Cranial Nerves – A Poem

First, comes my nose

Second comes my eyes

All they do is sense along with vestiblo cochlear that bears only 8 notes

3&4 I call you motor because I am driving the truck clear

Roll no 5. Trigemi is a mixed child

Who was abducted at 6’o clock in a car by 7 known faces mixed in the crowd

My 9th grade friend Glossy pharynx mixed with the crowd on 10th at Las Vegas who have 11 accessorized cars but their 12th car is less glossy

One of the most dreaded tasks for anatomy students is learning the names of the 12 cranial nerves. I, like many other students before me, despised memorising them. Instead, I tired looking for mnemonics to remember the cranial nerves. I will list down below a few mnemonics that I particularly useful. However, in my search for good mnemonics, I ended up creating my own. The poem above was my method of recalling the names of the 12 cranial nerves during my student days.

Other Mnemonics for Cranial Nerves:

NERVE:	Olfactory nerve	Optic nerve	Oculomotor nerve	Pathic (Trochlear) nerve	Trigeminal (dentist) nerve	Abducens nerve	Facial nerve	Vestibulo-cochlear (Auditory) nerve	Glosso-pharyngeal nerve	Vagus nerve	Spinal Accessory nerve	Hypoglossal nerve
Mnemonic: (for nerve)	OLd	OPen	OCeans	TROuble	TRIbesmen	ABout	Fish	VEnom	Giving	VArious	ACute / SPlitting	Headaches
Extra Mnemonic: (for nerves)	Oh	Oh	Oh	To	Touch	And	Feel	Very	Good	Velvet	Ah	Heaven
TYPE:	Sensory	Sensory	Motor	Motor	Both (sensory + motor)	Motor	Both	Sensory	Both	Both	Motor	Motor
Mnemonic: (for type)	Some	Say	Marry	Money,	But	My	Brother	Says	Big	Business	Makes	Money

Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anatomy_mnemonics#Cranial_nerves)