Cranial Nerves Music Video

Doctors, nurses, students and staff on UT Southwestern's Neurocritical Care Team got their groove on for an original song about the cranial nerves and their functions. This is Aljean Santos' capstone project at Texas Woman's University.

[emmalineworthington]

Nursing student here! This is the song on replay until my exam that covers the cranial nerves!

[AlbertMSareh]

After 4 years, this is still the best song for the cranial nerves :))

[kylieberriwell]

I like how you actually explain the specific movements the cranial nerves correlate with. Thank you!

[bellonynzemenoh]

Cranial nerve 1 gave me a whiff
What’s that? Is that C-Diff?
Sensory nerve guides my sniffs
Olfactory is the way

Second nerve helps me see right
Central and peripheral sight
Sensory nerve for my eyes
Optic nerve is the way


Pupils constricting
3rd nerve, eyes are moving
Prevents eyelid drooping
Oculomotor nerve baby

The trochlear nerve
Works the superior Oblique
This is the 4th nerve
Hard to look down if its weak

Trigeminal nerve
Works mastication
Its sensory and motor
Deals with face sensation

Abducens is 6th
Does eye abductions
Motor nerve for motion
Helps prevent double vision

Facial is the 7th
Does facial expression
Its sensory and motor
Two thirds of taste sensation


Vestibulocochlear
8th nerve, body balancer
Used for the ear, sound sensor
Its sensory and hey

Glossopharyngeal nerve
Senses taste from the one third
Back of the tongue, the 9th nerve
It helps to swallow, hey

10th nerve is vagus
Let’s us speak and say stuff
Custard only, if dysphagia
Its sensory and motor baby

Accessory nerve
Is the 11th
So, shrug your shoulders
And test head resistance

The hypoglossal nerve
Is the 12th nerve
Deals with tongue movement
Mnemonic let’s get to it

On Old Olympus Towing Top A Fin and German
A fin and German,
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[gingerscally]

Thank you so much!!! I am a 56 year old medical school student and I need all the help I can get remembering these things...music videos help so much!!!!

[TatiTGH]

Neurology assistant professor here. This is literally the best mnemonic song ever! Thank you so much!

[sarahprieb]

I will never hear the regular song the same way again, lol! Thank you for this!

[binkawing]

Lecturer played this for us during Anatomy. There's now a lot of vet students singing this song.

[hylieprongsf.zeldin]

so NOT joking, i've recently started an online course for medical neuroscience and i'm having trouble with the C.N topic, so far it's been the hardest topic for me to face; anyway, i'm trying to find out how the f*** i'm gonna find a way to work them 12 nerves out and memorize, not to mention LEARN their functions. and then i came across this awosme video, and guys, you've helped me so much i can't thank you enough.
important thing to clarigy - english is my 2nd language so its hard for me as it is.
second thing is that i'm looking into local (ISRAEL) educational programmes for the study of the brain, and this is me preparing myself and indulging my curiousity - so i dont actually get a formal education of the neuroscience stuff, im studying the science by myself and through online resources galore. so this short but perfect video clip here is such a great resource for me, i cant tell you just how much.
so, for the last time now lol
you rock, thanks, and the production was freaking epic! im laughing out l;oud each and every time

[JoannaEckhardt]

our whole class learned the nerves watching the song! THANK YOU!!! A real lifesaver when learning cranial nerves!

[kiana]

P.S. Gorgeous voice, please don't ever take this down !

[niloumousa]

Thank you for going to great lengths for this video, so helpful .I paused it 12 times and wrote down what each cranial does. Really appreciated.

[georgettejoseph]

so very helpful in my study of cranial nerves for nursing exam. thanks for the time spent on this video. song now stuck in my head!!!

[Azel]

Started singing during exam. Didn't go over well with invigilators...

[raelynn]

Oh my word. This is the best thing ever. Thank you for putting it together!

[bagyamfi]

Absolute genius! I LOVE this . Thanks so much. I'm studying for my NP boards and this is helpful! God bless you!

[heathershutter]

Thank you so much for this video!! I think I have watched it at least 30 times studying for my practical!

[ThatGirlNed]

This video is amazing! I was listening to this song as I was reviewing my cranial nerve structures and this worked out so well for my lab practical! Thanks a bunch!

[ruthkirk]

This is hilarious!!! I'm going to share it with my classmates today. Thanks for giving us students (pre-med too!) a great study tool.

[DinasourEqualsRAWRS]

I have watched this too many times... exam tomorrow