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[26 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for the nerves supplying the scalp is: GLASS
GLASS stands for:
G – Greater occipital/ Greater auricular
L – Lesser occipital
A – Auriculotemporal
S – Supratrochlear
S – Supraorbital

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[26 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for Proximal attachment (origin) of deltoid muscle is : CLASP
CLASP stands for:
CL – Clavicle (anterior fibers of deltoid arise from the anterior border and superior surface of lateral third of clavicle)
A – Acromion (middle fibers of deltoid arise from the lateral border of acromion process of scapula)
SP – Spine of the scapula (posterior fibers of deltoid arise from the posterior border of spine of scapula)
Note : The fibers of the deltoid converge and is inserted into the deltoid tuberosity of humerus.

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[25 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for Deep branches of Femoral artery is : “Put My Leg Down Please”
It stands for:
Put – Profundus femoris (deep femoral artery)
My – Medial circumflex femoral artery
Leg – Lateral circumflex femoral artery
Down – Descending genicular arteries
Please – Perforating arteries

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[25 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for the names and order of arrangement of carpal bones is : ‘She Looks Too Pretty, Try To Catch Her ‘
The arrangement of carpal bones from lateral to medial is: (Proximal row followed by distal row)
She - Scaphoid
Looks - Lunate
Too – Triquetral
Pretty – Pisiform
Try – Trapezium
To – Trapezoid
Catch – Capitate
Her – Hamate

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[25 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for tributaries of External jugular vein is : PAST
PAST stands for :
P – Posterior external jugular vein
A – Anterior jugular vein
S – Suprascapular vein
T – Transverse cervical vein

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[23 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for layers of scrotum is “Some Dangerous Englishmen Call It Testis” or ”Some Dirty Englishmen Called It Testis”
The layers of scrotum from superficial to deep are:
S – Skin
D – Dartos
E – External spermatic fascia
C- Cremasteric fascia
I – Internal spermatic fascia
Testis

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[11 Mar 2011 | No Comment | ]

Mnemonic for contents of broad ligament is : BROAD
B – Bundle (ovarian neurovascular bundle)
R – Round ligament
O – Ovarian ligament
A – Artefacts (vestigial structures)
D – Duct (oviduct)

AFMC 2011, Anatomy »

[20 Jan 2011 | 5 Comments | ]

1st carpometacarpal joint is a?
A. Hinge joint
B. Saddle joint
C. Synovial joint
D. Ellipsoid joint

AFMC 2011, Anatomy »

[20 Jan 2011 | One Comment | ]

Lymphatics from the testis drains into?
A. Para-aortic nodes
B. Inguinal nodes
C. Iliac nodes
D.

Anatomy, Ophthalmology »

[14 Jan 2011 | No Comment | ]

Haller’s cells, also known as infraorbital ethmoid cells are located at the medial roof of the maxillary sinus in the inferior most portion of the lamina papyracea
It is related to the orbital floor

Clinical significance:

It is closely related to the infundibulum and may compromise the ostium of the maxillary sinus
Hence it is a proposed cause of recurrent maxillary sinusitis

Reference:
Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery By Matti Anniko, Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen, Patrick Bradley