A&P I Spring 2007 Semster - Welcome!

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I will be taking A&P I next semester when I come back from Christmas break for the Spring 2007 semester. I didn't know if someone was going to start a group or not, so I thought I would create a thread to find those of us who have been "getting our feet wet" and are going to start into the fun stuff during the Spring 2007 semester. I look forward to seeing who all will be feeling my pain!

-Alex

Just got my first lecture exam back, and I am broud of my C!!!:yelclap: Next week we have our Lab exam. I have seen so many bones, I am tired of surgical necks, and acromion surfaces, and fossa's. Just glad I passed my 1st exam. (I got an F on our 1st quiz) oops.

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Bone help please!

Does anyone have any tips, acronyms, hints on how to learn the bones? Any really good study guides I should get my hands on?

I thought I saw somewhere that there are a bunch of acronyms that will help you memorize the bones, but I can't seem to find that information anywhere. Maybe it was just wishful thinking!

Any help would be great!

Thanks,

Miranda

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Bone help please!

Does anyone have any tips, acronyms, hints on how to learn the bones? Any really good study guides I should get my hands on?

I thought I saw somewhere that there are a bunch of acronyms that will help you memorize the bones, but I can't seem to find that information anywhere. Maybe it was just wishful thinking!

Any help would be great!

Thanks,

Miranda

I dont think there are that many acronyms for bones, except for "Sally left the party to take carmen home" Which stands for scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid (I think, I have forgotten the hand bones already hehe), capitate, hamate. Those are the carpals of the hand. Other than that I only recommend spending as much time with the bone box. See if your library has one. Also if you have MArieb's book go to the website! There is bone practice in the left column that has real pictures of the bones. If you dont have a text book like that, keep looking and you might find something similar on the web.

I spent10+ hours outside of class with the bones and aced it. I think it is more about devoting time than acronyms.

When you get to muscles though, I have plenty for ya :)

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i'm wrapping up my 8 week accelerated course next tuesday with our final... we went over our scores on work so far, and i could not show up for the final and walk out with a b.... or i could show up get a 41% and still keep my a.

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having completed all our labs for anp 101, the best advice i can give is to go to all open labs you can - if you have them. the more you get your hands on them, the more you will remember. if not, try getbodysmart.com, great for the bones (shite for muscles).

good luck! :w00t:

Bone help please!

Does anyone have any tips, acronyms, hints on how to learn the bones? Any really good study guides I should get my hands on?

I thought I saw somewhere that there are a bunch of acronyms that will help you memorize the bones, but I can't seem to find that information anywhere. Maybe it was just wishful thinking!

Any help would be great!

Thanks,

Miranda

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We are loaded down right now. We have the musculoskeletal exam due next monday, and yesterday she gave us a huge project to finish with the integumentary system which includes a writing assignment using properly cited sources, and quite a few case studies regarding skin disorders that is due in a couple weeks, and then yesterday we started the nervous system. :uhoh21:

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I dont think there are that many acronyms for bones, except for "Sally left the party to take carmen home" Which stands for scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid (I think, I have forgotten the hand bones already hehe), capitate, hamate. Those are the carpals of the hand. Other than that I only recommend spending as much time with the bone box. See if your library has one. Also if you have MArieb's book go to the website! There is bone practice in the left column that has real pictures of the bones. If you dont have a text book like that, keep looking and you might find something similar on the web.

I spent10+ hours outside of class with the bones and aced it. I think it is more about devoting time than acronyms.

When you get to muscles though, I have plenty for ya :)

What a great mnemonic! I will definitely be using this one. The carpals are hard to remember. I tested on these about two weeks ago, and I have already forgotten which side is which. This will help. I do have one question, though. If speaking of the right hand, is this mnemonic describing the bones in anatomical position, or with a pronated forearm? Also, clockwise, or counter clockwise. I may be thinking too hard about it. I think Im using the same Marieb book as you, so I will look it up too. Thanks again.

opradiva

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What a great mnemonic! I will definitely be using this one. The carpals are hard to remember. I tested on these about two weeks ago, and I have already forgotten which side is which. This will help. I do have one question, though. If speaking of the right hand, is this mnemonic describing the bones in anatomical position, or with a pronated forearm? Also, clockwise, or counter clockwise. I may be thinking too hard about it. I think Im using the same Marieb book as you, so I will look it up too. Thanks again.

opradiva

Its in anatomical position in the right hand it starts from left to right then for the distal layer goes around from right to left, so I guess that is counter clockwise. So I guess you can say in anatomical position on either hand it starts medially.

If you guys need mnemonics for the muscles go to my website at www.geocities.com/maggiofliore. (I dont want to list them all again)

If you read through my daily comments you will see them for the forearm and thigh. :)

They helped me soooooo much.

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Can anyone name the 7 Transmembrane Proteins?

Any help is appreciated.

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Okay, I am going to need some advice.

We went to the cadaver room last week. There was 3 metal tables in a small room barely big enough to walk around the tables. There were 3 cadavers, and each was covered with a sheet, and a towel was used to cover the face. Let me tell you, the room stunk so bad. The smell grew even stronger when the teacher took the sheet off. :barf01:She told us that the first cadaver was with them for 10 years. Boy did it look like it. Over the chest cavity was what looked like a piece of dried leather with nipples attached. She pulled it off and exposed what was left of the thoracic viscera. She had one of the students pull open one side so we could see the diaphram etc. She went through the muscles and pulled on the tendons in the leg, making the feet move. When she went to the second cadaver and lifted the sheet and the smell almost knocked me over. She pulled out a black lung from the thoracic cavity, and passed it around. Okay, I couldn't get over the smell and sight, I was beginning to get dizzy, so I left the room. 3 other girls did as well.

I am getting great grades, and comprehending the information, I just don't know if I will be able to handle the cadavers again. I know that we will have to go back again when we study the organs, and I believe we will have to go back in advanced A&P. I may talk with the teacher and see if there is an alternative to cadaver work. Here's the question: What should I do to overcome the sights and smells? :chair:

Thanks.

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Hey EJM

I am sorry about your experience. I, too saw the cadavers for the first time today and it wasnt the best for me either.

I cant help you with the sights, but my Ma who is a nurse and went through it a few years ago suggested putting vapor rub beneath your nose to get rid of the stench.

And dont feel bad if you dont like the cadavers, my mom said that nurses dont take care of old embalmed bodies anyways.

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Hey EJM

I am sorry about your experience. I, too saw the cadavers for the first time today and it wasnt the best for me either.

I cant help you with the sights, but my Ma who is a nurse and went through it a few years ago suggested putting vapor rub beneath your nose to get rid of the stench.

And dont feel bad if you dont like the cadavers, my mom said that nurses dont take care of old embalmed bodies anyways.

Thank you for your reply. I was really worried that I failed or let the teacher down. It was really bothering me. If I get enough courage to go back to the cadavers, or I am forced to, I will defientely try the vapor rub. Great idea. Thanks. :icon_hug:

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