Anatomy and Physiology distinctions.. together? separate?

[pennyep]

what's the difference between all the anatomy and physiology courses? I've seen

Anatomy

Physiology

Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy & Physiology I

Anatomy & Physiology II

Is taking them separate preferred? What the heck is the difference between all these?

[Anoetos, BSN, RN]

At my school we have A&P 1 which is the first half the Marieb book 8th edition. The A&P 2 class that Im in now is picking up at chapter 16 of the same book. The Lab should be more Anatomy and the lecture more Physiology but they mixed up the two and it is very hard to be responsible for both in each section on the exams.

Yep, and my advice is get the same instructor for lab as for lecture if possible. I know the material is the same, but's nice to have overlapping reference points. I had a different instructor for micro lab and was at a small disadvantage I think.

[iPink, BSN, RN]

A&P 1 and A&P 2 at all the schools in my area as well. Finished both of them. We used Marieb 8th ed as well and started A&P 2 at Chapt 16. Never heard of Anatomy and Physiology being separate classes until I found out on Allnurses.

[BSNMomOf6]

most schools only have the option of taking them together, Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2.

[SC APRN, DNP, APRN, NP]

I have done it both ways. In 1996 I took I took Anatomy and then Physiology. This past school year I did A&P I and II. You have to overlap a little anyway. For my experience the Anatomy alone course was tough, it was much more detailed, and we had more tests specific to identifying structures. The A&P II was more difficult than Physiology alone, to me. My counselor's understanding was that the courses taught alone are more difficult. Overall I would say combining them is a little harder because of the information, but with the alone classes you end up going over the same thing twice and that helped it stick.

just my two cents....