A/P help needed!!

Do check to see if your book has an online version with study material. I use the site for my book and it has been invaluable. There is everything from quizzes to animated interactive modules. If you are using one of the more common A & P books (Marieb,for example) it will likely be on there. Try this site to check for your book. Myaandp.com

Good luck and don't give up!

Repetition is the key in learning anatomy. Just staring at your notes might make it tough to retain anything. I would go online and find blank pictures of anatomy and then fill them in. Writing really helps with memory. Keep doing it until you make no mistakes. Or you could use the pictures in your book and just cover up the answers with a notecard and keep repeating them until you make no mistakes. I don't think making notecards will help since you need to visualize it, except in the muscles where you could write down origin and insertion as someone else stated above.

This is kinda lame but I have a little mnemonic device for the heart that my professor once taught us. I got mixed up with the bicuspid and tricuspid valves, I could never remember which came first. The right chambers are before the left chambers so this might help: when you go shopping for clothes you first TRY (tricuspid valve) it on and then you BUY (bicuspid) it. Told you it was lame. : )

Repetition is the key in learning anatomy. Just staring at your notes might make it tough to retain anything. I would go online and find blank pictures of anatomy and then fill them in. Writing really helps with memory. Keep doing it until you make no mistakes. Or you could use the pictures in your book and just cover up the answers with a notecard and keep repeating them until you make no mistakes. I don't think making notecards will help since you need to visualize it, except in the muscles where you could write down origin and insertion as someone else stated above.

This is kinda lame but I have a little mnemonic device for the heart that my professor once taught us. I got mixed up with the bicuspid and tricuspid valves, I could never remember which came first. The right chambers are before the left chambers so this might help: when you go shopping for clothes you first TRY (tricuspid valve) it on and then you BUY (bicuspid) it. Told you it was lame. : )

thanks! and that's a great mnemonic for heart valves, I'll definitively take note of that!

I've been using cliffsnotes.com lately and I find it to be better than my lecture notes even, I'm thinking of using that as my primary study tool. Are there any good a/p videos to look for?

Also, is it writing it by hand that helps with memorization or could typing work just as well?

Great advice! I'm currently in anatomy and am having difficulty memorizing all the intricate information in the nervous system so mnemonics are a life saver. Also, the links posted by everyone are very helpful too! I like the flash cards and as practice and testing myself on how I do. I'm going to try drawing stuff out and making flashcards/writing out terms and info to remember for them. Thanks!

Actually, using the lecture notes should be the primary source of info and other sources as extra