anatomy vs. physiology

Mkue · Feb 20, 2002

Kimberly,

I've only taken A&P I and II and they both were anatomy and physiology combined. I've never heard of doing it any other way but maybe it will be better for you in the long run.

Good Luck

mkue

fnimat1 · Feb 20, 2002

Hi Kimberly,

Wow, I've never heard of taking Anatomy & Physiology seperately. From what I'm learning they both complement each other. I don't really know the purpose of your school offering them seperately. Maybe you should speak to one of the professors or counselors to find out why.

Fatima

RN 2B from Jersey

Netty · Feb 20, 2002

Hey Kats,

Took A&P together. The only ones I know that took them separately were studying Physical Therapy.

Netty

live4today, RN · Feb 20, 2002

I also took A&P together. I LOVED A&P! It makes much more sense when taken together.

mattcastens · Feb 20, 2002

I took them separately and would definitely recomend this route if at all available. We were able to spend much more time in physiology class going over the fine details and biochemistry portions. Having never taken them together, I can't be a good judge, but I would think that cramming it all in to one class would make things a bit rushed.

zacarias, ASN, RN · Feb 20, 2002

Originally posted by kats
Ok, I am taking anatomy right now. Instead of having a&p 1 and 2, we have one class that is anatomy and then a class that is physiology.

Kimberly,

My school did it the exact same way. We had one Anatomy class and then a Physiology class. I don't know if I prefer it that way because it's nice to talk about the function (physiology) of something WHILE you talk about the Anatomy(structure). Instead of learning what a bone looks like, but not learning cellularly what happens in the bone until Physiology class.

I personally liked Anatomy best. It was actually fun dissecting the cat and the lab quizzes were awesome. Physiology was a waste of time at my school although with the right teacher, it could be a fascinating class. My teacher would leave during lab and we would have no help. I wonder if he still does that after the evaluation I gave him. Oh well, :) yes you were right about Anatomy and Physiology and what they mean.

Z

kats · Feb 20, 2002

Like I said, I am taking Anatomy now and physiology next semester or in the Fall. I haven't decided yet. It depends on if we stay here or transfer to San Diego. Anyways, it just seems weird that the class is called Anatomy but we are also learning the functions of everything we are studying. The teacher said we will be covering the whole book too so I am just not sure what we will be doing in Physiology if we seem to be covering both this semester. I think I will ask him tomorrow. Thanks for the input about your experiences.

-Kimberly

duf · Feb 20, 2002

hey kats, Im a second year student nurse and have only ever takin a&p seperately. I find it beneficial as it allows you to find out the norms for the body before you can find whats abnormal

...don't fret...

duffy

crnasomeday · Feb 20, 2002

I had 2 semesters of A&P together. Personally, I liked it that way because it was somewhat easier to learn the structures when you could learn how it is functioning right along with it.....

Duffy...not trying to be picky or anything, but when you mentioned finding about what's abnormal.....isn't that pathophysiology and not physiology? Anatomy and Physiology is all about norms, so I was just curious as to what you meant.

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Feb 21, 2002

I took Anatomy and Physiology separately. Where are you Kats? I'm in San Diego...

marieoct62 · Feb 21, 2002

Hi everyone, I took A&P I & II last year. I hated the Anatomy because it is all memorization. I did love the Physiology which helped me get prepared for this year which I have Pathophysiology/Pharmacology. And yes Louise Pathophysiology is the disease process of the human body.