How to Learn the Bones of the Human Body

Whether you are in junior high school learning the basics or in medical school taking gross anatomy, learning the bones of the body can be a difficult prospect. With 206 individual bones to memorize, as well as their specific locations, you will probably need all the help you can get. Memorization techniques will make your daunting educational endeavor less difficult than you may fear.

Things You'll Need

  • Index cards
  • Computer with printer
  • Highlighter
  • Human skeleton model
  • Wire cutters
  • Narrow-point marker
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Instructions

  1. Index Card Memorization

    • 1

      Select a part of the body (skull, hand, pelvis). Use a computer to print skeletal images of that particular body part onto index cards, printing one index card for each bone in that body part.
      For instance, the vertebrae are 24 individual bones, so you would print 24 index cards with an image of the human vertebrae on one side.

    • 2

      Write the name of a bone from that body part on the other side of the index card. Use the highlighter to color the corresponding bone on the opposite image. Do this for all bones in that particular body part.

    • 3

      Study by looking through the cards image-side-up. You will see a highlighted bone and will need to provide the name. Turn the card over to see if you are right. Practice until you have mastered this particular part of the body.

    • 4

      Do this for all 206 bones in the body. Keep different body parts separate from each other to compartmentalize the bones in your head.

    Using a Human Skeleton Model

    • 5

      Ensure that your human skeleton model is complete. Separate each body part from each other by cutting the connecting hooks with wire cutters.

    • 6

      Write the name of each bone on the corresponding model piece with the narrow-point marker.

    • 7

      Take a different piece of the skeleton with you each day. When you have time, pull out the piece and look over the bone labels. Repetition is key, so do this often.

    • 8

      Perform Step 3 with all body parts. Start out with something easy such as the arms, composed of only six bones, and then work your way up to the hands, which are composed of 54 bones.

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