BIO 004 · Human Anatomy · Week 2
Lab Sprint: Axial Skeleton: The Skull
Every lab structure for this unit, with the questions you could be asked. Preview, drill in Spiral Rounds, then build a study plan for the lab exam.
Section 1 · Week 2
Structures and questions
Every lab structure for this unit, taken from the master structure list. Open a category to see the structures to identify and the questions you could be asked. Drill them in Spiral Rounds below, then self-test with the pre-exam plan.
144 structures across 14 categories. Preview for recognition first; mastery comes through Spiral Rounds and repeated self-testing.
- Frontal bone
- Occipital bone
- Parietal bone
- Temporal bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid bone
- Maxilla
- Zygomatic bone
- Nasal bone
- Lacrimal bone
- Mandible
- Coronal suture
- Sagittal suture
- Squamosal suture
- Lambdoid suture
- Glabella
- Supraorbital foramen (or notch)
- Supraorbital margin
- Zygomatic arch
- Zygomatic process of the temporal bone
- Temporal process of the zygomatic bone
- Mastoid process
- External acoustic (auditory) meatus
- Styloid process
- Articular tubercle
- Alveolar process
- Anterior nasal spine
- Infraorbital foramen
- Supraorbital foramen (or notch)
- Supraorbital margin
- Glabella
- Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
- Vomer
- Middle nasal concha
- Inferior nasal concha
- Middle nasal meatus
- Inferior nasal meatus
- Anterior nasal spine
- Alveolar process
- Infraorbital foramen
- Nasion
- Superior nuchal line
- Inferior nuchal line
- External occipital protuberance
- Vomer
- Occipital condyles
- Palatine bone
- Palatine process of the maxilla
- Incisive fossa / foramen
- Mastoid process
- Incisive foramen
- Transverse palatine suture
- Median palatine suture
- Palatine bone
- Vomer
- Medial pterygoid plate
- Lateral pterygoid plate
- Foramen ovale
- Foramen spinosum
- Foramen lacerum
- Foramen rotundum
- Carotid canal
- Jugular foramen
- Hypoglossal canal
- Foramen magnum
- Inferior nuchal line
- Superior nuchal line
- External occipital protuberance
- Mastoid process
- Articular tubercle
- Occipital condyles
- Styloid process
- Mandibular fossa
- Zygomatic arch
- Inferior orbital fissure
- Choana
- Anterior cranial fossa
- Middle cranial fossa
- Posterior cranial fossa
- Frontal crest
- Frontal sinus
- Cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
- Crista galli
- Olfactory foramen (foramina)
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid
- Greater wing of the sphenoid
- Hypophyseal fossa (sella turcica)
- Dorsum sellae
- Tuberculum sellae
- Internal acoustic (auditory) meatus
- Jugular foramen
- Internal occipital protuberance
- Hypoglossal canal
- Foramen lacerum
- Foramen magnum
- Foramen spinosum
- Foramen ovale
- Optic canal
- Anterior clinoid processes
Also be ready to answer
- What structure sits in the hypophyseal fossa?
- Crista galli
- Perpendicular plate
- Cribriform plate
- Olfactory foramina
- Medial pterygoid plate
- Lateral pterygoid plate
- Hypophyseal fossa (sella turcica)
- Dorsum sellae
- Tuberculum sellae
- Greater wing of the sphenoid
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid
- Superior orbital fissure
- Supraorbital margin
- Supraorbital notch / foramen
- Infraorbital foramen
- Superior orbital fissure
- Optic foramen (canal)
- Inferior orbital fissure
- Lacrimal canal
- Ethmoid bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Lacrimal bone
Also be ready to answer
- What three structures travel through the superior orbital fissure?
- Condylar process (condyle)
- Coronoid process
- Mandibular notch
- Mental protuberance
- Mental foramen
- Alveolar process
- Alveolar margin
- Body of the mandible
- Ramus
- Mandibular foramen
- Angle of the mandible
- Body of the hyoid
- Greater cornu (greater horn)
- Lesser cornu (lesser horn)
- Septal cartilage
- Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
- Vomer
- Anterior fontanel
- Posterior fontanel
- Right anterolateral fontanel
- Left anterolateral fontanel
- Right posterolateral fontanel
- Left posterolateral fontanel
Section 2
Spiral Rounds (study group method)
Spiral Rounds is your in-class and study-group method, organized by concept category. Each category has one or more sets of about 10 to 12 structures. Take each set through the five rounds below, escalating the challenge each round.
Group size: 3 to 5 students per Spiral Rounds set.
Pace: aim for 5 to 8 minutes per round per set. A set of 12 structures runs all five rounds in roughly 30 to 40 minutes.
Rule: every student participates. Active retrieval is the point. Mistakes are expected and useful. Do not opt out by watching.
This unit's 144 structures are organized into 14 concept categories below. Each category gets one or more sets of 10 to 12. Tick off rounds as your group completes them.
Section 3
Pre-exam study plan (with spaced repetition)
Tick the structures you know cold. The rest auto-distribute across the days you set below, with spaced repetition built in: each day reviews the previous days' structures. The day before the exam is a final review pass.
Your study plan
Workspace
Notes for this week
Free space for week-specific notes: questions to ask in lab, structures you keep mixing up, study strategies that worked.