# Anatomy mnemonic...can you guess what they are? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491 "2002-04-25T03:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/1 "2002-04-25T03:34:17Z")
Scary Lucy Tried Pitching Trapped Trainees Canned Hams (If you figure it out, can you come up with a mnemonic for a different system?) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/2 "2002-04-25T03:46:00Z")
IIRC, it’s the carpal bones in the wrist (or the tarsal bones of the ankle. I’ve forgotten the exact names since school). What, you’ve never heard of “Never Lower Tillie’s Pants, Mother Might Come Home?” My favorite, however, is “Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl’s vagina! Ah, heaven!” That one should be obvious, because it’s a known sequence. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/3 "2002-04-25T03:47:22Z")
For some reason, my first guess was carpal bones. After checking, I find I’m right 🙂 Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate I’ll have to get back to you on another mnemonic, though…I only ever really took bone classes in college. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/4 "2002-04-25T03:49:43Z")
This mneumonic isn’t anatomy, but it is related to biology: Ken Puts Cock On Fat Girl’s Stomach ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/5 "2002-04-25T03:53:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > My favorite, however, is “Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl’s vagina! Ah, heaven!” That one should be obvious, because it’s a known sequence. > > Robin \*\* Another version of this one goes something like: "On old Olympus’ towering top, a fat-assed German . . . [did something or other, I’ve forgotten. Must be my NERVES. . . A little help please? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/6 "2002-04-25T04:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > \*\*My favorite, however, is “Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl’s vagina! Ah, heaven!” That one should be obvious, because it’s a known sequence. > > Robin \*\* I remember that being in some novel my mother once had; however, I forget the author and title. As I recall, one of the characters was discussing medical school mnemonics in a busy restaurant with her then-husband. I **think** it was the 12 optic nerves or something or other like that. (well, I rmeember it starting with an “o”) [so 12 optic nerves makes no sense to me at all, but this is the best I, as a non-science student, can do] I really have **no** idea at all… :rolleyes: If my foggy memory of the scene in the book proves correct (and no, I’m not going to look it up), I’ll be **very** surprised! The things you can learn from books… and that stick in your head waiting to be pulled out and used for moments such as this! Forgive me, I’m rambling again… much as usual. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/7 "2002-04-25T04:32:08Z")
Keep Pot Cold Or Forget Getting Stoned 😃 From my seventh grade science teacher, way back when ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/8 "2002-04-25T04:34:51Z")
Hey! Same as **Pablito’s** Gotta pay attention to the thread…:o ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/9 "2002-04-25T07:46:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pablito \* > [BKen Puts Cock On Fat Girl’s Stomach \*\* and > [@](#): > > \*Ludo \* > \*\* Keep Pot Cold Or Forget Getting Stoned \*\* Those are for the 7 taxonomic divisions; kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. > [@](#): > > _Pablito again_ > \*\*On old Olympus’ towering top, a fat-assed German . . . \*\* That’s for the twelve _cranial_ nerves. ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/10 "2002-04-25T10:20:18Z")
That’s “On Old Olympus’ Towering Tops, A French And German Viewed Some Hops” for the cranial nerves. Unfortunately, it isn’t perfect…“And” is no longer the Auditory nerve, now it’s the Vestibulocochlear. For the Classification, I used “Phoenix College’s Ornery Foxes Go Slowly.” That one’s my own. Another one of mine: “Friends, Patriots, or Saints Elicit the News: Viewing Mom & Pop Making Love in Zoos.” Only the capital letters count. Any guesses? Also-not anatomy, but a good one anyway: “How I want a drink! Alcoholic, of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.” Any guesses? ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/11 "2004-07-17T17:16:36Z")
> [@Theobroma](#): > > Also-not anatomy, but a good one anyway: “How I want a drink! Alcoholic, of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.” > > Any guesses? The answer is “pi.” Count the number of letters in each word: How =3, I = 1 . . . and so on. I ran across this thread when I was searching for any discussions about mnemonics, and I see a few of my favorites. I’m always on the look-out for easy ways to remember things that would otherwise require brute memory. Probably from my days taking zoology and anatomy classes. Some others: Physics (I guess): Roy G. Biv Biology: Leaping zebras pounce down drains. There’s some others for memorizing the planets and presidents, but I don’t remember them. It’s getting to be pretty bad when I can’t even remember mnemonic devices. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/12 "2004-07-17T18:05:22Z")
Oh, and here’s another one. I remember the mnemonic, but for the life of me I can’t remember what it’s for. I learned it in molecular biology, if that’s a hint: Egad, my tiger has cancer. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/13 "2004-07-17T18:11:10Z")
Kings play chess on Friday’s, generally speaking is how I learned Kingdom, Phylum, etc. My Very Easy Method, Just Set Up Nine Planets Roy G. Biv in physics? Hmm. I learned that from a kids book (The Westing Game, Or, the Tattooed Potato, maybe) and in art class. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/14 "2004-07-17T18:13:01Z")
um, that’s Fridays, not Friday’s. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/15 "2004-07-17T18:28:49Z")
Roy G. Biv is the colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. And no, you didn’t get that one from _The Westing Game_. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/16 "2004-07-17T18:39:07Z")
The one I learned for carpal bones is: Never lower Tillie’s pants, Grandma may come home. Navicular, Lunate, Triquetrium, Pisiform, Greater Multangular, (Lesser) Multangular, Capitate, and Hamate There’s also: Some Lovers Try Positions That They Cannot Handle Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrium, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, and Hamate ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/17 "2004-07-17T19:35:24Z")
The mnemonic is sorta, kinda, almost, in manner of speaking dealing with anatomy - though the answer is legal in nature. But I have actually found it helpful in everyday converstions which, I’m guessing, doesn’t happen often with carpal bone thingies. Oral Sex While Lounging. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/18 "2004-07-17T21:28:01Z")
Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Using No Peanuts, Mayonaisse and Glue. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/19 "2004-07-17T22:01:39Z")
“two zebras bite my clitoris” This gem was shared with me by Mindy, a fellow med student, back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491/20 "2004-07-17T22:24:25Z")
“Z” for zygoma, right **Qadgop**? How about “Seven-up over Coke.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomy-mnemonic-can-you-guess-what-they-are/105491.md?page=2)