Mnemonics - Gastrointestinal system (stomach intestine)
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Bowel Segments
"Dow Jones Industrial Averages Closing Stock Report" is a good one,
even though it misses the Ce***...
Dow
Jones
Industrial
Averages
Closing
Stock
Report Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Appendix
Colon
Sigmoid
Rectum
Liver Lobes
The four lobes of the liver: caudate, quadrate, left and right, bring
to mind the newspaper headline of the wheelchair bound fellow who left
a party right after his ugly girlfriend departed: "QUAD LEFT RIGHT
after COW-DATE"
Pertoneum Facts
The idea is to relate key letters of related parts...
stOMach and OMentum (which lays over the stomach)
The bacterium e. coLI is found in the Large Intestine
The OMentum covers the stOMach
The Lesser OMentum holds the Liver and stOMach
The Mesentery holds the sMall intestine
The mesoCOLON attaches the large intestine (COLON) to the posterior
abdominal wall.
The periTONEa, which prevents the intestines from kinking, TONES the GI
tract.
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