I’ve been periodically posting various birth quotes to my Talk Birth Facebook page. This entry was posted on July 29, 2009, in birth education, Tools and tagged birth classes, birth education, childbirth education. I’d like to find one for the 7 cardinal movements! Does anyone else have any devices to add that they use for terms like this? These are the ones that have come to mind right now. And, myometrium is in the middle–both start with “m.” Perimetrium is on the perimeter (the outside. I remember the three layers of the uterus by using the start of the word to remind me of its location. And less interesting and more classic, that arteries carry blood *away* from something (both start with A) and veins carry blood to it.ĥ. “I schitt on my tuberosities” (not pronounced quite as bad as it looks, draw out the “sch.” This helps me remember that the ischial tuberosities are the “sitting bones” at the bottom of the pelvis–I was getting them confused with the iliac bones and perhaps with the ischial spines).Ĥ. This helped me remember the difference between bradycardia and tachycardia ).ģ. “Brady’s always been a little slow…” (said with a sort of sympathetic grimace. “What do you want for Isthmus ?” “A lower uterine segment!”Ģ. I studied compulsively for the exam and came up with a couple of mnemonic devices (word tricks that help you remember things) for several birth-related anatomy terms that I was otherwise having trouble remembering.ġ. In March of this year, I took the ICEA childbirth educator certification exam. This is an example of a mnemonic device that was (to me) apparently unforgettable. Thanks to the word “tulip,” used by my Western Civilization professor in 1996, I will never forget the 5 basic beliefs of Calvinism.
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