“WW 2” (World War II)
Water is White in a T2 scan.
Conversely, a T1 scan shows fat as being whiter.
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T2 vs T1 MRI scan
Tag: CNS
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Cerebellum
Fat Guys Eat Donuts
Deep cerebellar nuclei and their positions relative to the midline: “Fat Guys Eat Donuts,” where each letter indicates the medial to lateral location in the cerebellar white matter
- nucleus fastigii
- globose nucleus
- nucleus emboliformis
- dentate nucleus
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Foramen Magnum
VAMPS-ATM OR VAMPires Sing AT Midnight
The following are the contents of foramen magnum
- Vertebral arteries
- Anterior Spinal artery
- Meningeal branches of the cervical nerves
- Posterior spinal arteries
- Spinal part of the accessory nerve
- Alar and Apical ligaments of the dens
- Tectorial membrane
- Medulla oblongata
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Branches of trigeminal nerve
Standing Room Only
- V1 passes through the superior orbital fissure
- V2 through the foramen rotundum
- V3 through the foramen ovale.
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Brachial Plexus
Remember To Drink Cold Beer –
Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, BranchesP – STAR, RATS, ULTRA, ULNAR
L – LLM, LML, LML
M – M4U
- Posterior cord branches
- STAR
- Subscapular (upper and lower) nerve
- Thoracodorsal nerve
- Axillary nerve
- Radial nerve
- RATS
- Radial nerve
- Axillary nerve
- Thoracodorsal nerve
- Subscapular (Upper & Lower) nerve.
- ULTRA –
- Upper subscapular nerve
- Lower subscapular nerve
- Thoracodorsal nerve
- Radial nerve
- Axillary nerve.
- ULNAR
- Upper subscapular nerve,
- Lower subscapular nerve,
- Nerve to latissimus dorsi,
- Axillary nerve,
- Radial nerve.
- STAR
- Lateral Cord Branches
- LLM “Lucy Loves Me”
- Lateral pectoral nerve
- Lateral root of the median nerve
- Musculocutaneous nerve.
- Love Me Latha (LML)
- Lateral pectoral nerve
- Musculocutaneous nerve
- Lateral root of median nerve.
- Look My Lancer
- Lateral pectoral nerve
- Musculocutaneous nerve
- Lateral root of Median nerve.
- LLM “Lucy Loves Me”
- Medial Cord Branches
- “Most Medical Men Use Morphine” –
- Medial pectoral nerve
- Medial cutaneous nerve of arm
- Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
- Ulnar nerve
- Medial root of the median nerve.
- “Money Makes Many Men Unhappy” or M4U
- Medial pectoral nerve
- Medial cutaneous nerve of arm
- Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
- Medial root of median nerve
- Ulnar nerve.
- Union of 4 Medials –
- Ulnar nerve,
- Medial cutaneous nerve of arm
- Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
- Medial pectoral nerve
- Medial root of median nerve.
- “Most Medical Men Use Morphine” –
- 5 main nerves of brachial plexus, in order laterally to medially
- “My Aunty Rocks My Uncle”
- Musculocutaneous nerve
- Axillary nerve
- Radial nerve
- Median nerve
- Ulnar nerve.
- “My Aunty Rocks My Uncle”
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Cavernous sinus contents
O TOM CAT
O TOM are lateral wall components, in order from superior to inferior.
CA are the components within the sinus, from medial to lateral. CA ends at the level of T from O TOM.
- Occulomotor nerve (III)
- Trochlear nerve (IV)
- Ophthalmic nerve (V1)
- Maxillary nerve (V2)
- Carotid artery
- Abducent nerve (VI)
- T: When written, connects to the T of OTOM
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