***A&P I Fall '05 Club -- Sept Q&A***

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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useful study information/sites:

other ideas (posted in other threads):

  • make your own flashcards!
  • if you are not familiar with (or have forgotten) chem, check out an into to chemistry book
  • utilize your school's study lab, or open lab times, if offered.
  • take pictures during labs!

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fun with mnemonics ...........

11 organ systems: send mr. uric -- l

s-skeletal / e-endocrine / n-nervous / d-digestive / m-muscular / r-respitory / u-urinary / r-reproductive / i-integumentary / c-circulatory (or cardovascular) / l-lymphatic

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skeletal system:

carples:

"scared lovers try positions -- that they cannot handle"

or "stop letting those people -- touch the cadaver's hand"

(proximal row lateral to medial -- distal row lateral to medial)

s-scaphoid / l-lunate / t-triquetrum / p-pisiform / t-trapezuim / t-trapezoid / c-capitate / h-hamate

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7 bones of the eye socket: "every zoo finds stinky little monkey poop"

e-ethmoid / z-zygomatic / f-frontal / s-sphenoid / l-lacrimal / m-maxilla / p-palatine

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number of vertebrae in each section of vertebral column:

7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae

"breakfast at 7, lunch at 12, dinner at 5"

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wbc differentials:

"never let monkeys eat bananas"

n-neutrophils / l-leukocytes / m-monocytes / e-eosinophils / b-basophils

to differentiate btwn granulocytes and agranulocytes its:

"never eat bananas like monkeys"

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p.u.:

"pinky on the ulna side"

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which side is the radius on?

thumbs up for "rad!!"

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fibula is lateral

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tarsal bones:

"tall centers never take shots from corners"

t-talus / c-calcaneus / n-navicular / t-third cuneiform / s-second cuneform / f-first cuneiform / c-cuboid

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cranial nerves

"oh oh oh, to touch and feel very green vegetables ah!" ... or ... "old opal’s ocular tracts tricksters abducting

four vested giants vaguely acting hypoactive"

i olfactory / ii optic / iii oculomotor / iv trochlear / v trigeminal / vi abducens / vii facial / viii vestibulocochlear / ix glossopharyngeal / x vagus / xi accessory / xii hypoglossal

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cranial nerves: sensory, motor or both?

"some say marry money, but my brothers say big breasts matter more" .... or ..... "stop saying my mom bug me because she believes bugging makes me"

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epidermis (deep to superficial):

"basil spices granny luci's corn"

stratum: basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum

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Specializes in NICU.

Wow - great job! Thanks for the wonderful organization!

I have just completed my first week with A&P I and I loved it. This coming week is chemistry though, so I'm nervous about that. Anybody else coming up on chemistry? I have a feeling this is where I'm going to need the most support.

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thanks for putting it all together for us!

I want to add that I love the suggestion to make your own flashcards. This helps me so much, I write the question on one side and the answer on the other.

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Cool!!! :coollook:

I started my AP I last Saturday and we already done with the Introduction and General Orientation of Human Anatomy. Everything we'll learn from the book, our teacher thought giving us additional hand outs will just confuse us. He's really cool and makes is really simple.

Yes, I did the flashcards and re-writing some of my notes. I also have the AP puzzle book that came with my AP book package and I bought the Anatomy coloring book.

sddlnscp, we will be on the Chemistry part this Saturday. I'm done with Chem last summer hope I can still remember some of it :rotfl:

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Specializes in NICU.
Cool!!! :coollook:

I started my AP I last Saturday and we already done with the Introduction and General Orientation of Human Anatomy. Everything we'll learn from the book, our teacher thought giving us additional hand outs will just confuse us. He's really cool and makes is really simple.

Yes, I did the flashcards and re-writing some of my notes. I also have the AP puzzle book that came with my AP book package and I bought the Anatomy coloring book.

sddlnscp, we will be on the Chemistry part this Saturday. I'm done with Chem last summer hope I can still remember some of it :rotfl:

Oh good, at least I won't be alone. Perhaps we can wade through it together. :rotfl: Unfortunately, I don't have the Chemistry background, but hopefully it's not too in-depth, that way I can pretend I know what I'm talking about :p

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Here's a tip for remembering the layers of the epidermis! :)

"Basil Spices Granny Luci's Corn!!!!!'

STRATUM: Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum, Lucidum, Corneum

Of course, this is deep to superficial.

Good luck to all of you!

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well, i thought i'd start a new post per month to keep our a&p i thoughts straight. it'll at least help me; hope everyone else doesn't mind!!

i counted 47 of us (see list below) ... please feel free to delurk whenever you need to or if i've missed you on my list, please don't be insulted! at least 6 people are doing the course online or through distrance education, at least 3 people have separate anatomy and physiology courses and several people are doing an accelerated course.

also below the list of people, please see the tips and websites that have been posted already and/or the ones i have bookmarked (not yet sure what they all are btw).

i start a&p tomorrow and i'm excited and slightly nervous, even if just because i am returning to school after quite a few years. i was nearly floored by the cost of the texts and likely wouldn't have bought the "extras" that i did beforehand if i'd have known how many required and recommended books there are for the course (they didn't offer a list beforehand that i knew of .... guess i could check next time!! lol). incidentally, one of the recommended books was the a&p colouring book so i was happy i had bought that one at the beginning of the summer!

anyhooooo, good luck, everyone!

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  1. 2ndcareerrnmaybe, online course
  2. a_troopers-girl, online course
  3. amber74. online course
  4. angelblue (cheryl)
  5. boink
  6. brandyl123
  7. butterfly82
  8. casi
  9. cindermelly
  10. *daisy*
  11. erikaann
  12. gaylord focker
  13. girlcalledjack
  14. goingformydream (christina), taking a&p separately
  15. goodyear (melissa), taking a&p separately
  16. hayleyandkylesmom
  17. hollybear1414
  18. jasminetea
  19. jessvandyke (jessica), online course
  20. jodyangel
  21. kayel (karen)
  22. labcat01, distance ed course
  23. micci
  24. milazer
  25. mtorado27
  26. mudnuri (brandy)
  27. myjessica
  28. newonboard
  29. nurse_wannabe22
  30. nurse2b80
  31. nursecadet
  32. oldernurse2
  33. pinayfl
  34. pixie-dust37
  35. prenurse0902 (nicole)
  36. rhp123
  37. roseyann (dawn)
  38. sddlnscp, online course
  39. ssixsullys, taking a&p separately
  40. stpauligirl
  41. student4ever
  42. sydylo
  43. sympmgt (dave)
  44. thecoppertop
  45. tiffy_rn2be
  46. ttgcole (nichole)
  47. youngagainrn2b

postponing a&p for now (but still in our thoughts and prayers):

nicinnc

_____________________

useful study information/sites:

_______________

other ideas (already posted):

  • make your own flashcards!
  • if you are not familiar with (or have forgotten) chem, check out an into to chemistry book

remembering the 11 organ systems:

11 organ systems

send mr. uric -- l

s-skeletal

e-endocrine

n-nervous

d-digestive

m-muscular

r-respitory

u-urinary

r-reproductive

i-integumentary

c-circulatory

l-lymphatic

wow, you went through all this trouble! thank you very much :coollook:

we already have the first casualties in our class..... at least 3 people have not been back in class. people also start to show up later, the enthusiasm is dying down. it's getting thick.....lots of stuff to remember. my eyeballs are spinning after todays lecture. he went on and on about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins. some people struggle with chapter 2 because they didn't have biochemistry. i offered to bring my chem book to lab on thursday because we always have free time to study after we are done with our lab assignment, and we want to start a study group. let's see how that goes. had good and bad experiences with study groups in the past. anyway, there is alot of information, and he is always saying: "class, remember, don't get behind, that's why people take this class over and over.....!" apparantly there are some people in my class who are taking the class over. i try very hard not to have to do so. it's truly frightening and i am working through the exercises at the end of the chapter, re-reading the chapter after the lecture (makes more sense because i don't always understand what the book says the first time i read it.) it'll take a lot to make an a, that's for sure!!!!

how is everyone here coping so far?

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
Here's a tip for remembering the layers of the epidermis! :)

"Basil Spices Granny Luci's Corn!!!!!'

STRATUM: Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum, Lucidum, Corneum

Of course, this is deep to superficial.

Good luck to all of you!

Ooh, I love this, we just did this today in lab.

Can anyone say: Psuedostratified ciliated columnar epithelium 3 times really fast?????????? LOL

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Ooh, I love this, we just did this today in lab.

Can anyone say: Psuedostratified ciliated columnar epithelium 3 times really fast?????????? LOL

We just did this in our class today also, not sure if I got all of it.

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The first day is tomorrow I still don't have my books yet :rolleyes: Hopefully I can skim through it before class. I think we will be dissecting a pig fetus...something to look forward to :chuckle

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On my 2nd week online lecture/in class lab/Martini

Today we had our first quiz.We have one every week(10 questions)just to make sure we grasp the previous week.Now,I have a 3.9 GPA.But..geez this is at a whole new level!And Im told these first chapters were the easy stuff!:uhoh21:

I had no problem with chapter 1.You know when you are studying you have done everything except...a couple of things?

Well,those couple of things were on the quiz.yikes!

And I get the moron of the day award.

First question:What is the study of human structure?

a. anatomy...duh!

b.histology

c.physiology

d.all of the above....oh yeah I put this one!!!:angryfire

One of those questions where it was too easy it must be d!

The other 2 were on things I hadnt grasped yet.

So,I got a 70 on first quiz.Good news..we get to drop 2 lowest.

I told DH that Im locking myself in the bedroom and Ill open it in December!

Good news,Im understanding it,just need to do it faster!

Good luck this week....On to chapters 3 & 4:rolleyes:

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well, i thought i'd start a new post per month to keep our a&p i thoughts straight. it'll at least help me; hope everyone else doesn't mind!!

i counted 47 of us (see list below) ... please feel free to delurk whenever you need to or if i've missed you on my list, please don't be insulted! at least 6 people are doing the course online or through distrance education, at least 3 people have separate anatomy and physiology courses and several people are doing an accelerated course.

also below the list of people, please see the tips and websites that have been posted already and/or the ones i have bookmarked (not yet sure what they all are btw).

i start a&p tomorrow and i'm excited and slightly nervous, even if just because i am returning to school after quite a few years. i was nearly floored by the cost of the texts and likely wouldn't have bought the "extras" that i did beforehand if i'd have known how many required and recommended books there are for the course (they didn't offer a list beforehand that i knew of .... guess i could check next time!! lol). incidentally, one of the recommended books was the a&p colouring book so i was happy i had bought that one at the beginning of the summer!

anyhooooo, good luck, everyone!

___________

  1. 2ndcareerrnmaybe, online course
  2. a_troopers-girl, online course
  3. amber74. online course
  4. angelblue (cheryl)
  5. boink
  6. brandyl123
  7. butterfly82
  8. casi
  9. cindermelly
  10. *daisy*
  11. erikaann
  12. gaylord focker
  13. girlcalledjack
  14. goingformydream (christina), taking a&p separately
  15. goodyear (melissa), taking a&p separately
  16. hayleyandkylesmom
  17. hollybear1414
  18. jasminetea
  19. jessvandyke (jessica), online course
  20. jodyangel
  21. kayel (karen)
  22. labcat01, distance ed course
  23. micci
  24. milazer
  25. mtorado27
  26. mudnuri (brandy)
  27. myjessica
  28. newonboard
  29. nurse_wannabe22
  30. nurse2b80
  31. nursecadet
  32. oldernurse2
  33. pinayfl
  34. pixie-dust37
  35. prenurse0902 (nicole)
  36. rhp123
  37. roseyann (dawn)
  38. sddlnscp, online course
  39. ssixsullys, taking a&p separately
  40. stpauligirl
  41. student4ever
  42. sydylo
  43. sympmgt (dave)
  44. thecoppertop
  45. tiffy_rn2be
  46. ttgcole (nichole)
  47. youngagainrn2b

postponing a&p for now (but still in our thoughts and prayers):

nicinnc

_____________________

useful study information/sites:

_______________

other ideas (already posted):

  • make your own flashcards!
  • if you are not familiar with (or have forgotten) chem, check out an into to chemistry book

remembering the 11 organ systems:

11 organ systems

send mr. uric -- l

s-skeletal

e-endocrine

n-nervous

d-digestive

m-muscular

r-respitory

u-urinary

r-reproductive

i-integumentary

c-circulatory

l-lymphatic

hi karen. great job on the organizing. i am a bit nervous, i start a&p this evening. i have it on m&w. i know that this class is going to take up a lot more time than any of my other classes. i am definitly going to check out the websites. i also bought the colouring book too. good luck everyone

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