Anatomy Summer 2006 Club

emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Jun 22, 2006

So far I have an A in A&P. We are half way through the class and I have never studied so much in my life. I can only hope that A&P II is not as hard, but I worry it will be more difficult because of so many systems to learn. I study about 3 hours every night.

I is the building block for II (kinda like amino acids so to speak). Everything you learn in discrete chunks in I will come together in learning about systems in II. There is less rote memorization in II, but more comprehensive type learning as you learn how the systems function. I love this stuff and luckily have had excellent instructors (very tough but fair). Now chemistry, that may be a whole 'nother story in September...

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2006

Does anyone know where the Hiacus muscle is? It is on a handout I have of muscles to know for an exam. I have to know the origin, insertion, and action (plus of course identify) this muscle, plus 82 others muscles. I'm not finding the Hiacus muscle in my textbook or online. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

MedSurgRNiowa · Jun 23, 2006

We are working on muscles this week and I do not recall that muscle. We skinned our cats today and I still smell that smell. As far as do I feel the instructor is weeding us out or enforcing the curriculum, well, both. If I had this class over a normal semester, I would get an A and I told him that. More than half of my class has taken it before, some more than once and one girl is on her fifth time. Do I or my instructor want her to be my nurse when I am in the hospital? I don't think so. Again, I am only taking this course once so I will live, eat and breathe Anatomy this summer. The bad thing is my lovely 14 year old daughter told me today that she feels that we have not spent any time together this summer. I told her that I was sorry she felt that way and I told her that I needed to do this to get into nursing school. We talked about it before I began the course. Apparently, even young teens need their moms.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jun 23, 2006

Theresa,

Turns out it was the "Iliacus" but smudged on my handout. Sorry to hear about your A&P woes. I'm feeling down-trodden myself. I keep reminding myself that this will all be over when summer session is done. It is exhausting.

diamondmeadows, BSN, RN · Jun 23, 2006

i can't believe you all are already doing bones and muscles. are you in 10 week classes or shorter sessions? i'm in a 10 week and so far we have basically just done chemistry and cells, and we started on tissues today. hopefully i won't drown once we get into the rest.

multicollinarity - congrats on the good grades. btw, my teacher also said that muscles are the hardest part.

theresa - you bet your daughter needs you. i know i needed my mom at her age. but i KNOW you two will arrive at something that works for both of you. good luck.

aHolisticStudent · Jun 23, 2006

i can't believe you all are already doing bones and muscles. are you in 10 week classes or shorter sessions? i'm in a 10 week and so far we have basically just done chemistry and cells, and we started on tissues today. hopefully i won't drown once we get into the rest.

diamondmeadows,

When did you start your ten week session? I'm also in a 10 week session that started at the beginning of June and we've already covered biochemistry and cell biology reviews, histology, integumentary and have started on bones. Did you just start within the last week or so? Your progression seems a little slow to cover histo, skeletal, muscular, nervous and special sensory organs, but maybe your syllabus is only set to cover a smaller swath of info. than mine.

Anyway, best of luck this summer! Just stay on top of the subject matter and you will float right through, don't worry about floundering it will only distract you.

DermNP2Be · Jun 23, 2006

aholisticnurse,

I'm with you- diamondmeadows, your class progression does seem a bit slow. We're where aholisticnurse is in my anatomy class- bones- we covered cells, chemistry, tissues and integumentary in the first 2 weeks!

diamondmeadows, BSN, RN · Jun 24, 2006

sheesh!

my class started may 23 and runs until aug 3. i'm looking at the syllabus and it looks like we're slated to cover all the things you have all mentioned, but unfortunately he doesn't have dates mapped out for us. i am noticing that he says special senses will only be covered if time permits, so if we don't get to that, i'll just have to learn it on my own in the break before fall.

thanks for the advice about worrying. i know it's true but i have a hard time putting it into practice.

Grandy · Jun 24, 2006

Anatomy and physiology and the human life sciences in general can be a big challange, but they can also be a lot of fun. If you use the Marieb text I would advise you to make use of the MYA&P that comes with it, it has loads of online interactive quizes, etc. that you may find useful.

Here are some other sites not only A&P but are Bioscience related that I hope some may find helpful:

Biochemistry online from the University of Arizona:

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/main.html

A very good Cell Biology site from the University of New South Wales:

http://cellbiology.med.unsw.edu.au/

A&P of the eye:

http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/index.html

Radiographic anatomy:

http://www.netanatomy.com/RA/ra_frame.htm

A good web anatomy site from the University of Minnesota:

http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/

Fluids, Homeostasis, Metabolism and Protein sythesis online tutorials from University of Sydney:

http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/student_tutorials.html

Cell Biology, Microbiology and Immunology:

http://www.cellsalive.com/

The biology place - interactive experiments:

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/

Integumentary system:

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookINTEGUSYS.html

The heart:

http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

Skeletal system:

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/bone.htm

A whole lot of cellular and nuerophysiology stuff:

http://www.physiol.usyd.edu.au/daved/teaching/

Hope this can help some people. Enjoy you studies!

diamondmeadows, BSN, RN · Jun 25, 2006

thanks for all the awesome links!

aHolisticStudent · Jun 25, 2006

Can anybody help me out with a question I have regarding Bone Calcium Homeostasis?

In our book it makes a point of mentioning that PTH (parathyroid hormone) promotes the formation of vitamin D in the kidneys. Is this the only place where vitamin D formation occurs in the body? If not, then why would the PTH target the kidney's to form the vitamin D to send to the small intestine to ease calcium absorption?

I'm just unclear on this aspect, any help or head's up would be greatly appreciated.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jun 25, 2006

Can anybody help me out with a question I have regarding Bone Calcium Homeostasis?
In our book it makes a point of mentioning that PTH (parathyroid hormone) promotes the formation of vitamin D in the kidneys. Is this the only place where vitamin D formation occurs in the body? If not, then why would the PTH target the kidney's to form the vitamin D to send to the small intestine to ease calcium absorption?
I'm just unclear on this aspect, any help or head's up would be greatly appreciated.

My text discusses PTH and calcium homeostasis. It does not discuss PTH and vit. D. According to my text, PTH is released from the parathyroid glands in response to low levels of calcium ions in the blood. It says that PTH has 3 major effects:

1) Stimulate osteoclast activity

2) Increase rate of intestinal absorption of calcium ions and enhances the affects of calcitriol.

3) Decreases rate of excretion of calcium ions

Does this jive with what your text says? I'm using Martini's 7th Edition. UGH! I can't believe I already forgot this. I had the exam on it about 3 weeks ago and I already forgot it. Had to look it up.