Complete Mnemonic Collection for SO-01

Mnemonic 1: SCV SIN CIA — Muscle Types

• Skeletal = Striated + Voluntary
• Smooth = Non-striated + INvoluntary
• Cardiac = Striated + Involuntary + Autorhythmic + intercalated discs "The CIA runs the heart — they never ask permission (involuntary)."

Mnemonic 2: LAD DSC BB — Connective Tissue Hierarchy

• Loose: Areolar + Adipose
• Dense: Tendons (regular) + Ligaments (regular) + Dermis (irregular)
• Specialized: Cartilage + Bone + Blood "LAD climbs Dense stairs to reach Special CBB."

Mnemonic 3: TiM and LiB — Tendon vs. Ligament

• Tendon → Muscle-to-bone
• Ligament → Bone-to-Bone "TiM pulls muscle; LiB holds bones together."

Mnemonic 4: HyaElaFib — Cartilage Types with Locations

• Hyaline → Trachea (HyaT = height of throat)
• Elastic → Ear pinna (Ela-Ear)
• Fibrocartilage → Five letters each = spine /Intervertebral discs

Mnemonic 5: SCAC — Muscle Nuclei

• Skeletal → Crowd of nuclei (Many, peripheral)
• Cardiac → Central, 1 or 2
• Smooth → Solitary central nucleus "Skeletal has a crowd; cardiac has 1-2 friends."

Mnemonic 6: FMM — Areolar Tissue Cells

• Fibroblasts + Mast cells + Macrophages "F-M-M = Fibre-Makers + Mast (Masters of inflammation) + Macrophages"

Mnemonic 7: FROG — Frog Key Facts

• Four systems share cloaca (not four — three: digestive + urinary + reproductive)
• Respiration: 3 routes (cutaneous, buccopharyngeal, pulmonary)
• Only 3 heart chambers; 10 cranial nerves
• Gonads surrounded by fat bodies; external fertilization

Mnemonic 8: "Cardiac is the Rebel"

• All striated = voluntary EXCEPT cardiac (REBEL against the rule)
• All involuntary = non-striated EXCEPT cardiac (REBEL again)
• Cardiac breaks BOTH rules → unique tissue.