Ok, so I've learned something over the last 48 hours - the skull and I are NOT friends.
The mandible, I'm doing pretty good, I've got all those marks down. However, the orbital, and the inside of the skull(realizing what's outside is inside)...not so much
So I'm curious, how did you do it? I need any help I can get, as I'm just..so lost.. I mean, I know if I spend gobs of hours on it maybe..but I keep forgetting the way I'm doing it.
Good day: For the skeletal system including the skull, if your college has a model room where you can pick up, feel, move your hands around, etc. the types of models they will use in the test, then it would be best to spend as much time as you can in such a room. Part of the reason I did well on the skull and the rest of the skeleton is that I was able to spend a minimum of two hours per week in the model room. Also, if the class lab time provides a time to spend with models, spend all of the time with the models. Don't leave early, but stay the entire lab time. If you have access to other books, use them. For the skeleton, I was using the class text book but also Mader's Human Anatomy and Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy. Look up the meaning of the bone marking names; and that may help as well. As you study the skull, as well as other parts of the skeleton, try to find key landmarks that you can quickly find and identify; then use that landmark as a positional tool for the other bones you are trying to study. For some bones, I've found that using funny pictures helps. I.e. Crista Galli and the related Ethmoid bone parts -- chicken on a plate held up by a stick or pole. If you have time, learn the purpose of the bones as that may also help. I.e. Crista Galli does what for the brain? Thank you.[/quote']
Do this.... There is nothing better than actually touching the bones and naming them as you go along. I seriously learned all the muscles in one day just by going to the lab and touching them on my cat
Idiosyncratic, BSN, RN
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Unfortunately we have one in the student center, but that's it. :/
Drawing it might be a great idea! Doing it on my husbands head(for the sutures) helps too! Lol