This high-yield revision note on Top 50 Anatomy Mnemonics for INBDE – Part 1 covers everything examiners typically test under Anatomy — structured as quick-reference tables, clinical correlations, mnemonics and previous-year-style high-yield points. It's built for last-mile revision before NEET MDS, INI-CET MDS and INBDE, so you can scan it in minutes instead of re-reading a whole textbook chapter.
A compact quick-revision reference of classic head & neck anatomy mnemonics for last-minute exam review. Cross-reference each with the full detailed notes for complete context.
| Topic | Mnemonic |
|---|---|
| Cranial nerve names, in order | "Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet, AH!" (Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, Hypoglossal) |
| Cranial nerve function type (Sensory/Motor/Both) | "Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More" (matches the S/M/B pattern for CN I-XII) |
| Extracranial branches of the facial nerve | "Two Zebras Bit My Coccyx" = Temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Mandibular, Cervical |
| Foramina and their contents | Foramen rotundum = V2; Foramen ovale = V3; Foramen spinosum = Middle meningeal artery; Jugular foramen = CN IX, X, XI |
| Muscles of mastication (jaw elevators) | "MTP" = Masseter, Temporalis, Medial Pterygoid elevate the mandible; the Lateral Pterygoid instead protrudes/depresses (opens) the jaw |
| Contents of the carotid sheath | "VAN" = Vein (internal jugular, lateral), Artery (common/internal carotid, medial), Nerve (vagus, positioned posteriorly between the two) |
| Hard palate bony composition | Anterior 2/3 = palatine process of the maxilla; Posterior 1/3 = horizontal plate of the palatine bone |
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