Skin and Special Senses

Organ of Corti for hearing, maculae and cristae for balance

A memory aid for the sensory epithelium of the inner ear.

Epithelium, Bowman layer, stroma, Descemet membrane, endothelium

A mnemonic for the five layers of the cornea.

Papillary dermis is fine and vascular; reticular dermis is dense and strong

A memory aid for the layers and contents of the dermis.

Come Let's Get Sun Burnt: basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum

A mnemonic for the layers of the epidermis from deep to superficial.

Anagen growing, catagen regressing, telogen resting

A memory aid for the hair follicle and its growth cycle.

Light passes through the retina to reach the photoreceptors at the back

A memory aid for the layers of the retina and its photoreceptors.

Hair follicles, sebaceous glands, eccrine and apocrine sweat glands, nails

A memory aid for the adnexal structures of the skin.

Filiform have none; fungiform, circumvallate and foliate do

A memory aid for the tongue papillae and which carry taste buds.