How to kick ass and know Skull bones! (A & P)

So I’ve tried the quizzes (see below) , Ive tried looking at random piles of bones and I’ve even tried reading the books but none of them would have helped me pass that bastardly practical…. But somehow, by the grace of god maybe, I came up with this really effective process.

 

 

1. First Draw the structures and EMPHASIZE the parts you need to know. Go crazy with them and outline them or anything you can so you know where that structure -should- be on the bone. (If you can’t draw then either trace or just print out an image with no labels BUT still take a pen or pencil and make the structures obvious.)

 

**By drawing the bone and structures you get a really great understanding of orientation and spacial relation of the terms needed.

2. This is obvious but Now the parts need to be clearly defined by lines or some sort of labeling system, colors work well because lines can get a tad disorienting.

3. Place a Sheet Protector (you know, the kind you use for reports and the like) over the image and use a dry erase marker and work away. This is fantastic because then you realize, “oh wait i only know the first letter of this term, I suck” and you can practice spelling it. And you can do this again and again and again until you finally know what you are talking about.