Any tips on how to get an A in anatomy?

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My school has anatomy in two parts anatomy one and two. I am taking one right now.

My professor has these fill in the blanks on her powerpoint presentations. I skipped a bit ahead, and I am utterly lost.

In class we go over them together, and it makes sense she is a good, I mean a very good well prepared lecturer. However when studying on my own I find myself utterly lost.

I am also taking micro, gen chem, and a humanities, so its a difficult semester for me.

For an example one of the blanks goes tight junctions are needed for? I am thinking barriers, or controlled permeability, but I am not sure how to go about this.

Another question which is probably a dummie question, but here it is how do C02, and oxygen pass from the blood to cell membrane. I put diffusion.

Mostly it's the format that confuses me not the questions. Because they are written as statements, and not questions.

How do I go about interpreting what she is looking for?

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You seem like you're really psyching yourself out for something that's not even on your radar yet. The thing about tight junctions just sounds like something you'll have to memorize when the time comes. No biggie. I try to read powerpoints ahead of time, but if I don't understand something (which is often) I just wait for the lecture and the professor usually clears it up. If they don't, ask questions! And you're right about diffusion :)

Take a deep breath and concentrate on what you're doing now, lest you spend valuable time for the future and mess up the present!

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You seem like you're really psyching yourself out for something that's not even on your radar yet. The thing about tight junctions just sounds like something you'll have to memorize when the time comes. No biggie. I try to read powerpoints ahead of time, but if I don't understand something (which is often) I just wait for the lecture and the professor usually clears it up. If they don't, ask questions! And you're right about diffusion :)

Take a deep breath and concentrate on what you're doing now, lest you spend valuable time for the future and mess up the present!

Thank you.

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