*** A&P II Winter 2006 Club ***

[kayel]

well, it's about time to start this thread, i think!! let's get our bearings and see who all is in the same boat in january!

i finish up the first half of a&p with a comprehensive exam on december 13th and then it's right into the physiology portion of the course. we actually are starting special senses this week and next but will only get the first chapter done.

so .... who else is in? when did you take a&p i and how is your course set up? do you have the prof you want and are you looking forward to it?

i will include the sites from the a&p i thread that might be helpful! i will add/subtract as i get a chance to look through them a bit more or if anyone else suggests some good sites.

~ karen ;-)

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useful study information/sites:

mnemonics:

• http://studynow.com/mnemonics/
  
• http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/
  
• http://www.psychejam.com/mnemonics.htm

texts/universities:

• lumen gross anatomy site http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/learnem/learnit.htm
  
• virtual anatomy lab http://www.sunyniagara.cc.ny.us/val/valindex.html
  
• hole's essentials of anatomy and physiology:
  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/
  
• seeley fifth edition anatomy and physiology
  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/seeleyap/
  
• human anatomy and physiology online course companion: http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/mariebhap/chapter16/deluxe.html
  
• anatomy of the human body (gray):
  http://www.bartleby.com/107/
  
• essential study primer
  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_...sp/default.htm
  
• university of minnesota web anatomy site *****
  http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/
  
• tenth edition hole's human anatomy & physiology http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919329/student_view0/index.html
  
• neuroscience for kids - cranial nerves http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cranial.html
  
• nervous system from uw-lacrosse
  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/aplab/table_of_contents/lab_07/lab_07.html

sites by students or teachers for students:

• journey through nursing school (fun2care):
  www.nursingjourney.com
  
• the student nurse forum, coursework lifelines, human physiology:
  http://kcsun3.tripod.com/id202.htm
  
• mr. johnson's biology home page
  http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/index.html
  
• images in anatomy
  http://science.tjc.edu/images/images_in_anatomy.htm
  
• city college of san francisco instructor site *****
  http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jgrass/aphome.html
  
• a&p student help pages from santa monica college *****
  http://homepage.smc.edu/wissmann_paul/anatomy1/
  
• anatomy links
  http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jgrass/links/links.html
  
• laura decker, biology, a&p, etc.
  http://mandevillehigh.stpsb.org/2005site/teacher_sites/laura_decker/index.html
  
• human anatomy online
  http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
  
• biology 101
  http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/maplewoods/biology/bio110/labs.htm

quizzes:

• medical terminology: an anatomy and physiology systems approach, 2/e (quizzes):
  http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/fremgen4/
  
• anatomy and physiology tests (msn groups)
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests

plastic models:

• http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/models/model%20index.htm

animations:

• get body smart
  http://www.getbodysmart.com/
  
• http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm (biology animations, interactions, tutorials)
  
• neurobiology
  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/m...s/animate.html
  
• http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
  
• physiology animations http://www.uh.edu/sibs/tutorial/ap2.htm#urinary

histology:

• http://biology.unm.edu/anatomy/ppt.htm
  
• histoweb
  http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/
  
• zoomified histology
  http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/histo/frames/histo_frames.html

dissection help:

• zoology 225: dissection guide (videos)
  http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses.hp/zoo.225/exam/test.htm
  
• cadaver dissections, histology
  http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/teaching.html

drug calculations:

• http://www.testandcalc.com/quiz/index.asp

endocrine system:

• http://iws.ccccd.edu/mweis/a&p%20basics/lab/basics%20lab%20exercises/lab_exercise_11_endocrine.htm
  
• endocrine diseases
  http://www.endocrineweb.com/
  
• the endocrine system
  http://www.nku.edu/~dempseyd/the_endocrine.htm
  
• hot topics
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinesystemhormones.html

blood/heart:

• http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/webpath/hemehtml/heme100.html
  
• http://faculty.southwest.tn.edu/rburkett/a&p2_blood_typing.htm
  
• powerpoint: http://www.geocities.com/faeryobsessive/blood.ppt
  
• blood cell histology http://www.unomaha.edu/hpa/blood.html
  
• cardiac cycle - mechanical activity and blood flow http://www.thinkquest.org/library/we...a.html?c003758
  
• hyperheart 2 - from the university of utah medical school library http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyperheart2.htm
  
• blood types tutorial
  http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/intro.html
  
• are you my blood type? game http://www.givelife2.org/games/matchgame.asp

health topics/body systems/links

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html
  
• http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkbodysystems.html
  
• http://www.cdli.ca/cite/body.htm
  
• medical library (ama)
  http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_id=zzzw5tz46jc&sub_cat=514

[kayel]

hello everyone. I too am starting A&P 2 on January 9. It has been wonderful to have these 3 weeks off. I have been enjoying coming home and actually not having to study and have my weekends free with the kids and family. the book we are using is the Marieb 6th edition. I actually had the same book in A&P 1 and will continue using it in A&P2. I was also lucky to get the same teacher I had. I managed to get a b+ and I was very happy am pushing for an A this time. Good luck to everyone!!!

Hi, Brandy .. great to see you!! A B+ is a pretty great mark!!! I am enjoying my time off sooooo much also .. but it's back on Wednesday ... ARGH! I am looking forward to it in a way but I am going to have a hard time fitting everything in this semester! (especially at first while trying to complete my Nutrition course which I procrastinated over last term)

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

I am NOT going to sell my A&P book! (by the end it's going to be pretty beat up anyway)

Glad to know I'm not the only one refusing to sell a soon to be beat up A&P text :roll

[Nurse-To-Be-Joy]

Glad to know I'm not the only one refusing to sell a soon to be beat up A&P text :roll

I'm keeping mine too. My A&PI instructor warned us that we should, because if we sold it, we would regret it because there is so much valuable information in it.

BTW... I'm starting A&PII Jan. 17!!! So nervous!

[Julie64]

Let the fun begin!

I had my first lab and lecture today. I kept thinking it was Monday and didn't realize we'd be having lab today too, so I was a little befuddled. Thankfully I remembered more of the ANS than I thought. The endocrine system and the ANS go hand in hand so if anyone is else is doing endocrine first it's not a bad idea to do a quick review of the ANS before classes start.

It was nice to see so many familiar faces from API this morning.

Did anyone else start today?

To those who didn't, keep enjoying this break!

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

Let the fun begin!

I had my first lab and lecture today. I kept thinking it was Monday and didn't realize we'd be having lab today too, so I was a little befuddled. Thankfully I remembered more of the ANS than I thought. The endocrine system and the ANS go hand in hand so if anyone is else is doing endocrine first it's not a bad idea to do a quick review of the ANS before classes start.

It was nice to see so many familiar faces from API this morning.

Did anyone else start today?

To those who didn't, keep enjoying this break!

I had my first lecture on Tuesday. I'll have my first lab on Thursday, same teacher for both. Lecture started out on the endocrine system, comparing the nervous system to the endocrine, positive and negative feedback in the endocrine system, and extracellular receptors. The instructor publishes a workbook which we fill out in class, and which makes up the bulk of quiz and exam material.

[MonaLisa2]

Wow, this web site is great! I'm looking forward to this thread. I am taking A&P I this winter/spring, 2006. I see most replys to the thread have taken it already and are in A&P II. I know where to go for help! I am so encouraged after finding this web site. The Chemistry class I had in the fall was all consuming! It took every waking moment to study for. I only take one course a semester because I have elementary aged girls and a part-time job. Plus the amount of information in the short span of time is very challeging for my brain to comprehend and remember! I will go to my first class on the 11th and have no idea what to expect other than more hard work to get that A!

Talk at you later!:yelclap:

[kayel]

I had my first lecture yesterday also! It's the same class/course as last term but we are moving on to the next phase! The prof kept saying how he was normally napping at this time last week so it was kind of funny. It was good to be back. We found out that the class average for our Christmas exam is 51%. I'm sorry, but there is something wrong if that is the class average. Oh well .. at least I held my own and still have my A!

Julie64, glad to hear you had a great first day back! We don't have labs the first week since there are so many of them Monday and Tuesday people would have to cram into the last three days of the week (which wouldn't work). How have day 2 and 3 been?

NoelChristine, looks like you guys are starting on the same point as Julie! Cool! Is your workbook pretty helpful/well written? That is a nice idea!

MonaLisa2, welcome to allnurses!! Please feel free to check in here with any questions this term. I wish I had thought of that last term LOL!

I'm at school already and wasting a bit of time surfing .. but that's ok. I'm going to have to ease back into this semester slowly (yeah, RIGHT). I have class at 10:10 and then am going out for lunch with my sister (visiting), mom, daughter and daughter's boyfriend. Have a great day, all!!

[TerreP]

My first day is Jan. 17th, both lecture and lab, and I am actually anxious to get started!!! Not that I'm not enjoying the break, but I am ready to get started again. (Actually, I'm ready to be finished...getting really burned out on school and working full time....but I refuse to quit till I get that degree!!!)

Terre

[Julie64]

Honestly, the pace of the first week has been brutal! We have our first test on Thursday and LOTS of histology. The difference between this and AP1 is that on our lab practicals, instead of mostly just identifying tissues and body parts we will also have to say what they produce (which hormones) and what those homones do. In AP1 those type of questions were only on the lecture exams.

On the positive side of things, my brain finally started kicking into gear today. I have felt like I wasn't getting any traction so to speak. Tomorrow I will be in open lab most of the day. Has anyone else starting looking at slides yet? Specifically, the hypothalamus? I find that slide really confusing...what am I looking for?

Karen, great job keeping your A! That's awesome, especially considering your class average-ouch!

NoelChristine, your workbook sounds reall;y neat to me too. How has the rest of your week gone? Are you using Tortora's text?

BTW, I don't think I'll be selling my book after this either. My teacher implied last quarter that it's probably a bad idea. You never know what you might need to refer to in it later.

Julie

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

NoelChristine, looks like you guys are starting on the same point as Julie! Cool! Is your workbook pretty helpful/well written? That is a nice idea!

The workbook appears to be well written. How it works he'll leave blanks at certain places in the book, then on the overheads he'll have filled in the answers for us to write down. All that is in the workbook is all that we'll be tested/quizzed over, so it may save some of the uncertanity of knowing what all is going to be tested. I've not used this professor before for lecture (had him for A&P 1 lab), but those that tell did have him for lecture tell me this system works out great! :)

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

NoelChristine, your workbook sounds really neat to me too. How has the rest of your week gone? Are you using Tortora's text?

I had my first lab session Thursday (same teacher as lecture). We quickly started on the endocrine system, which I think just finding parts like thyroid'll be easy 'cause in some cases he's only using a pic/model for one organ/part! It didn't take long to go through the endocrine system. We also have to learn the hormones listed in our text on our own time, as well as what causes diabetes.

Next in class, I found out that unlike A&P1, we'll now be using laptops in class. My school invested in a anatomy computer program (A.D.A.M, anyone heard of it?) and starting next week we'll be using it in lab! So, yesterday, the instructor helped us all learn out to set up the laptops.

Moving on to the final portion of lab, he had a handout about blood that we had to fill in some things that could be on the test (the back of the handout is about blood typing, which he says we'll cover next week). Finally, before we left, we had to look at the five different types of white blood cells as well as a cutting from some endocrine organs, under the microscope. These slides will be on the first exam, which is in three weeks.

No, Julie, I am not using Tortora's text. My school uses Marieb's text and lab manual.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

Next in class, I found out that unlike A&P1, we'll now be using laptops in class. My school invested in a anatomy computer program (A.D.A.M, anyone heard of it?) and starting next week we'll be using it in lab! So, yesterday, the instructor helped us all learn out to set up the laptops.

Yes, A.D.A.M. is, I guess you would call it, a multi-media company. They, are almost exclusively involved in developing and producing health care related teaching products for both student, professionals, and the general public. When I'm surfing for anatomy information I often find the A.D.A.M. software program being used by schools in their anatomy programs. They have an anatomy program and a program for assessing the body. Their software includes animations and videos as well as quizzes. You must let me know if the diagrams and drawings are as spectacular as they've are advertised to be!