easy way to remember those bones

[nursenoelle]

Ok this may not work for everyone but I took A+P during the Fall also, bought a good repo skull and one of those hanging skeletons that are halloween decorations and labeled them , even took it to work and hung it up in the breakroom. The skeleton is not excactly antomically correct but by labeling alone you will be able to remember almost all of the larger bone so really only had to work on the tiny ones.. any way try this i made a 99% w/ one week of study. Hope this helps some one.

"The leg bones connected to the thigh bone "

[Debbie5]

Where do you get repo skeletons??

[Debbie5]

Our instructor says that some of the medical school libraries have full skeletons and told us that we could go on Saturdays and study. We have two med schools in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

[nursenoelle]

wal mart actually carries a decent one - for less than 20 bucks!

[HISSYTHECAT]

Hey thanks for the tip. I might have to do this one. I thought about buying a skull and labeling myself to learn the bones of the head...I had a little bit of radiology study last year on bones but I have forgotten alot of them.

Anybody have any other ideas or things like the above to help with anatomy? For muscles? What all do you have to remember besides the bones and muscles?

[nursenoelle]

yeesh we had to lable nerves, major vessels, and @ least 100 muscles on a dang cat! The grossest thing...If you gotta do the cat thing , find some one to teach you sutures..they stay on better..ick...I can handle the foulest of bodily secretions but that cat nearly killed me

[Mkue]

Originally posted by nursenoelle

yeesh we had to lable nerves, major vessels, and @ least 100 muscles on a dang cat! The grossest thing...If you gotta do the cat thing , find some one to teach you sutures..they stay on better..ick...I can handle the foulest of bodily secretions but that cat nearly killed me

Oh yah, I remember that dreaded CAT.. ick.. We did the CAT in A&P 1, I transferred to another school after that for A&P II.. wouldn't you know that darn CAT showed up again in that class. UGH.. I thought I had seen the last of CATS..