bones

[Lisochka]

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I am taking Anatomy and Physiology.
How do you memorize all those bones? 🙁
Are there some mnemonics or something?

 

[pingouin]

better-suited to Pre-Allo.. moving there.

 

[brianmartin]

Look at them. Alot. Say the names when you look at them 🙂

 

[jochi1543]

Pointing at the bones on my body while saying the names helped me quite a bit, esp. with those that are easy to mix up due to their locations (e.g. radius and ulna).

I'm taking A&P now, too.🙁 LOL.

 

[TeaKae]

There is an episode of Hannah Montana where she made up a song and dance to help her memorize the bones.

 

[armybound]

repetition and memorization

 

[emaj1n]

I am taking Anatomy and Physiology.
How do you memorize all those bones? 🙁
Are there some mnemonics or something?

The sad thing is bones are easy part.

 

[nick_carraway]

The sad thing is bones are easy part.

I agree. Muscles can be tedious but memorizing blood supply, nerves, and their course are by far the toughest.

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

Damn it Lisochka, I'm a medical student, not an anatomy professor!

 

[Inuranic]

I agree - the bones were the easiest. For me, discerning individual muscles on the cats during the practical was nigh impossible.

"Wait, what? The striations are different there vs. here? How do you see that? Damn fascia..."

 

[TarHeelBorn]

Well, I clicked on this expecting to read:

The foot bone connected to the leg bone,
The leg bone connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone connected to the thigh bone,
The thigh bone connected to the back bone,
The back bone connected to the neck bone,
The neck bone connected to the head bone...

so anyone else who did similarly is now satisfied. Good luck to the OP.

 

[neuro1617]

Just google anatomy mnemonics or something...there's a bunch, especially for the skull. There's also one from House...Scared Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle...the 8 carpal bones. I'm also in Anatomy😀

 

[pakbabydoll]

I have to take that class over the summer 🙁
Maybe I'll take human biology instead.

 

[da8s0859q]

And someone deleted the colorful acronym for the carpals.

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[Concubine]

Again, just spend a lot of time. I found the most helpful thing for memorizing bones was the models or actual bones in the anatomy lab. Another really good resource is Anatomy 360 by benjamin cummings. Awsome program.

 

[armybound]

And someone deleted the colorful acronym for the carpals.

...

yeah, I don't think you can get away with much on SDN, despite being frequented by mostly adults.

 

[foreverLaur]

i made online flashcards and got a coloring book.

 

[Instatewaiter]

study with a partner and quiz each other. if you dont have a skeleton perhaps you could pick up a hobo

 

[FurmanJon]

I teach anatomy and I just tell them to look at them over and over, write them over and over, and the coloring book seems to help the typical student as well.

 

[ScubaEMT]

The only trick I know of is for ze carpal bones. If you are looking at the anterior portion of the wrist, you go from left to right proximally, and then from left to right distally using the following to guide you....

"Scared lovers try positions that they cannot handle."

Which translates to:

Scaphoid (Navicular), Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapazoid, Capitate, Hamate.


Aside from that.. you REALLY just have to memorize. If you think that the bones are bad, wait till you get to the muscles with all the points of origin and points of attachment etc etc. Now THAT sucks.

 

[Hyperstudyosis]

I'm also in A & P. I ordered a plastic skull model to practice with for the cranial and facial bones. I'm just planning to memorize...it can take some time. Good luck!

 

[da8s0859q]

yeah, I don't think you can get away with much on SDN, despite being frequented by mostly adults.

Guess not. Some of the mod squadders are more... um, uptight than others, though.

 

[Tropicana100]

Well, I clicked on this expecting to read:

The foot bone connected to the leg bone,
The leg bone connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone connected to the thigh bone,
The thigh bone connected to the back bone,
The back bone connected to the neck bone,
The neck bone connected to the head bone...

so anyone else who did similarly is now satisfied. Good luck to the OP.

reminds me of Homer's triple bypass surgery: "the red thing's connected to my wrist watch...uh oh."