A&P - Radius & Ulna

[EthioRx]

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How do you differentiate between Radius and Ulna?

What do I need to know about Humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula for PCAT?

By the way, I was studying A&P Book for PCAT. Do I need to study all the details? How should I study it for PCAT?

Thanks in advance.

 

[bkiskadd]

If you're standing in anatomical position (with your arms turned so your palms face outwards) then the ulna is the bone closest to your body.
You basically only need to know where the bones are for the PCAT.

 

[Druggernaut]

In anatomical position, the radius of your right hand is on the right. 3Rs. Or, the Radius Rotates over the ulna when you flip your hand over.

 

[pharwanabe]

How do you differentiate between Radius and Ulna?

What do I need to know about Humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula for PCAT?

By the way, I was studying A&P Book for PCAT. Do I need to study all the details? How should I study it for PCAT?

Thanks in advance.

radius is on the thumb side and Ulna is on the pinky side.
about studying for PCAT, no one can really tell you exactly what to focus on because the Kaplan pcat book covers bio in detail, but you really don't know what will be asked on pcat so u need to know all that.

 

[fenixtnlfan]

How I remember the radius is when you make a thumbs-up you say "Rad" (or at least you would in the 80s). So your radius is on the thumb side. Sometimes those little tricks help!

I would say an A&P book is overkill. I thought the Bio section in the Kaplan book was sufficient. I remember their being a body part that we had to identify and some hormone questions. Of course every test differs.