Cranial Nerves

Those pesky cranial nerves again. To remember them ...

In Class, per our instructor: "On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops."

How I remembered them in Anatomy and Physiology and has served me well since: "On Occasion Our Trusty Truck Acts Funny A Good Vehicle AnyHow."

How I will remember them from now on: "Oh Oh Oh Tubby Teens And Fat Virgins Give Very Shitty Head."

A & P

Remember in Anatomy and Physiology Lab when the TA's told us to treat the human skeletons with respect? Probably because of these cut-ups from med schools way back when. Their sense of humor was as morbid as ours.

The tableaus reminded me of a school project college students submitted at the nursing school my mother taught in the Philippines. The students had to present dioramas of frog skeletons as their final project. The dioramas I saw included frogs dressed as the Beatles in a concert, frogs in a fashion show, and frogs riding a car. Don't know for which class. Biology, maybe? Luckily, we didn't have to do that here. The dissecting part and the dressing up part, I wouldn't have a problem with. But hunting for frogs? Imagine trying to catch them in your backyard?

"A Student's Dream"

From NPR: Portraits Capture Life In Dissecting Class