A&P Skeleton Help!

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Oct 6, 2005

I am having problems remembering all of the parts of the cranium cavity. My test is going to be like..look at a picture...that that part. No word bank. I printed out a a fill-in-the blank sheet of paper to practice with, and I went to lab and looked at the models which didn't help at all. I couldn't differential all the little 'formans' and 'processes'. Test is on tuesday, an help/advice would be WONDERFUL!

Is that all the test is going to be on? the cranium cavity, no other bones? This is the entire head right? It really is not bad, expecially if you are using a picture, we did them, along with all the other bones in the body and histology for ours, on skeletons that are really in bad shape.

Just study study study. Study for about 1/2 hour then take a break and come back, do that until you know about half, then study the second half the next day along with the stuff you already know. You'll be suprised how much you learn.

A forammen is a hole: foramen magnum, spinal foramen, transverse foramen interverbal foramen...

A process is what a fossa articulates with:the olecranon fossa of the humerus works with the olecranon processes of the Ulna.

goingformydream · Oct 6, 2005

I am having problems remembering all of the parts of the cranium cavity. My test is going to be like..look at a picture...that that part. No word bank. I printed out a a fill-in-the blank sheet of paper to practice with, and I went to lab and looked at the models which didn't help at all. I couldn't differential all the little 'formans' and 'processes'. Test is on tuesday, an help/advice would be WONDERFUL!

here is a website that helped me

http://www.getbodysmart.com/

and another

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/skp/mainframe.htm

and yet another...

http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm

you can take fill in the blank quizzes on this website as well.

HTH.. what helps me is studying one site, take a break, study another, take a break, etc...

Christina

Achoo!, LPN · Oct 6, 2005

I made up mnemonics. For the 7 bones of the eye socket for instance..

Every zoo finds stinky little monkey poop

Ethmoid

zygomatic

frontal

sphenoid

lacrimal

maxilla

palatine

It's a year and a half later and I still remember! LOL

Priddyeyez · Oct 7, 2005

Thanks so much everyone. HeartsOpen- Its actually a lab quiz, the skull is the only part freaking me out so far, but it also includes the rest of the axial region(I think I'm saying that correct) Going-thanks for the links :) Achoo!-I'll def use that!

Okay-back to studying-bye

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Oct 7, 2005

Thanks so much everyone. HeartsOpen- Its actually a lab quiz, the skull is the only part freaking me out so far, but it also includes the rest of the axial region(I think I'm saying that correct) Going-thanks for the links :) Achoo!-I'll def use that!
Okay-back to studying-bye

Once you get the skull down the rest is a peice of cake, hang in there! (I just took my lab exam on the bones and got an A, after hours of studying) What I found helpful, since I am a hands on learner, was to run my finger over the bone and repeat the name of the bone five times..."Crista gali, crista gali, crista gali..." then I would go on to the next one adding one more at a time but still saying the ones I already went over..."Crib reform plate, crib reform plate....ethmoid air cells ethmoid air...."

mattsmom64 · Oct 7, 2005

I made up mnemonics. For the 7 bones of the eye socket for instance..
Every zoo finds stinky little monkey poop
Ethmoid
zygomatic
frontal
sphenoid
lacrimal
maxilla
palatine
It's a year and a half later and I still remember! LOL

that is so cute! I love it! this is how I remember wbc differentials:

never let monkeys eat bananas

neutrophils

leukocytes

monocytes

eosinophils

basophils

then to differentiate btwn granulocytes and agranulocytes its:

never eat bananas like monkeys

:rolleyes:

mattsmom64 · Oct 7, 2005

I am having problems remembering all of the parts of the cranium cavity. My test is going to be like..look at a picture...that that part. No word bank. I printed out a a fill-in-the blank sheet of paper to practice with, and I went to lab and looked at the models which didn't help at all. I couldn't differential all the little 'formans' and 'processes'. Test is on tuesday, an help/advice would be WONDERFUL!

This site really helped me....

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pages/crimando/jcHumanBiodyssey.htm

click on the tutorials link

casi, ASN, RN · Oct 7, 2005

Ilearned bones a little bit dfferently. I googled pictures of the skull and every other bone in the body. Made lots of copies to glue to notecards and made flashcards

Achoo!, LPN · Oct 7, 2005

that is so cute! I love it! this is how I remember wbc differentials:
never let monkeys eat bananas
neutrophils
leukocytes
monocytes
eosinophils
basophils
then to differentiate btwn granulocytes and agranulocytes its:
never eat bananas like monkeys

That's cute! LOL Whatever works right? :)

Tracy

onehusbandsevenkids · Oct 7, 2005

This site really helped me....
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pages/crimando/jcHumanBiodyssey.htm
click on the tutorials link

Ooohhh....thanks for posting this one, it looks GREAT!

mattsmom64 · Oct 7, 2005

Ooohhh....thanks for posting this one, it looks GREAT!

YW! It really helped me with skeletal and muscular!