Human Anatomy, 1/18, Period 3

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

As the students filed in, Elliot fussed with an ivory-colored model skeleton. In an attempt at whimsy that might have failed, she had put a top hat on it and fastened a boutonnière to one rib.

"Hi, people, this is my second TA for the day, Mr. Bones, who is here to help me tell you about the human skeletal system -- which is kind of the framework that holds our entire bodies together. Mr. Bones -- who is, so you guys don't freak, just a model -- has about 206, well, bones, but I am not going to make you memorize every one of them just yet. But some of the more important bones in the front are the skull or cranium, the jaw or mandible, the sternum, the rib cage, the pelvic girdle, the humerus, ulna and radius in the arms, and the femur, tibula and fibula in the leg." She pointed to each part as she talked.

"If we spin him around, you can see the spine, the coccyx -- if you ever take yogilates, that's the "sit bone" -- and, because of the way he's hung, a better view of the bones in his hands and feet."

"Each of these bones is there for a reason." She went on to explain the intricacies of how the skeleton fit into a whole, possibly at slightly too much length, before pointing to the back of the room. "There are two model skeletons back there that have been taken apart -- it's your job to work as groups to wire them together by the end of class. And I wired another one up so you guys can make it do tricks, just please don't break it. For extra credit, there's a computer game you can try that's really more advanced than I expect you to be this week, but if you want to try it before next class, I will be all impressed with you."

"And don't forget to draw on the body tracings we made last week. You don't have to draw the whole entire skeleton, just part of it so you remember what we went over -- a skull or spine or coccyx or something."

"I think that's it for today; I'll be hanging out up here with Mr. Bones if you need me."

Comments

Sign in, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Collapse like a skeleton.

Re: Sign in, Anatomy, 1/18

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry Jekyll

General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Listen to the lecture, talk to Elliot, pass notes, or freak about all the fake bones.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry was very busy, quickly scribbling down everything in his notebook.
Henry had made a list of all 206 of the regular bones, and he checked off the ones that Dr. Reid mentioned, so he could study them first.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad's taking notes. And not laughing when Dr. Reid mentions how the skeleton is hung. Really.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

Neil, like Chad, managed to keep a straight face through the 'hung' skeleton comment.

Head down, he worked diligently on his notes.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray listened to the lecture and started putting the fake bones together (in his mind, of course) into some form of stupid doodle.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[can_be_more]

Aeryn pays attention, studying the skeleton critically. It looks about right, which is reassuring.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto was still wondering why he'd been told to sign up for this class. Maybe for the easy grade? The computer game looked interesting, at least, even if he had no plans to actually help the morons in his "group" with the assignment. It would be so much easier and less of a hassle to do it himself.

Re: General Class Stuff, Anatomy, 1/18

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD was drifting off into dream space, listening half-heartedly to the lecture.

~~~*~~~

The skeleton started to dance, the whole class joining in on a skeletal chorus line.

~~~*~~~

"And... all... that...jazz"

Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Take part of a pile of bones, make it all fit together. (http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/skel/skel.html) Mod the skeleton parts as you want.

Re: Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry walked over to one of the skeletons and started to look at the bones, thinking about where they went.

Re: Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

Settling down where he could see the class 'TA' for the day, Neil set about carefully trying to fit the bones together.

It was rather like working a jigsaw puzzle, a thought that made Neil frown a little. Really, if you were going to be a doctor, you probably shouldn't think of the human body like a jigsaw puzzle.

Re: Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

...Now this should be interesting. The temptation to intentionally fit them together incorrectly just enough to make it silly and present them a entirely straight face was too, too great.

Re: Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

This was harder than the doodle. A lot harder. Ray stared at the bones for awhile.

Re: Reassembling Skeletons, Anatomy, 1/18

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD totally rebuilds his skeleton into a model of the thinking man. And then puts a hat on it.

"Hello Mr. Skeleton. Welcome to your life."

Play with a skeleton, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Make it somersault! (http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-220.htm)

Re: Play with a skeleton, Anatomy, 1/18

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was very carefully making his skeleton do a one-handed handstand like he did at cheer try-out. If he couldn't do somersaults, neiter should he skeleton. But he was hopeful that his skeleton would stick the landing.

Re: Play with a skeleton, Anatomy, 1/18

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

The was so much wrong with this that Henry couldn't even start to list all of it. It was so morbid, so disrespctful to the human body, so-
-much fun.
Henry was quickly hooked.

Re: Play with a skeleton, Anatomy, 1/18

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray made his skeleton box.

Re: Play with a skeleton, Anatomy, 1/18

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD snuck over the rat cage with his skeleton model while everyone else was playing.

He had it feed the rats a chocolate chip cookie, hoping no one commented on his idea of rodent nutrition.

Drawing, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Grab a tracing and fill in part of the skeleton. Or all, if you have the time.

Re: Drawing, Anatomy, 1/18

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Spines were pretty important. And easy to draw. Chad sketches in that part first.

Re: Drawing, Anatomy, 1/18

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Henry sketched in the basics, but when he was finished, it just felt incomplete. It bugged him.
Henry stared at it for a minute before giving in and starting to add all the other bones he knew.

OOC, Anatomy, 1/18

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

I really need a logical reason to use this icon.

Re: OOC, Anatomy, 1/18

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

Sorry am so late with the pinging. There was an inordinate amount of doggie death yesterday, including two of my favorites, so I spent all night last night being angry and depressed.