateral to medial:
,adial Nere
Oice!s (endon
Orachial 3rtery
Median Nere