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

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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

I have done this but maybe I am not listening to the recorded lecture as much as I should. Thanks

How about the accompanying study guide to the text book? It's helped me in some courses.

Keep your chin up...I know it's hard and frustrating

Got a 94 on the lab test, the only A. Another person got a B and the rest below.....we have a lecture test next Tues.

Well you all know about my psycho prof.....didn't he say to the class today that he doesn't care about students but only about himself putting food on the table??!! The class is thinning out. God help me hang on and survive.

Got a 94 on the lab test, the only A. Another person got a B and the rest below.....we have a lecture test next Tues.

Well you all know about my psycho prof.....didn't he say to the class today that he doesn't care about students but only about himself putting food on the table??!! The class is thinning out. God help me hang on and survive.

That's awesome .. you're doing so well!!!!!! I know you will be fine for this course!!

Now ...... please send some prayers and calming vibes my way, everyone!! I have my first exam tomorrow at 12:40 CST! I don't know that I will do a whole lot of studying tonight as I am feeling a little burnt out and like I have a fairly good grasp on the material ... and just plain need a break! Thanks!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome .. you're doing so well!!!!!! I know you will be fine for this course!!

Now ...... please send some prayers and calming vibes my way, everyone!! I have my first exam tomorrow at 12:40 PST! I don't know that I will do a whole lot of studying tonight as I am feeling a little burnt out and like I have a fairly good grasp on the material ... and just plain need a break! Thanks!!!!!!!!!

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Get a good nights sleep, review a little in the morning when you are fresh!

Good luck you can do it!!!!

Has anyone started on the CNS yet? Wow there is a lot to know about the brain. This is scary. :chair:

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Has anyone started on the CNS yet? Wow there is a lot to know about the brain. This is scary. :chair:

Butterfly82, I have pics and powerpoint quizzes over the brain, hope they help. :)

Kayel, don't get overwhelmed. You are on the downward slope. It won't be long until this class is over for you!

Congrats stpauligirl. You're probably a lot like I am. Stressssssssss sooooooo much over a test, then end up doing really well.

I'd rather be overly stressed and do well, then not to be stressed at all, and do poorly. (That's what I tell my family. LOL)

Good luck everyone! I'll leave you with a lil' man dance! :rotfl:

Kayel, don't get overwhelmed. You are on the downward slope. It won't be long until this class is over for you!

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I'd rather be overly stressed and do well, then not to be stressed at all, and do poorly. (That's what I tell my family. LOL)

Good luck everyone! I'll leave you with a lil' man dance! :rotfl:

LOL! Thanks! Love the dancin' man .. wish he could come with me to the exam and tango me through it! Unfortunately, this course goes until April but I can dream!! I am enjoying it a lot and would rather not taint my enjoyment with a poor mark :roll

I am going to watch the Gilmore Girls and go to bed!! I'm feeling okay about things and think if I go over it too much more I might mess up my brain. I'd better keep my head upright, in case anything falls out!

I really appreciate the encouragement from you guys! It seriously helps a lot!

How did your exam go? :rolleyes: I had lecture today on the brain. its fun to see how the brain works. let's just see if i can get mine to work for this next test.

LOL! Thanks! Love the dancin' man .. wish he could come with me to the exam and tango me through it! Unfortunately, this course goes until April but I can dream!! I am enjoying it a lot and would rather not taint my enjoyment with a poor mark :roll

I am going to watch the Gilmore Girls and go to bed!! I'm feeling okay about things and think if I go over it too much more I might mess up my brain. I'd better keep my head upright, in case anything falls out!

I really appreciate the encouragement from you guys! It seriously helps a lot!

Butterfly82, I have pics and powerpoint quizzes over the brain, hope they help. :)

Kayel, don't get overwhelmed. You are on the downward slope. It won't be long until this class is over for you!

Congrats stpauligirl. You're probably a lot like I am. Stressssssssss sooooooo much over a test, then end up doing really well.

I'd rather be overly stressed and do well, then not to be stressed at all, and do poorly. (That's what I tell my family. LOL)

Good luck everyone! I'll leave you with a lil' man dance! :rotfl:

LOL about the lil man dance. We started the skeleton yesterday and have 2 weeks to know EVERYTHING the labtest will be 2 weeks from yesterday!!!!! I hope I'll get it all in my brain.... I'm afraid it will swell from trying to learn and burst the synarthroses of my skullbones wide open:rotfl: Would make a good scary pic for Halloween huh???

But first I need to do well on my lecture test on Tues about tissue (can't believe that we are STILL there!) skin, bone formation and articulations. In the meantime I am also trying to keep on top of the Muscular System. I hate it if we are not in sync with the lab portion! So you guys won't see much of me this weekend....I gotta study study study. :uhoh3: :uhoh3: :uhoh3:

I'm having trouble posting .. is it just me??

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My brain is turning to mush. I can remeber all this anatomy stuff but I forget the names of simple things......like Sugar:lol_hitti !! Seriously, I was like "you know, that sweet stuff you put in tea". My hubby was like sugar? OMG I was sooooo embarrased. I think there's only room for so much stuff in this teeny brain:lol2:

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I'm spending time with my pictures of arm and leg muscles.

okay, well, trying again! i lost a nice long post here last night and haven't been able to post again ... even my post where i asked if anyone is having trouble posting went to a "page not found", although i do see it is there. how weird.

anyway .......i posted last night, feeling kind of discouraged at the relentlessness of this course and experiencing some test score anticipation anxiety!! apparently, the people who went and asked the prof. to grade their tests got them graded right away but i didn't ... i suppose those were all the keeners who were going to get perfect marks anyway. i'm starting to have nightmares about my score, though so ....... get up those marks, already!!!! i don't know if i think it's terribly fair to go bug him anyway because i know he's pretty busy ... but i don't really know him; he's just my a&p god. it doesn't seem fair that some people know their marks already either but ... meh, oh well.

btw, i didn't think the test was too bad but, again, forgot to put earplugs in afterwards (i was okay before) and now am totally second guessing myself, even though i have managed to keep most of the test questions out of my head.

well ....... i thought i would have a sense of relief but i don't and i thought i was going to get caught up on my other courses this weekend but so far haven't. we had a late bday "kid" party for our 11 y.o. dd yesterday at a hotel .. it was a month and a half late, so that shows how bad our schedules have been! today both of our youngest have a big choir concert dress rehearsal. then i have to get back to studying ... muscles too, nursecadet!

my study partner was devastated after the test but now it seems she's fired up and keen to study more more more ........ .... ..... we have decided to switch labs to friday afternoon as the thursday one is sooooo full ... and some girls approached us to be in their dissecting group (fetal pigs next week!), having noted our obvious brilliance (yeah, that's it) so i figured it was a sign since i'd been whining about the busy class. we usually go at least three times for practice, catch up, etc. anyway.

on another funny note, my 6 y.o. ds got this little bag of bones with a halloween book and he put it together into a glo-in-the-dark skeleton (whose fibula is in front of his tibia but that's another story). he said he was scared to have it in his bedroom at night so was putting him somewhere else. at about 10 i went into our bedroom and there was mr. glo-in-the-dark, lying with his legs all skewed and a popsicle sticking through his ribs. i laughed my head off - what a great set up for poor old mom!

so hang in there, everyone! i think of you often! hopefully i won't have as much trouble posting this week!!

what's with the oversized screen and having to scroll over to read text? i hate when that happens!

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