Do I really need to know...?

I feel your pain..... Ya gotta know it for the A & P tests so that was good enough reason for me at the time to know it. I still surprise myself when I know certain things that I didn't have any idea about before, like when my sisters and I talk about our waistlines, I can say, "Hey, you have WAAAAAY more adipose tissue than I do."

LOL she must have appreciated that!

You won't get far in advanced med-surg if your background in A&P is lacking. Bite the bullet and study, study, study!

I thought it was fun learning all the bones :)

You won't get far in advanced med-surg if your background in A&P is lacking. Bite the bullet and study study, study![/quote']

I agree...you think having to learn all the parts of the body is a lot, just wait until you get to Med-Surg and start learning all the possible ways something could go wrong with each part lol...it will def help you a lot if you get it down now so you don't have to go back and reteach yourself when you get there! Good luck!! Use mnemonics that helped me out a lot! There's a website http://www.medicalmnemonics.com that had a whole Anatomy section that is useful!

Well, now it might seem useless, but when you have a patient with a broken carpal you might be glad you took the time to study it so you can discuss the problem with the other healthcare professionals and still sound like a professional yourself :)

Hahah thanks everyone, I think I'm just zonked. I'm taking it as a summer course (obviously) so everything is very condensed! I have felt like my head is going to explode all semester. It's also frustrating because my school doesn't teach A&P together as one course. You take anatomy, then you take physiology, so I feel like all I've done to pass this class is MEMORIZE! -Sigh- it's worth it though. I can totally bomb my final tomorrow if I want to and still have an A in the course. :)

I agree...you think having to learn all the parts of the body is a lot, just wait until you get to Med-Surg and start learning all the possible ways something could go wrong with each part lol...it will def help you a lot if you get it down now so you don't have to go back and reteach yourself when you get there! Good luck!! Use mnemonics that helped me out a lot! There's a website www.medicalmnemonics.com that had a whole Anatomy section that is useful!

By the way, I just fell in love with that website!