Todays pickGreat Lakes: HOMES โ†’ SHAME

Todays pickGreat Lakes: HOMES โ†’ SHAME

Mnemonic device

Never Lower Tilly's Panties, Grandmother May Come Home.

Explanation

This is a memory sentence to help you remember the 8 carpal (wrist) bones, using their older names. Take the first letter of each word: Never Lower Tilly's Panties, Grandmother May Come Home โ†’ N-L-T-P-G-M-C-H, standing for Navicular (now usually called Scaphoid), Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Greater multangular (now usually called Trapezium), Multangular (now usually called Trapezoid), Capitate, Hamate.

Anatomical diagram of the hand and wrist showing the 8 carpal bones
Diagram: Arcadian, Mintz l & Was a bee, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

๐Ÿ” Search