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

[kayel]

useful study information/sites:

• anatomy modules:
  http://www.rad.washington.edu/anatomy/
  
• examinations in pathology: http://medstat.med.utah.edu/webpath/exam/examidx.html
  
• hole's essentials of anatomy and physiology: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/
  
• human anatomy and physiology online course companion: http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/mariebhap/
  
• anatomy and physiology: http://mandevillehigh.stpsb.org/2005site/teacher_sites/laura_decker/biology2.html
  
• journey through nursing school (fun2care): www.nursingjourney.com
  
• fun2care's quizzes: http://www.nursingjourney.com/aandp_1_quizzes.html
  
• anatomy of the human body (gray): http://www.bartleby.com/107/
  
• master muscle list (loyola university medical education network): http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/mml/index.htm
  
• medical terminology: an anatomy and physiology systems approach, 2/e: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/fremgen4/
  
• the hosford muscle tables: skeletal muscles of the human body: http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/
  
• skeletal system: http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm
  
• u of minnesota webanatomy: http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/default.htm
  
• biodidac:
  http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/
  
• the student nurse forum, coursework lifelines, human anatomy: http://kcsun3.tripod.com/id192.htm
  
• anatomy and physiology tests
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
  
• histology
  http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/de...e/histology.htm
  
• basic chemistry for biology students
  http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/main.html
  
• intro to the human body
  http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit1_1_body_structure.html
  
• zoology 200 models
  http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/models/model%20index.htm
  
• biology 129
  http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/biology29.htm
  
• deep muscles
  http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/muscular_system/deep_muscles.htm
  
• zoology 225: dissection guide (videos)
  http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses.hp/zoo.225/exam/test.htm
  
• atlas of human anatomy
  http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/atlasofanatomy/index.html
  
• essential study primer
  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/esp/default.htm
  
• hole's anatomy
  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919329/information_center_view0/
  
• anatomy and physiology tests
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests/howtopassap.msnw
  
• animations for biology and chemistry portions of a&p
  http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations.htm (lewport's biology place)
  http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/animprot.htm (rna translation -- protein synthesis)
  http://www.biostudio.com/demo_freeman_protein_synthesis.htm (protein synthesis)
  http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm (biology animations, interactions, tutorials)
  
• neurobiology -- great action potential animations!
  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/animate.html
  
• another anatomy site
  http://www.tarleton.edu/~anatomy/fall.html
  
• human biodyssey
  http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pages/crimando/jchumanbiodyssey.htm
  
• interactivephysiology.com
  http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpente...del%20index.htm
  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sit.../student_view0/
  http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/med...eb/histoweb.htm
  http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
  http://www.getbodysmart.com/
  http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap1.html
  http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~minckley/anatomy/index.html
  http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/
  http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
  
• histology sites
  http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/histo/frames/histo_frames.html
  http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/histo/frames/histo.htm
  http://biology.unm.edu/anatomy/ppt.htm
  
• get body smart
  http://www.getbodysmart.com/
  
• msn study group:
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
  
• bones box
  http://www.dccc.edu/departments/biology/virtuals/vbones/bonesbox/vbones.html
  
• another bones box -- good!
  http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/learnem/bones/main_bone.htm
  
• muscle contraction tutorial:
  http://www.brookscole.com/chemistry_...s/muscles.html
  
• actin myosin crossbridge 3d animation -- kind of mesmerizing ...
  http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin.html
  
• "real muscle" contraction:
  http://www.bio.davidson.edu/misc/movies/musclcp.mov
  
• mechanism of filament sliding during contraction -- 3 frames, then you can "add calcium" and "decrease calcim":
  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html
  
• great for studying muscles!
  http://anatomy-kit.com/practices.htm
  http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursep...deo_index.html
  
• cadaver dissections, histology
  http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/teaching.html
  
• b&w printable muscle pics to label
  http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/musclesblank.html
  http://edgewood.k12.wi.us/depart/sci...usclelabel.gif
  http://edgewood.k12.wi.us/depart/sci...usclelabel.gif

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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Awesome thread, Kayel. Thanks!

Ok. I need help, I hope this is the right thread. If not, please feel free to move my question. Thanks. :)

I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!

For example,

7)The Popliteal is ________________ to the Tarsal

A) Proximal B) Distal

C) MedialD) Lateral

My first guess was contrilateral, on opposite sides of the body... back of knee/front of ankle... but that isn't an option. It could be distal because the popliteal is closer to the fingers than the tarsal? Huh!? I'm lost.

Here are two more examples. These are off of a practice test. The more I try to wrap my mind around it, the more confused I get. Any help would be appreciated.

8)The Gluteal is ________________ to the Abdomen

A) AnteriorB) Lateral

C) PosteriorD) Distal

9)The Buccal is ________________ to the nose

A) MedialB) Lateral

C) DistalD) Proximal

Thank you,

Cristina

[casi, ASN, RN]

Alright, this is where I get to look absolutely insane. How I learned body directions, quadrants and all that kinda stuff was I went through the ads in the sunday paper and cut out any of the underwear models or girls wearing tight skimpy clothes (so I could see body parts) and went to work with a black perminant marker putting arrows pointing towards sections of the body and taped them to note cards with what quardrant/direction they were on the back.

I also did note cards that had like 'Dorsal' on the front and 'ventral' on the back

Awesome thread, Kayel. Thanks!

Ok. I need help, I hope this is the right thread. If not, please feel free to move my question. Thanks. :)

I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!

For example,

7)The Popliteal is ________________ to the Tarsal

A) Proximal B) Distal

C) MedialD) Lateral

My first guess was contrilateral, on opposite sides of the body... back of knee/front of ankle... but that isn't an option. It could be distal because the popliteal is closer to the fingers than the tarsal? Huh!? I'm lost.

Here are two more examples. These are off of a practice test. The more I try to wrap my mind around it, the more confused I get. Any help would be appreciated.

8)The Gluteal is ________________ to the Abdomen

A) AnteriorB) Lateral

C) PosteriorD) Distal

9)The Buccal is ________________ to the nose

A) MedialB) Lateral

C) DistalD) Proximal

Thank you,

Cristina

[kayel]

I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!

I'd say .. you might be concentrating on too many terms at once and panicking yourself and then overthinking .. you can do it!!! Just back up and really look at your directional terms again.

Love the marker idea, casi!

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Hi Casi. That does not sound insane. LOL. I have made geez, 20 copies of my fill in the blank lab sheets and I just keep doing them over and over and over and over. I know all of my body aras (popliteal, patellar, mental, occipital, etc!). I understand body direction as follows:

*Superior/Cephalic

Toward the head, going up

Cephalic is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology

*Inferior/Caudal

Towards the feet, going down

Caudal is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology

*Anterior/Ventral

The front of the body

Ventral is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology

*Posterior/Dorsal

Toward the back of the body

Dorsal is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology

*Medial

Near to the midline of the body, towards the sternum

*Lateral

Towards the outside of the body, going away from the midline.

*Intermediate

Between to structures

*Ipsilateral

On the same side of the body

*Contralateral

On the opposite side of the body

*Proximal

Towards the point of origin

*Distal

Away from the point of origin

*Superficial

Toward the surface

*Deep

Away from the surface, deeper into the body

That is not particularly tough, it just gets confusing when you're trying to use the same terms to describe where two body parts are 'from each other'.

I stepped away and went on to comp homework, then I came back. Let me know how this sounds: 7 is A, Proximal- the back of the knee is toward the attatchment of the limb; 8 is D, Distal -- your butt is away from the point of origin in reference to the abdomen; 9 is B, Lateral - your cheek is on the side of your nose.

*pop* My head exploded!

[kayel]

I stepped away and went on to comp homework, then I came back. Let me know how this sounds: 7 is A, Proximal- the back of the knee is toward the attatchment of the limb; 8 is D, Distal -- your butt is away from the point of origin in reference to the abdomen; 9 is B, Lateral - your cheek is on the side of your nose.

*pop* My head exploded!

Hope you're able to get your head back on! lol I agree with your answers except to 8, which I would say should be posterior -- the gluteal is on the back and the abdomen is on the front. Looks like you are on the right track .. we all just need to practice practice practice .. I agree that the theory is a lot easier than when it has to transfer to actual body parts! GL!

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Hope you're able to get your head back on! lol I agree with your answers except to 8, which I would say should be posterior -- the gluteal is on the back and the abdomen is on the front. Looks like you are on the right track .. we all just need to practice practice practice .. I agree that the theory is a lot easier than when it has to transfer to actual body parts! GL!

Thanks Kayel! I'm betting you're right on number 8. I appreciate you pointing it out. I've found that once I know an answer, it's like, duh!!! And it sticks to my head.

This website is such a life saver!

[kayel]

Thanks Kayel! I'm betting you're right on number 8. I appreciate you pointing it out. I've found that once I know an answer, it's like, duh!!! And it sticks to my head.

This website is such a life saver!

No problem! I actually answered your problems at first and then erased them because I thought maybe that wasn't what you meant (like just wanted more of an explanation or something lol). It seems new and strange to me too and sometimes hard to get my head around!

[kayel]

Wow, I am seeing how this course sucks up a lot of time! I have so many books pertaining to this one it's crazy. I was just noticing that everytime I'm doing reading, it's for this course in the past week. Guess I'll have to force myself to the other courses as well, huh? LOL It's just kind of hard because I'm really paranoid I'm going to fall behind and not understand something .. an irrational fear.

Right now I'm starting to go over my Intro to Chem for Biology Students books. I'm just going to do a few pages and then move on back to Nutrition.

Anyway, it just struck me as I was opening this book and thinking about going to the library today -- a trip also geared toward getting class information from the computer system. Hmmmm

How is everyone faring? What is the testing schedule for your course? I was a tad disappointed that our tests weren't more regular and often but that just sounds crazy when I typed it there. lol

[Mudnuri]

Our testing situation is as follows....

Lecture 4- Quiz 1- Chemistry

Lecture 7- Lecture Exam I :intro, Chem, Cell

Lecture 11- Lecture Exam II: Tissues

Leture 14- Quiz II Skeletal System

Lecture 16- Lecture Exam III: Skeletal System

Lecture 19- Quiz III- Muscles

Lecture 22- Lecture Exam IV: Muscles

Lecture 26- Quiz IV: Nervous System

Lecture 31- Lecture Exam V: Nervous System

As I stated before, our tests are not cumulative. Once we're done with Tissue's- we're done with Tissues etc..

I haven't spent that much time reading for a/p the past 2 days, I'm trying to get through my psych book....I attended an extra chem review so I'm okay with the chapter we're suppose to read for Lecture Monday. I'll probably read it tomorrow

Brandy

[TRINI_RN]

I just wanted to add a great Histology site I stumbled on today. Has great pics of the four tissue groups. I'm using it to study for lab.

http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/Departmental/Science/AFroehle/histology.htm

[kayel]

I just wanted to add a great Histology site I stumbled on today. Has great pics of the four tissue groups. I'm using it to study for lab.

http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/Departmental/Science/AFroehle/histology.htm

Thanks!! That's great! I added it to my IE bookmarks!

[kayel]

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

ROTFLMBO .. I love it!! :chuckle