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PNEUMONICS
structures 45 cm length in our body
FAST at 45
Femur
Aorta
Spinal cord
Thoracic duct
structures 25 cms in length
UR ODD at 25
UReter
Oesophagus
Duodenum
Descending colon
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deep tendon reflexes
Deep tendon reflexes: root supply
_ God designed body reflexes according to a nursery rhyme:
One, two-- buckle my shoe. Three, four-- kick the door. Five, six-- pick up sticks. Seven, eight-- shut the gate.
S1,2 = ankle jerk
L3,4 = knee jerk
C5,6 = biceps and brachioradialis
C7,8 = triceps
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branches of superior mesenteric artery
branches of sup mesenteric A. follow the word "MIRJI-21354"
M- middle colic-2
I- inferior pancreaticoduodenal-1
R- right colic-3
J- jejunal&ilial-5
I- iliocolic-4
21354-numbering of branches
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EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
The 8 branches of external carotid artery can be remembered as SISTER LILYS POWDERED FACE OFTEN ATTRACTS MEDICAL STUDENT.
or remember SLiP-FOAMS
The branches goes as follows
Superior thyroid
Lingual
Posteriorauricular
Facial
Occipital
Ascending pharyngeal
Maxillary
Superficial temporal
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branches of the facial nerve..
1 greater petrossal
2 nerve to stapedius
3 chordea tympani
4 temporal
5 zygomatic
6 upper buccal
7 lower buccal
8 cervical
and please note auriculotemporal is not a branch of the seventh nerve but a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.......
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