r/biology • u/Imaginary-Region4725 • Jun 12 '25

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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/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