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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