Anatomy & Physiology Fall 2008

[CracklinRose]

Several had mentioned starting a study thread early so we could get prepared for our fall A&P class, so here goes. I have gathered several websites from both here and on my own, so wanted to post them early on so that we wouldn't have to search for them. Please feel free to add to them and also any advice or study tactics that seem to work for you.

Thankyou to Eveyone here at AllNurses who have provided so much information in one spot.

Lectures

http://www.clickcaster.com/kerry-henrickson

http://aaim.k12.ar.us/Podcasting%20Lectures%20in%20MP3%20Format%20publisher.pdf

http://www.podcasters.tv/podcast/27225/biology_2110_2120_anatomy_and_physiology_with_doc_c.html

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Science/Biology/Biology-2120-Lectures-on-Anatomy-and-Physiology-Podcast/18745#plink

http://content.hccfl.edu/facultyinfo/nehringer/bsc1085videolectures.html

Anatomical Terms for the Body

http://www.highlands.edu/subwebs/shenderson/API/lab_manual/introlab.htm

http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/index.cgi

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/Section/Anatomy-Physiology-Glossary.id-305499,articleId-30161.html

http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit1_3_terminology2_planes.html

Resources

http://www.anatomy.org/resources/resource_links.asp

http://www.primalpictures.com/Home.aspx

Dissections

Cadaver

http://www.primalpictures.com/Home.aspx

Cat

http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/

http://biology.kenyon.edu/heithausp/cat-tutorial/welcome.htm

Tissues

http://groups.msn.com/AnatomyPhysiologyTests/tissues.msnw

Nervous System

http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/WEBANATOMY/self/default.htm

Study Guides

http://www.studystack.com/menu-46279

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Anatomy-Physiology.topicArticleId-22032.html

http://groups.msn.com/AnatomyPhysiologyTests/tissues.msnw

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/dropdrag/index.htm

http://www.studystack.com/studytable-46102

http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy/skeletal/default.html

http://www.doctaj.com/

http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/Models/model%20index.htm

http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/gross_atlas.html

http://www.visiblebody.com/

Flashcards

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Quizes and Games

http://www.doctaj.com/

http://www.instantanatomy.net/questions.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/569630.html

http://rosetime.netfirms.com/week1.htm

http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/WEBANATOMY/self/default.htm

http://www.fortlewis.edu/academics/school_arts_sciences/biology/anatphys/mainmenu.htm

Body Cavities

http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit1_3_terminology3_cavities.html

Ok, that's it for tonight....I have several others but hopefully this will keep everyone busy for a day or 2 :chuckle:yeah:I'm sure we all have diferent study habits and will need to find our own way there but I am hoping we can work together as a study team.

Maybe each day or two, someone could provide a study tip or an mneumonics for memorization for tissues or nerves, anything that is helping you learn. Or if you come accross somethin that you can't use, maybe someone else can.

OFF to Bed for me

[domarera]

My thoughts to those who want to give up. DON'T! If you feel that you have too much on your plate and you can not get it together this semester, drop. But don't stop studying (it takes will power to study when you are not in that class though). You have an advantage, you have the syllabus and the book. Go back to the begining, study all the things you were unsure with and move forward to the end of the syllubus and you should be guaranteed an "A" in the next semester.

Good luck to whatever you decide...

[Snowii]

OMG

Ok I just had my second test in A and P.

The first test I totally 100% over thought and over studied that I confused myself. I pulled out a 70%.

This test... I freaking rocked it!

[Snowii]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

I KNEW I ROCKED IT

I GOT A 92!!! I freaking mixed up the radius and the ulna and mixed up the roles of calcium and acetylcholine on muscle contraction!!!

I'm so jacked you have no idea.

[DesertRoseAZ]

This thread is monstrous, so forgive me if this has been asked.....

what are some good tips for remembering the muscles? This includes their orgin, insertion, and actions.

I have flash cards, just wondering if anybody else has a great tip.

[Sandy_dfw]

Please help me decide....

Ok...I'm seriously thinking of dropping A&P1 and retake next semester. It's a lot for me to keep up w/o having any bio background. We're half way through the class and I have a "C". I'll be lucky to pull a B at best and final is cumulative. It sure takes a different study approach. Twenty hrs of study time per wk isn't enough. More importantly, I don't want to go into NUR with knowing only 1/2 of the A&P stuff. So far, my GPA is 4.0 for my pre-reqs and kind of want to keep it that way. What are your thoughts?

Greatly appreciate your feedback.

I will be repeating A & P 1 next semester also. I am going to wait till the

very las min to decide to drop or not. I want to learn as much as I can

this semester to make the repeat easier.

[smyrnasahm]

I've been busy with A & P all semester- I had a mid range A before my test I just took. I got a 68! I really thought I knew this stuff- this is the worst grade I've gotten, and I think I felt most comfortable with these chapters on muscle!!

This just doesn't make sense to me- anyway that test knocked me down to a low B, and I'm pretty frustrated with that.

Any advice??? How did I go into a test thinking I would do fine and end up with a 68? My lab test on muscle is coming up, too, so now it has me worried- I can't bomb two- the one I can probably recover from, but not two.....

[ciroshkaa]

dont know if any of you are into flashcards, but I recently started with the Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards (2nd Edition)....it got everything you need to know on muscles and bones and nerves, and their origins and attachments. You have the muscle pic on one side and the info about that on the other side. It really helps....

my sister got it as an aid in med school...but these have everything I needed to know!! plus more (it has arteries and veins and such...)

so I highly recommend getting them.

By knowing the name of the muscle and the general idea where it is in your body, you already have 50% studying done.

In addition to that, the way I went about muscles is by mainly knowing their distal attachements as that would clue me in to their function.

hope this helps someone.

[Hanna0225]

i took my finals for my condensed a&p today, and am so happy that i am done! it was the longest 6 weeks of my life (covering 27 chapters). but i am glad that i worked hard, stayed up countless hours, and whipped out my notes while even waiting in line for groceries, lol!

[Nepenthe Sea]

Anyone else have this issue?

We ended up having one professor for lecture, and a different one for lab. I like them both, but we get mixed messages alot (he says one thing, she says another). We were studying muscle tissue and movement this last unit, and we did a review game for bonus points in class right before the test. One question asked what structure makes up the triad in muscle tissue, along with the tranverse tubercles. I answered 'terminal cisternae', and she counted it wrong and said that the correct answer was 'sarcoplasmic reticulum', which I know the terminal cisternae are part of. I was confused, though, because I had been studying the night before, and I swore that the pictures in my textbook showed that the T-tubercles and cisternae make up the triad. I thought I must just be losing my mind.

So then we went straight into lab, and he's going over the same material with us, showing us the structure of myofibrils and myofilaments, etc. He points to the piscture on the screen and says that the T-tubercles and terminal cisternae make up the triad. I guess I looked confused and made a face because he asked me if there was something wrong. I told him about how she counted my answer wrong, and he said that maybe I should try to get my bonus point because I had been right. Later, a few fellow students were talking to me about it, too, and how they had also been confused because they thought I had been right, too. We all decided that for her test we would go along with what she said, rather than the other answer. It sucks, though, to be told two different things, and it seems to happen alot in there. He will give us all the different names for a structure, bone, etc. and will say "I will count any of these right on a test, but if she gives you a particular name, use it in her class or she will count it wrong." It's pretty annoying.

Just had to vent!

[Nepenthe Sea]

i took my finals for my condensed a&p today, and am so happy that i am done! it was the longest 6 weeks of my life (covering 27 chapters). but i am glad that i worked hard, stayed up countless hours, and whipped out my notes while even waiting in line for groceries, lol!

congratulations! you are braver than i!

[Kwontor]

I'm awaiting my cummulative score on the bone test. We had a test for the lecture material, an ID test of the axial skeleton, and an ID test of the appendicular skeleton. I got 77 out of 82 possible points for the lecture portion. I'll find out Tues. (fingers crossed)

[mochabean]

We just had a midterm in my A&P 1 class on everything that we've learned so far in lecture: body org, the cell, various tissues (epithelium, connective, muscular, nervous), and the integumentary system. I'm doing very great in my class- I have an A! I just gotta hang in there until December!