Supine vs. prone body position Know SUPination is your hand while carrying a bowl of SOUP.

Your face follows

where your palm is facing [i.e. up]. Put a handpuppet on your hand while hand is in supination and the puppet will be
the supine position.
See diagram.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Cubital fossa contents "N-MAN":
From lateral to medial:
Nerve
Muscle
Artery
Nerve
Specifics are radial Nerve, biceps Muscle tendon, brachial Artery, median Nerve.
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---Peter Stefanides University College Dublin
Diaphram aperatures: spinal levels "Come Enter the Abdomen:
Vena Cava [8]
Esophagus [10]
Aorta [12]
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---Phillip Snider (originally by Sherry Roles) Med student: Arizona College of Osteopathic Med
Inversion vs. eversion direction in the foot Little INtroVERted boys roll their feet in when talking to girls.
Also, can just watch which way the sole of the foot goes: does it face in or out?
See diagram.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Perineal vs. peroneal Perineal is in between the legs.
Peroneal is on the leg.
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---Anonymous Contributor
L4 landmark: 2 items "B4U" [before you]:
Bifurcation of aorta
L4
Umbilicus
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---Anonymous Contributor
Anatomical planes: coronal, horizontal, sagittal Coronal: A classic painting/stained glass window of a saint/angel has
a corona radiating around the person's head. The plane of the glass/page is cutting their head in the coronal plane.
Horizontal: Someone coming over the horizon has their abdomen cut in the horizontal plane.
Sagittal: the remaining one by default.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin
Supine vs. prone body position "Supine is on your spine.
Therefore, prone's the "other" one.
Also, prone to suffocate in prone position.
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---Carol Kasper and Sandy Honeycutt MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL, USA and Nursing student
Retroperitoneal structures list SAD PUCKER:
Suprarenal glands
Aorta & IVC
Duodenum (half)
Pancreas
Ureters
Colon (ascending & descending)
Kidneys
Esophagus (anterior & left covered)
Rectum
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---Ron Norman AECC
Cubital fossa contents "My Bottoms Turned Red":
From medial to lateral:
Median nerve

Brachial artery
Tendon of biceps
Radial nerve
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---Dell Piero University Malaya Medical School, Malaysia
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Ankle: anterior compartment of leg contents "The Hamptons Are Never Dull Parties":
From medial malleolus:
Tibialis anterior tendon
(Extensor) Hallacus longus
Artery (anterior tibial)
Nerve (deep peroneal)
(Extensor) Digitorum
Peroneus tertius
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---Jonhs Hopkins Class of 2004
Cubital fossa contents "Really Need Booze To Be At My Nicest":
From lateral to medial:
Radial Nerve
Biceps Tendon
Brachial Artery
Median Nerve
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---Anonymous Contributor
Cubital fossa contents MBBR:
From medial to lateral:
Median nerve
Brachial artery
Biceps tendon
Radial nerve
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---Dr. Atif Farooq Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Retroperitoneal organs (major) "AC/DC Rocker Kids Party Down":
Ascending Colon
Descending Colon
Rectum
Kidneys
Pancreas
Duodenum
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---Anonymous Contributor
Superior mediastinum: contents PVT Left BATTLE:
Phrenic nerve
Vagus nerve
Thoracic duct
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve (not the right)
Brachiocephalic veins
Aortic arch (and its 3 branches)
Thymus
Trachea
Lymph nodes
Esophagus
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---Anonymous Contributor University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Inguinal canal: walls "MALT: 2M, 2A, 2L, 2T":
Starting from superior, moving around in order to posterior:
Superior wall (roof): 2 Muscles:
internal oblique Muscle
transverse abdominus Muscle
Anterior wall: 2 Aponeuroses:
Aponeurosis of external oblique
Aponeurosis of internal oblique

Lower wall (floor): 2 Ligaments:

inguinal Ligament
lacunar Ligament
Posterior wall: 2Ts:
Transversalis fascia
conjoint Tendon
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---Miruna Segarceanu UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
Mediastinums: posterior mediastinum structures There are 4 birds:
The esophaGOOSE (esophagus)
The vaGOOSE nerve
The azyGOOSE vein
The thoracic DUCK (duct)
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---Aron Flagg Finch University of Health Sciences / The Chicago Medical School
Internal pudendal branches "I Pee Pee But Don't Dump!":
Inferior rectal
Posterior scrotal (or labial)
Perineal
Bulb
Deep artery
Dorsal artery
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