There’s a rude rhyme for the path of the lingual nerve:
The Lingual nerve
Took a swerve
Around the Hyoglossus.
“Well I’ll be f*#ked!”
Said Wharton’s Duct,
“The bastard’s double crossed us!”
We nursing students learned a vulgar one for the cranial nerves.
Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel A Girl’s Vagina, How Heavenly.
It beats Olympus’ towering tops!
I learnt cranial nerve with a weird sort of combo of visulisation and mnemonic-
“1 nose, 2 eyes that move with pulleys, feel my abducted face, hear my glow, vaguely accessorise my hip”.
It works well, but only if you know what you’re supposed to be thinking of!
How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
Probably the only mnemonic that’s harder to remember than what it stands for.
Or if you’re happy with a lousy 8sf, you can muddle through with “May I have a large container of coffee?”
Every adult dick gets big easy.
Guitar players will recognize that one.
Problem is, by the time I learned the mnemonic, I had already memorized it that much. And I didn’t have to convert the words, either.
I Don’t Play Loud Music After Lunch.
Biological classification.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Variety
I learned it thusly:
King Phillip came over from Germany shouting “Viva”!
I heard it as, Mary’s Violet Eyes Makes John Sit Up Nicely Period
Half of anatomy was learned through mnemonics, either widely circulated or made up.
My favorite is the branches of the subclavian artery in the arm. Very politically incorrect: Transvestites Wear Long Skirts To Cover Hairy Penises.
Paging… nah, not gonna say it. 