Friday, October 28, 2005

The 12 Cranial Nerves

...in case anyone cares (and trust me, I realize no one cares).

Olfactory
Optic
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Acoustic
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Spinal Accessory
Hypoglossal

There are several acronyms for remembering this, some of which are not appropriate for publishing here. I like these two: On old Olympia's towering tops, a Fin and German viewed some hops. DUMB, I know. My preferred acronym is: On occasion, our trusty truck acts funny; very good vehicle anyhow. The problem with this one is that it gives different names for nerves 8 and 11; instead of acoustic and spinal accessory, the names are vestibulocochlear and just 'accessory,' respectively. It's the same thing, but different profs like it different ways.

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