Axillary artery branches [ID 1208] "Screw The Lawyer Save A Patient": "Suzy Thompkins Loves Sex, Alcohol,

and Pot" MedicalMnemonics.com Summer 2001 Abridged Page 2 of 119 Superior thoracic Thoracoacromiol Lateral thoracic Subscapular Anterior circumflex humeral Posterior circumflex humeral

Brachial artery: recurrent and collateral branches [ID 608] "I Am Pretty Sexy" Inferior ulnar collateral artery goes with Anterior ulnar recurrent artery. Posterior ulnar recurrent artery goes with Superior ulnar collateral artery. Alternatively: "I Am Pretty Smart".

Carotid sheath contents [ID 669] "I See 10 CC's in the IV": I See (I.C.) = Internal Carotid artery 10 = CN 10 (Vagus nerve) CC = Common Carotid artery IV = Internal Jugular Vein

Ulnar nerve to ulnar artery and radial nerve to radial artery relations [ID 90] Think "peripheral nerves": The ulnar nerve is "ulnar" to the ulnar artery. Radial nerve is "radial" to the radial artery. Anterior forearm muscles: superficial group [ID 273] There are five, like five digits of your hand. Place your thumb into your palm, then lay that hand palm down on your other arm, as shown in diagram. Your 4 fingers now show distribution: spells PFPF [pass/fail, pass/fail]: Pronator teres Flexor carpi radialis Palmaris longus Flexor carpi ulnaris

Your thumb below your 4 fingers shows the muscle which is deep to the other four: Flexor digitorum superficialis Biceps brachii muscle: origins [ID 1876] "You walk shorter to a street corner. You ride longer on a superhighway.": Short head originates from coracoid process. Long head originates from the supraglenoid cavity. Bicipital groove: attachments of muscles near it [ID 27] "The lady between two majors": Teres major attaches to medial lip of groove. Pectoralis major to lateral lip of groove. Latissimus (Lady) is on floor of groove, between the 2 majors. Brachioradialis: function, innervation, one relation, one attachment [ID 92] BrachioRadialis: Function: Its the Beer Raising muscle, flexes elbow, strongest when wrist is oriented like holding a beer. Innervation: Breaks Rule: its a flexor muscle, But Radial. (Radial nerve usually is for extensors: Recall BEST rule: B was for brachioradialis). Important relation: Behind it is the Radial nerve in the cubital fossa. Attachment: Attaches to Bottom of Radius.

Elbow: muscles that flex it [ID 94] Three B's Bend the elBow: Brachialis Biceps Brachioradialis Erector spinae muscles [ID 661] "I Love Sex": "I Like Standing": From lateral to medial: Iliocostalis Longissimus Spinalis Serratus anterior: innervation [ID 547] SALT: Serratus Anterior = Long Thoracic. Serratus anterior: innervation and action Hi Yield [ID 25]

"C5-6-7 raise your arms up to heaven": Long thoracic nerve roots (567) innervate Serratus anterior. Test C567 roots clinically by ability to raise arm past 90 degrees. Brachial plexus branches Hi Yield [ID 135] "My Aunt Raped My Uncle": From lateral to medial: Musculocutaneous Axillary Radial Median Ulnar Brachial plexus organization Hi Yield [ID 580] "The Castrated Dog Turns Rabid": From lateral to medial: Terminal branches Cords Divisions Trunks Roots Brachial plexus: branches of posterior cord [ID 465] STAR: Subscapular [upper and lower] Thoracodorsal Axillary Radial Cervical plexus: arrangement of the important nerves [ID 268] "GLAST": 4 compass points: clockwise from north on the right side of neck: Great auricular Lesser occipital Accessory nerve pops out between L and S Supraclavicular Transverse cervical Musculocutaneous nerve: muscles innervated [ID 1834] BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): Biceps brachii Brachioradialis Coracobrachialis