Knowing spinal arterial anatomy is a given.

Knowing spinal venous anatomy is next level

Vertebral venous plexus can be both good & evil--good for collaterals, bad for tumor spread, infxn, & emboli...and spinal CSF fistulas!

Here’s the anatomy you MUST know if you are doing…

Knowing spinal arterial anatomy is a given.

Knowing spinal venous anatomy is next level

Vertebral venous plexus can be both good & evil--good for collaterals, bad for tumor spread, infxn, & emboli...and spinal CSF fistulas!

Here’s the anatomy you MUST know if you are doing…

They say three’s a crowd!

Anatomy at the 3rd ventricle is crowded by important structures!

How can YOU remember anatomy in this region?

3rd ventricle looks like a hedgehog.

And that hedgehog can keep you from hedging about anatomy here! Here's how it can help you remember:…

They say three’s a crowd!

Anatomy at the 3rd ventricle is crowded by important structures!

How can YOU remember anatomy in this region?

3rd ventricle looks like a hedgehog.

And that hedgehog can keep you from hedging about anatomy here! Here's how it can help you remember:…

1/Time to go with the flow!

Hoping no one notices you don’t know the anatomy of internal carotid (ICA)?

Do you say “carotid siphon” & hope no one asks for more detail?

Here’s a thread to help you siphon off some information about ICA anatomy!

7/C5 is the clinoid segment—at the ant. clinoid process

Clinoid process gets its name from its sloped shape. It’s from the same Latin root as recline (CLIN)

And we all take a break (take five some might say😉) by sitting back or reclining.

Take FIVE & reCLINE. C5 is CLINoid.

6/C4 is the cavernous segment

Cavernous segment has the anterior genu. Here, the ICA makes a curve back, so it looks like a knee (genu is Latin for knee)

You can remember C4 is cavernous b/c the number 4 has a curve back like the anterior genu of the cavernous ICA, like a knee.

5/C3 is the lacerum segment—from above foramen lacerum to petrolingual ligament.

It’s easy to remember b/c lacerum comes from the Latin word for torn (b/c foramen lacerum is irregular like a tear or laceration)

Number 3 zig zags like a laceration or torn edge, so C3 = lacerum

4/C2 is the petrous or horizontal segment. This is where the ICA gets to the next floor, the skullbase.

I remember this b/c the ICA makes a curve forward here, like a swan’s neck--and number 2 has a forward, swan like curve that looks just like the curve of the petrous segment.

3/ICA is divided into numbered segments based on landmarks that denote transitions on its way up the floors.

C1 is in the lobby or neck.

You can remember this b/c the number 1 looks elongated & straight like a neck.

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Don't become encephalopathic!

Here is the cheat sheet of the encephalopathy patterns you NEED to know & how to remember them!…

Is trying to remember toxic encephalopathy patterns making you toxic?

Does memorizing metabolic encephalopathy patterns put you into a metabolic coma?

Don't become encephalopathic!

Here is the cheat sheet of the encephalopathy patterns you NEED to know & how to remember them!…

Even if you’re in it for the LONG haul, sometimes it’s good to come up SHORT!

If you can’t summarize, you’ll never memorize!

Here's a cheat sheet for a truly critical skill in imaging: How to read a head CT!

If you're looking at head CTs, this is what you NEED to know!

➡️The…

Even if you’re in it for the LONG haul, sometimes it’s good to come up SHORT!

If you can’t summarize, you’ll never memorize!

Here's a cheat sheet for a truly critical skill in imaging: How to read a head CT!

If you're looking at head CTs, this is what you NEED to know!

➡️The…

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