A&P 2!!

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Hello all my fellow future nurses!

Right now I'm in A&P 2 [along with a few other classes], and we're going to dissect a sheep brain tomorrow!

I am at a huge disadvantage - outside of a worm in middle school, I've never dissected anything! I am nervous and very excited.

What are you doing in class now? How are things going? Have you cut open anything cool yet? :p

Our school does Anatomy then Physiology. We are on the quarter system. In anatomy we do the dissections. My lab partner and I are having our first Cat dissection check this next week. We spent three extra hours in open lab to finish our dissection of the cat muscles from our Unit list. It is interesting, a little weird and sad, and plenty of the ewww factor. Humectent is the worst though. It smells horrible and just makes you feel icky. Luckily as the quarter goes on, the smell of humectent dies down. We have exams this next week (our second round) and it is on the joints, muscles, heart and vessels. It is a HUGE amount of information. We will also be dissecting a sheeps brain and a calf eye.

How is everyone else doing with the amount of work it requires? Our nursing programs are so competative that everyone freaks out if they don'e have A's in their science courses. Most of our schools require Anatomy, Physiology, Chem, Cell Biology, Micro and Stats, along with English, Communications, Diversity credit, Pysch 200 and some programs also require nutrition and med term.

I am two quarters away from being done with all of my pre-reqs. I can't believe it. It seemed like forever, now it is so close!

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How did you get through A&P 1 without dissecting anything? We did the cat muscles, sheep's eye and brain. In A&P II this semester, we have already done the sheep heart and the cat blood vessels. I think organs are up next. It's really not that bad! Really interesting! I wish we could look at a human cadaver like I imagine they do in med school.

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I almost wish I would have waited for next quarter. I am in the honors program and they are offering an honors Anatomy class next quarter and they get a full cadaver for their entire class.. I am at least hoping to get a peek at it. We are doing the Entire cat in Anatomy. Next week is our Muscle check, then we have vasculature and then viscera last. All of this we do in a 10 week period. It is CRAZY fast. I don't know how people take Anatomy or Phys online or Micro online, but they do. I can't imagine trying to learn all of this without hands on experience.

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Wow! It's been a minute since I've updated this thread so I thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention so we can check in!

In our class we've dissected the sheep brain, and the cow's eye. We also got to hold and play with a human brain! It was really big, and heavy, and thanks to the pia mater really slippery! I almost dropped it...that would've been great material for a movie lol

We're also getting ready to have our first exam on Thursday. I am NOT excited and I don't feel ready. All the good vibes you can spare would be appreciated =]

How is everything going? What are you guys doing?

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Also! I wanted to post up what's been burned into my brain:

ON - Olfactory - I

OLD - Optic - II

OLYMPUS'S - Occulomotor - III

TOWERING - Trochloear - IV

TOPS - Trigeminal -V

A - Abducens - VI

FIN -Facial - VII

AND - [Auditory] Vestibulocochlear - VIII

GERMAN - Glossopharyngeal - IX

VIEW - Vagus - X

SOME - Spinal Accessory - XI

HOPS - Hypoglossal - XII

did you guys learn this in class? What about the "Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says [it's] Bad Business [to] Marry Money"

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir and you guys are all knee deep in the same =]

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How did you get through A&P 1 without dissecting anything? We did the cat muscles, sheep's eye and brain. In A&P II this semester, we have already done the sheep heart and the cat blood vessels.

I was wondering the same thing myself. It sounds like you're on the same schedule we are: we did the cat muscles (which really didn't involve dissection so much as just skinning), sheep eye, and sheep brain in A&P 1. Now in A&P 2 so far we've done the sheep heart and cat blood vessels, plus sheep lungs. If I'm not mistaken, I think we're covering digestive next.

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Specializes in ER / Critical Care.

I did both my A&P I and II online with University of Phoenix. We did all of our labs virtually :w00t:

I am so grateful!! I couldn't imagine cutting up an animal :(

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Well, let's see. We finished up the Cat Muscles last week (Dissection check #1) and my lab partner and I got 20/20 so Whoo Hoo. Today we dissected a Bovine heart (AWESOME)! Ours had a heart defect so it was especially cool. We do Brain dissections next week. We have our second practical next Tuesday, and have had two exams. I am in Anatomy, as we seperate ours into Anatomy and then Physiology. Thank you for the Mnemonic.. that will come in handy tomorrow. We start the nerves and brain tomorrow in lecture. I have an A so far (by my fingernails) but I am determined to keep it. I am also taking a Dev Ed class and two honors Humanities classes this quarter.. The dissections are going pretty well. Thursday we have a check for Vasculature of the cat. 15 ateries and 15 veins. Then on to the Viscera and then we shall be finished with cats. We still have the Sheeps brain and the Cow Eye to do though in lab and finishing up our cats. We named ours Voltron and he has a CSI t-shirt that we wrap him in.

How is everyone else doing?

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We just finished up the cardiovascular system and dissected sheep hearts. Now we're on to lymph, immunity, and respiratory. First test of the semester: 101.5!

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We're beginning the Immune System next week and out Cardiovascular test is the following. So far so good, I don't find A&P 2 harder than part 1. I am also taking Nutrition and honestly I find it very easy. I skimmed the chapter and got a 85 on the test so I know this time when I actually read the chapter I should be kicking butt the rest of this semester.

I'm also studying for the TEAS next month, I already have a Bachelors of Science so I'm applying to Accelerated BSN programs for the next spring and one Associates program now, so If I dont make the cut no biggie! Ill keep trying.

I hope to get at least a B+ In AP2 so far it's looking good!

I hope everyone has a great semester.

PS. Next week we're dissecting a cat and I am soooo not looking forward to that class.

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Glad to hear everyone is progressing well and that we're all in similar spots in the curriculum.

I'm taking a full course load that includes English. Sometime's when I'm typing a paper I find myself replacing A&P words for others. I'm knee deep in a paragraph and start typing "Neuro" instead of "Nose." Or I automatically type "Nervous System" after the word "sympathy." lol...I have this class on the brain all the time.

I took A&P 1 in 2010 and at a different school with a different teacher so I feel like a fish out of water...I'm definitely rusty, so I find myself overly invested. And I have a lot of pressure on myself to pass!!

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Hello all my fellow future nurses!

Right now I'm in A&P 2 [along with a few other classes], and we're going to dissect a sheep brain tomorrow!

I am at a huge disadvantage - outside of a worm in middle school, I've never dissected anything! I am nervous and very excited.

What are you doing in class now? How are things going? Have you cut open anything cool yet? :p

Well, I hope you do okay. Have you tried looking up videos of it on Youtube so you know what to expect? Our class dissects actual cadavers and I've been looking it up on youtube and I'm not anxious like I thought I would be. My mom was grossed out because I was actually eating some chicken while watching bahaha.

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