Anatomy B/C

[smarticle13]

wow, the japanese guy must be really smart!

[sciolykid101]

can anybody memorize all of the bones in the human body?

It's not that hard. Just look at the diagrams.

[smarticle13]

but aren't there 206 bones in the human body?

[AlphaTauri]

can anybody memorize all of the bones in the human body?

You could, if you had enough time. But most of the time, you don't really need to know the name of, say, every little finger bone that exists, you can just collectively call them phalanges.

[AllezCho]

but aren't there 206 bones in the human body?

But that's counting pairs of bones (most appendicular skeletal bones have a pair of a left and a right). So really, there's only about a little more than half of 206, which would be around 100-something. And like mentioned, you don't need to know each and every phalange, but if you know one, it's easy to name them (for example, distal, middle, proximal phalange).

[anatomydude]

Flavorflav makes a good point. Some of the microanatomy is pretty tedious... but is fair game by the rules.

Yep we got microanatomy at regionals.

[smarticle13]

AllezCho said:
But that's counting pairs of bones (most appendicular skeletal bones have a pair of a left and a right). So really, there's only about a little more than half of 206, which would be around 100-something. And like mentioned, you don't need to know each and every phalange, but if you know one, it's easy to name them (for example, distal, middle, proximal phalange).

Ok, thanks

[without]

if microanatomy wasn't on your regional test, it will almost certainly be on your state test.

[Flavorflav]

if microanatomy wasn't on your regional test, it will almost certainly be on your state test.

That really depends on what you mean when you say microanatomy. I have to respectfully disagree with peoneill on this point. The rules state that "the basic surface anatomy of a bone is fair game - not of each bone. I interpret this to mean that the general names of types of surface features - process, crest, tubercle etc. - are fair game, but not specific features. In fact, most of the specific features that I think are fair game come in under other topic headings. Vertebral processes, for example, are IMO legit under 3.a.v., not 3.a.i. It is true that 3.a.ii and 3.b.v and vi are so open ended as to potentially include every feature of virtually every major bone, but my reading of 3.a.i suggests that this was not the intent. In addition, labeling bones is only one of 25 defined topic areas - perhaps 5% of a balnaced test. IMO if the test is balanced, you are much better off spending your extra time studying disorders, physiology (for C) and histology than trying to learn every minor process and fossa.

[tclme elmo]

AllezCho said:
But that's counting pairs of bones (most appendicular skeletal bones have a pair of a left and a right). So really, there's only about a little more than half of 206, which would be around 100-something. And like mentioned, you don't need to know each and every phalange, but if you know one, it's easy to name them (for example, distal, middle, proximal phalange).

Ok, thanks

Yeah, I know those too. I also learned the names of the carpals.