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During the last month before you take the MCAT, you should take several practice full-length tests. Students who take a TPR or Kaplan prep course take five full-length proctored exams as part of the course, which is probably an adequate number of practice tests for most people. Those of you who are self-studying will need to take the practice tests on your own; make sure that you strictly observe the time limits for each section. You can purchase actual released MCATs from the AAMC, and you can also buy practice tests from any of the test prep companies.

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anatomy mnemonics

Cranial Nerves mnemonics

I On (Olfactory)
II Old (Optic)
III Olympus (Oculomotor)
IV Towering (Trochlear)
V Tops, (Trigeminal)
VI A (Abducens)
VII Finn (Facial)
VIII And (Auditory)
IX German (Glossopharyngeal)
X Viewed (Vagus)
XI Astounding (Accessory)
XII Hops (Hypoglossal)

I Some (Sensory)
II Say (Sensory)
III Marry (primarily Motor)
IV Money, (primarily Motor)
V But (Both)
VI My (primarily Motor)
VII Brother (Both)
VIII Says (Sensory)
IX Big (Both)
X Bras (Both)
XI Matter (primarily Motor)
XII More (primarily Motor)

"You have I nose & II eyes"
I - Olfactory n.; II - Optic n.


Horner’s syndrome: components (mnemonics anatomy )

PAM:
Ptosis
Anhydrosis
Miosis


V3: sensory branches mnemonics

"Buccaneers Are Inferior Linguists":
Buccal
Auriculotemporal
Inferior alveolar
Lingual


Thigh: lateral rotators mnemonics

"Pretty Girls Often Get Off Quickly":
Piriformis
Gemellus superior
Obturator internus
Gemellus inferior
Obturator externus
Quadradus femorus


Pes anserinus: component tendons

"Some God*amned Tendon":
· From medial to lateral:
Sartorius
Gracilis
Semitendinosus


Cubital fossa contents mnemonics

"Really Need Booze To Be At My Nicest":
· From lateral to medial:
Radial Nerve
Biceps Tendon
Brachial Artery
Median Nerve


Deep tendon reflexes: root supply (anatomy mnemonics)

God designed body reflexes according to a nursery rhyme:
One, two– buckle my shoe. Three, four– kick the door. Five, six– pick up sticks. Seven, eight– shut the gate.
S1,2 = ankle jerk
L3,4 = knee jerk
C5,6 = biceps and brachioradialis
C7,8 = triceps


Brachial plexus subunits

Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer":
Roots
Trunks
Divisions
Cords
Branches
· Alternatively: "Read The darn Cadaver Book!"
· Alternatively: "Real Texans Drink Coors Beer".


External carotid artery branches (anatomy mnemonics)

"Suzy Always Lays Flat On Pillows Making Sex Terrific":
Superior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior auricular
Maxillary
Superificial Temporal


Inferior vena cava tributaries

"I Like To Rise So High":
Illiacs
Lumbar
Testicular
Renal
Suprarenal
Hepatic vein.
· Think of the IVC wanting to rise high up to the heart.


Internal pudendal branches mnemonics

"I Pee Pee But Don’t Dump!":
Inferior rectal
Posterior scrotal (or labial)
Perineal
Bulb
Deep artery
Dorsal artery


Bronchopulmonary segments of right lung

"A PALM Seed Makes Another Little Palm":
· In order from superior to inferior:
Apical
Posterior
Anterior
Lateral
Medial
Superior
Medial basal
Anterior basal
Lateral basal
Posterior basal


Axillary artery branches
"Suzy Thompkins Loves Sex, Alcohol, and Pot":
· From proximal to distal:
Superior thoracic
Thoracacromial
Lateral thoracic
Subscapular
Anterior circumflex humeral
Posterior circumflex humeral

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