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The examiner puts a bone in front of you and says one word: identify. Everything after that — landmarks, attachments, ossification, the clinical point — depends on getting the first ten seconds right. That is what this bench drills.
10 bones · 71 landmarks · 30 drill presentations · 50 viva questions · 1 still being written
Ten seconds a bone. We tell you what you can see on the specimen in front of you; you call left or right. Then — and this is the part that decides the viva — you name the check you actually used. Getting it right for the wrong reason is a fail.
Start the drillHorizontal, S-shaped, no medullary cavity
3 checks · 5 viva questions
Flat and triangular with three borders and three angles
3 checks · 5 viva questions
A rounded head with two tubercles and a groove between them
3 checks · 5 viva questions
A small disc-like head at the upper end
3 checks · 5 viva questions
A hook-shaped upper end with olecranon and coronoid process
3 checks · 5 viva questions
A deep cup-shaped acetabulum notched inferiorly
3 checks · 5 viva questions
The longest bone in the body
3 checks · 5 viva questions
The larger of the two leg bones
3 checks · 5 viva questions
Slender and non-weight-bearing
3 checks · 5 viva questions
The largest sesamoid bone
3 checks · 5 viva questions
The first 4 bones are open to everyone; the rest need a free account. 1 more from the syllabus are still being written — we would rather leave a gap than publish something unchecked.