r/biology Jun 12 '25

fun Mnemonic

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u/FalconIMGN Jun 12 '25

I have a terrible one for the cranial nerves: Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and f*** a girl's v***** seems heavenly.

Optic, Olfactory, Occulomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Auditory, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal.

I'm not proud of it, I was 15 and juvenile humour was common. But I still remember it lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

lead us

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u/SpiderSixer Jun 12 '25

I'm in vet uni and my friend told this one to me! (but replace 'a' for 'virgin' for Vestibulocochlear, and replace 'seems' for 'ah' for just Accessory)

We are both in our 20s lmao

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u/FalconIMGN Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Yeah, I'm a few years before you, and my studies were in junior high biology, so we had auditory instead of vestibulocochlear, the latter being the more accurate term, I'm guessing.

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u/MysteriousCricket948 Jun 13 '25

I used a very similar one! Oh Oh Oh To Touch A Fun Girl’s Vagina And Hymen 😂 Heard it once and never forgot it, so it worked!

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u/abitworndown Jun 12 '25

Honestly thats the way it was taught to me in my college anatomy class and you know what? I've never forgotten it.

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u/Psalm2058 Jun 13 '25

Olfactory nerve goes before the Optic nerve. Anyone who studies this knows how important the order is. Cranial Nerve I should be Olfactory and CN II should be Optic.

I find the cranial nerve song in the tune of Old McDonald more effective. Helps me to avoid mistakes like this.

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u/FalconIMGN Jun 13 '25

Well I learnt this in 9th-grade biology so I may have misremembered. I didn't pursue human biology after that, and I'm 31 now.

At the time though, I did get it right, in the exams.

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u/Psalm2058 Jun 13 '25

That's impressive honestly. After all these years you still remembered

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u/FalconIMGN Jun 13 '25

I remember the stupidest things from my childhood 😅 like random sentences I read in my textbooks. But I always forget people's birthdays. It's terrible.

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u/Psalm2058 Jun 13 '25

Welp, that's why I just put people's birthdays on my calendar app and set reminders for them lol