A&P 2 Help

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I am taking A&P 2, and although I find it MUCH more interesting than A&P 1 I find myself with the same problem...HOW TO REMEMBER ALL THE NEW WORDS !!!

I understand the concept, and I could explain it back if asked on a test in a general way, as in

" the blood goes in here and comes out there and this is what happens to it while it there"

( I do understand it more than that, I was just giving an example)

BUT

the problem is the specific new words get all mixed up for me.

the Inferior vena cave, Superior, Coronary Sinus, R& L pulmonary arteries and Veins

UUUGGHH

then respiratory

Philtrum, nares,choanae, vibrissa,glottis, INTRA pulmoary, INTER pulmoary....on and on....

Does anyone have any advise on how to remeber ALL the new words ??

I read and read....i tape lecture...i study, i repeat and still I struggle to remeber all the new words..:bluecry1:

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I think that if you studied a good medical terminology book you would find it all so much easier. Once you understand prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms (not as bad as it sounds) you will be able to figure out pretty much anything. This is particularly true of anatomical terms but applies to diseases as well. For instance, when you know that "intra" means within and "inter" means between, you can often figure out the rest. You wouldn't have "intercerebral" anything, for instance, because that would imply the patient had two heads. LOL! That hemorrhage you might be trying to figure out MUST be inTRAcerebral. On the other hand, both intrapulmonary (within a lung) and interpulmonary (between the lungs) might be okay, depending on what the rest of the phrase was. Make sense?

I'm a medical transcriptionist, and I definitely found that my knowledge of medical terminology gave me a head start with A&P I and II. Good luck! :twocents:

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Scooter...THANKS..

My A&P book has Suffix, prefix and roots on the front and back inside cover....My A&P 1 prof never even spoke about them, but I have a friend in A & P 1 now that is being quizzed weekly on them, in addition to normal A&P 1 things and when I shared my frustration with her she gave the same advise as you...LEARN THE SUFFIX PREFIX AND ROOTS !!!

Ill head back to the drawing board :typing...

thanks for the reply

Lees

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Do you have the Anatomy coloring book? I swear by that book! You find it, label it, color it, study it. It worked wonders for me. Also labeling a blank diagram as well. I also focused on a small area. Say, just the actual blood pathways and circuts and just colored,labeled and studied until I could grasp them before moving on. Don't confuse yourself looking at too many things at once. Stay small, get that, then move on. :yeah:

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my suggestion would be read it over and over again as many times as you can. Take notes, make flash card, practice answering questions. I don't have good memory either but keep it up, it will help you eventually... Good Luck!

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Maybe that's my problem ? I'm trying to look at it ALL....If I can break it down, say just the nose, and all its parts, and then the pharynx, and its parts....maybe It will make more sense????? I feel so ...well....stupid....like I should just GET IT :yeah:...and I don't :banghead:

Back at it :( :typing

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I'm in AP2 right now and I agree with the previous poster about knowing the prefixes and suffixes. One of my study mates took medical terminology and she has taught the rest of us allot that has helped. Also, a friend of my that is a CRNA loaned me her "Atlas of Human Anatomy" by Frank H. Netter, MD. She says every nurse should have it. It really is wonderful. Incredible details colored diagrams. I wish I had it for AP1 as I think I would have done much better with the muscles.

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http://ec.hku.hk/mt/

Try this website

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

These are links that I have gathered from a variety of resources (most of them from other threads here on allnurses.com :D).

I have NOT personally vetted all of these links, and some of them may not even be working still, but there may be some sites here that can help you. If anyone finds a broken link in this list, please post it here and I'll revise my original list!

If you're getting hung up on names in particular, the mnemomics sites might be particularly helpful. Anatomy flashcards might also prove helpful. You can buy a set, or you can make your own, or you can try some of the gazillion free sets available at http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/anatomy .

Good luck!

http://anatomytests.multiply.com/

http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=007334933X

http://groups.msn.com/AnatomyPhysiologyTests/teststutorialsanimationsampgamesttag.msnw

http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy/cardiovascular/default.html

http://groups.msn.com/AnatomyPhysiologyTests/wanttopassthatlabpractical.msnw

http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologycardsinfo/links.msnw

http://www.barstow.edu/Faculty/rstinson/Human%20Anatomy/default.htm

https://allnurses.com/forums/f198/awesome-study-tips-344713.html

https://allnurses.com/forums/f198/p-help-my-brain-yours-334360.html

http://medicalmnemonics.com/

http://www.mnemonic-device.eu/index/

http://extremish.com

http://www.anatomy.org/resources/resource_links.htm#Academic%20Links

http://www.indiana.edu/~anat215/ Basic human anatomy offered online. See lecture outline, lab resources for tissues, and online links to other anatomy courses.

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/life/anatomy/ Practical online guide to everything anatomy and physiology. Gives book contents on line. Worth viewing.

http://www.west.asu.edu/jbuenke/medicine/educate.html Huge isting of medical topics and associated links to individual topic web sites. Worth a review.

http://www.histology.wisc.edu/histo/uw/htm/ttoc.htm Light microscopy photographs of everything histological in the human body. Tissue are labeled and unlabeled for quizzing purposes. If you need to study tissues, check out this web site from the University of Wisconsin.

http://www.medicalstudent.com/ A digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine. This is a mind boggling list of schools which have presented medical topics of everything imaginable and made it free for you to study. Good luck.

http://matcmadison.edu/faculty/cshuster/links.htm Shusters labeling quizzes of anatomy and physiology. Fun.

TISSUES

http://getbodysmart.com/ap/histo/histo.htm

http://webanatomy.net/histology/histology.htm

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/tissue.html

http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/~aimholtz/Histology/histo.html

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/histoprc/prac1q.htm

http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/histology/histo.html

EPITHELIAL TISSUE

http://webanatomy.net/histology/epithelial_histology.htm

http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/h_frame1.html

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

http://webanatomy.net/histology/connective_histology.htm

http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/h_frame3.html

http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/h_frame4.html

SKIN

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/skin/integum.html

http://www/meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/dermatology/skinlsn/skin.htm

http://webanatomy.net/histology/histology.htm

BRAIN

http://webanatomy.net/histology/brain_histology.htm

http://www.uofs.edu/sheep/ieframerow.html

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/brshpx.htm

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/bio/tortora366927/resources/student/anatomydrill/ch14.html

NERVE TISSUE

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/bio/tortora366927/resources/student/anatomydrill/ch12.html

http://webanatomy.net/histology/neural_histology.htm

Human Reflexes

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/student/olc/matching0294a.html

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/student/olc/add09.htm

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/Table_of_Contents/Lab_13/lab_13.html

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/bio/tortora366927/resources/student/anatomydrill/ch24.html

http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/basics/gi_microanatomy.html

http://129.195.254.71/cgi-bin/HONmedia?image+A03.734#Deb

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/ab/m4/s5/abm4s5_10.htm

http://webanatomy.net/histology/digestive_histology.htm

EXCRETORY SYSTEM

http://getbodysmart.com/ap/urinary/urinary.htm

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/bio/tortora366927/resources/student/anatomydrill/ch26.html

EXCRETORY SYSTEM HISTOLOGY

http://webanatomy.net/histology/urinary_histology.htm

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/Table_of_Contents/Lab_17/lab_17.html

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/bio/tortora366927/resources/student/anatomydrill/ch28.html

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM HISTOLOGY

http://webanatomy.net/histology/male_histology.htm

http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/

http://webanatomy.net/histology/female_histology.htm

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/Table_of_Contents/Lab_18/lab_18.html

ALL INCLUSIVE LAB PRACTICALS

http://www.gen.umn.edu/courses/1135/lab/practicetests/practice_tests_spring2001/practice_tests_spring2001.htm

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919329/student_view0/ - Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology , 10/e, click on "Ánimations" at the left side of the page.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919264/information_center_view0/ - Saladin"s Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 3/e, click on "Student edition", click on "Animations" (same animations as above)

Video Topics for Human Anatomy & Physiology

http://www.waybuilder.net/free-ed/MedArts/AnatPhys01_VOD.asp?iNum=0

http://anatimation.com/site-map/ - Human Anatomy and Physiology Animation

Interactive website for anatomy and physiology:

http://www.thehotflash.com/ap112/

http://connection.lww.com/Products/stedmansmedict/primalpictures.asp

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Acid/Base Balance:

http://www.acid-base.com/ - tutorial

http://www.mgh.org/emt/library/div1/acid_Base.pdf - Fluids, Electrolytes & Acid Base Balance slide show (58 slides)

http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/anaes/lectures/acidbase_mjb/acidbase.html - pH of the Blood: Acid-Base Balance (acidosis/alkalosis)

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/adk1_06.pdf - Disorders of Acid-Base Balance

Fluids and Electrolytes:

http://www.spjc.edu/spg/science/lancraft/bsc1086/content/electrolytes.html - Body Fuids, Electrolytes and pH Balance

http://www.indstate.edu/mary/Fluidlytecf/index.htm - electrolytes

http://learn.sdstate.edu/nursing/Laboratory.html - electrolyte/acid-base imbalances

PowerPoint: General Principles of Fluids and Acid/Base Balance

http://www.templejc.edu/dept/ems/documents/Presentations/1stSemesterParamedic/Pathophysiology/FluidsAcidBase.ppt

http://www.medicinenet.com/hyperkalemia/article.htm - hyperkalemia

http://enw.org/Electrolytes.htm - electrolyte disturbances

https://nursing.advanceweb.com/Common/CE/Content.aspx?CourseID=459&CreditID=1&CC=61013&sid= 1673 - Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances

https://nursing.advanceweb.com/CE/Te...16458&sid=2510 - "Calcium Imbalances"

The 6 important electrolytes:

Potassium

http://www.medicinenet.com/hyperkalemia/article.htm - hyperkalemia

http://www.medicinenet.com/low_potassium_hypokalemia/article.htm - hypokalemia

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/adk1_03.pdf - Disorders of Potassium Metabolism

Calcium

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/adk1_05.pdf

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156g.html#sec12-ch156-ch156g-883 - hypercalcemia

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156g.html#sec12-ch156-ch156g-837 - hypocalcemia

Sodium

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156e.html - hypernatremia

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156d.html - hyponatremia

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/ADK1_02.pdf - Disorders of Sodium Balance

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/ADK1_01.pdf

Magnesium

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156i.html#sec12-ch156-ch156i-970- hypermagnesemia

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156i.html#sec12-ch156-ch156i-961- hypomagnesemia

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/adk1_04.pdf

Phosphate

http://www.kidneyatlas.org/book1/adk1_05.pdf

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156h.html#sec12-ch156-ch156h-947 - hyperphosphatemia

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156h.html#sec12-ch156-ch156h-935 - hypophosphatemia

Chloride

http://www.chemocare.com/managing/hypochloremia-low-chloride.asp - hypochloremia

http://www.chemocare.com/managing/hypochloremia-high-chloride.asp - hyperchloremia

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ult...tml#antibodies - about antigens

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ult...oodGroups.html - Blood groups

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ult...odTransfusions - scroll down to the bottom of this page to "Blood Transfusions"

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ - Kimball's Biology Pages

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/index.htm

http://homepage.smc.edu/wissmann_paul/anatomy1/

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/index.html

http://www.lawrencegaltman.com/

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/site...student_view0/ - home page of the student online learning center for Hole's Anatomy and Physiology textbook.

http://groups.msn.com/AnatomyPhysiologyTests - this is a site that an instructor of A&P set up that has all the lecture exams, quizzes, and lab exams from his career (with answers). You need to register to access the site, but registration is free.

http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/index.html

http://www.bartleby.com/107/ This is Gray's Anatomy on line, the complete text.

http://www.instantanatomy.net/

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wnor/homepage.htm

http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/index.html

http://www.lionden.com/

http://www.unomaha.edu/hpa/ - mostly histology

http://www.indiana.edu/~anat215/index.html

http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas2/ - muscles of the upper and lower extremities

http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/courseinfo/module_index.html

http://home.comcast.net/~janetkaehms/sylabustopiclinks.html

http://webpages.charter.net/cfmoxey/ap1/bio-u117_syllabus_2004f.html

http://www.cbu.edu/~aross/APIhome.htm

http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/Revise/Anatomy&Physiology/index.php

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/index.html

http://www.cerritosanatomy.com/ - labeling of anatomical parts

http://www.vectors.cx/med/apps/cranial.cgi - Cranial Nerves Quiz

http://64.78.42.182/free-ed/HealthCare/Anatomy/default.asp

http://www.sweethaven.com/free-ed/HealthCare/Physiology/default.asp

Video Topics for Human Anatomy & Physiology http://www.waybuilder.net/free-ed/MedArts/AnatPhys01_VOD.asp?iNum=0

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919264/information_center_view0/ - Online Learning website for Saladin's Anatomy & Physiology textbook. Click the link "Student Edition" at the left to gain access to the online learning activities.

http://www.uh.edu/sibs/tutorial/ap2.htm

https://allnurses.com/forums/2489923-post5.html

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/index_i.html - The Brain From Top to Bottom

http://anatimation.com/site-map/ - Human Anatomy and Physiology Animation

Tutorials/Information/Interpretation:

http://www.m2hnursing.com/ABG/index.php - ABG and acid/base balance tutorial

http://realnurseed.com/abg.htm - "ABG's: It's all in the Family"

http://www.the-abg-site.com/ - "The ABG Site"

http://www.rnceus.com/course_frame.asp?exam_id=18&directory=abgs - "Interpretation of ABGs: A Four Step Method"

http://www.madsci.com/manu/indexgas.htm - Blood Gas Basics

http://instructors.butlercc.edu/nr202/LaKous/ABGs/ABGs.html - ABG tutorial

http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/RNSG2331/abgtut.html - short tutorial with information on compensation

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=NUR6906 - ABG Interpretation: Partially and Fully Compensated Conditions

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/abgs-me-need-102691.html - links to ABG worksheets and practice problems

http://emarketing.delmarlearning.com/ems/EMS_news_issue1_feature.html - how the ROME mnemonic works

http://www.nurse-center.com/studentnurse/abgs.html - ABG review with 20 sets of ABGs for you to interpret

http://www.vectors.cx/med/apps/abg.cgi - ABG Interpretation Quizzer

http://medi-smart.com/cc-gas.htm - downloadable pamphlet of normal ABGs parameters and brief explanation of abnormal results and what they can mean

http://www.manuelsweb.com/abg.htm - an online ABG Interpreter/calculator

How to Draw ABGs:

http://apps.med.buffalo.edu/procedures/arterial.asp?p=2

http://freenursetutor.com/

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