Cranial nerves and hard ons, oh my...

"Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, to touch a female vagina, gives Victor a hardon."

Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator

See, I said it. Vagina, hard on, and I'll just go ahead and add penis to this sentence. However, It worked for it's purpose. Remembering the 12 Cranial nerves.

I – Olfactory

II – Optic

III – Oculomotor

IV – Trochlear

V (1,2,3) – Trigeminal

VI – Abducens

VII – Facial

VIII – Vestibulocochlear

IX – Glossopharyngeal

X – Vagus

XI – Accessory

XII – Hypoglossal  - (Via Wikipedia)

(Yes, I'm using Wikipedia as a source. No this isn't a scholarly or even very intelligent post, it's okay.)

Sooo, I was suppose to memorize the 12 cranial nerves and their function (sensory, motor, or both) for a test this semester. I didn't, the test didn't go well. this is the point of test (or is how I use them at least). They are to show you what you need to learn! Within hours of that class ending, the tale of Victors sexual adventure was being repeated in my head over, and over, and over. The names of each nerve sticking out to me as much as the same nerves in my head. With the names cemented I needed a way to remember the function, and in came Victors brother.

"Some say marry money but my brother says big brains(and/or boobs) matter more" ~Dr Tim Luijkx and Dr Frank Gaillard et al

Sensory, Motor, or Both? That is the question... So we take our list of cranial nerves and line them up like so.

Some – Olfactory

Say– Optic

Marry – Oculomotor

Money– Trochlear

But – (1,2,3) – Trigeminal

My– Abducens

Brother– Facial

Says– Vestibulocochlear

Big– Glossopharyngeal

Brains/Boobs– Vagus

Matter– Accessory

More– Hypoglossal

That gives us the basic breakdown. Which is all I need for now. I hope someone finds this as helpful as I did! I wonder if anyone has done a study to see if the more inappropriate the mnemonic is the more effective it is to help people remember. Or maybe I'm just a little extra goofy and dirty minded... uh oh...