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Hi i'm new to the forum. I'm taking A&P 1 this semester. I'm a little nervous about it so if anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated!!!:)
Study, study, study and then study some more. Never get behind on anything, try not to miss any classes. Tape lectures. Make this class a priority, and eliminate as many distractors as possible from your life (example needless chatting with neighbors, friends that are not taking the class etc.) turn your phone off, get a" DON'T DISTURB" sign for your front door. Get all your doctors appt out of the way prior, and have your meds refilled. Get your car serviced. Forget about nice looking hair and nails for 16 weeks , get lots of rest, exercise regularly and eat enough high quality foods. DON"T diet while in this class! Get good study partners if available. Take advantage of the resources in your study lab at your biology department (couldn't have done it without it). Try to establish good rapport with your teacher, don't matter how "unapproachable" he/she seems to be.
You will be in seclusion for 16 weeks, with very little outside contact, remember it shall pass!
I don't mean to scare you but I am approaching the end of my A&P1 class and I have a very difficult professor + I have a learning disability from a recent illness. It's been tough, frustrating, I have cried and I wanted to quit. This class has been the ultimate challenge for me, others might not think that way though, it all depends on your teacher.
But it is possible to make an A. If I am lucky I will get an A, all depends on my final next week.......NEVER give up!
Finally, VISIT this site DAILY :) We will be here for you if you need help or just venting. Things would have been so much worse Without this wonderful board and the great people on it.
Thank you so much for your replies!!!! LOL i wear a hair cover so i don't have to worry what my hair looks like(ain't it great). I will definitely be posting here in the future. I just have to say "I can do this"!!! and it will happen.:)
I really don't mean to scare you, and tried to give things a little humerous twist......If I can do well with an absolute terrible professor you will do well also. I just have to work 3X harder than everyone else
It is a very demanding class and I hope that you have a good teacher, which is half the battle. Only t'ill Tues for me.....lecture test 4 and final at the same time! Intense studying this weekend.
I really don't mean to scare you, and tried to give things a little humerous twist......If I can do well with an absolute terrible professor you will do well also. I just have to work 3X harder than everyone else![]()
It is a very demanding class and I hope that you have a good teacher, which is half the battle. Only t'ill Tues for me.....lecture test 4 and final at the same time! Intense studying this weekend.
You give me great hope!!! Thank you so much. I know you weren't trying to scare me, your just being honest.:thankya:
Princess74
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i borrowed the information below from the a&p 1 fall club.(hope no one minds) i thought that it would be helpful to those of us taking a&p 1 this winter/spring semester.
hopefully there will be enough of us interested in this thread so that we can get a sticky.
those of you who have already taken a&p, please feel free to stop by at any time . we would love to have your imput also. thanks :)
useful study information/sites:
http://www.rad.washington.edu/anatomy/
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/
http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/de...e/histology.htm
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/bioch...stry/main.html
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/modu...structure.html
http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter...el%20index.htm
http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/facult.../biology29.htm
http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/muscular_s...ep_muscles.htm
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/cours.../exam/test.htm
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/ana...omy/index.html
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_...sp/default.htm
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/site..._center_view0/
http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiol...wtopassap.msnw
http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/jwanamaker/animations.htm (lewport's biology place)
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/animprot.htm (rna translation -- protein synthesis)
http://www.biostudio.com/demo_freema..._synthesis.htm (protein synthesis)
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm (biology animations, interactions, tutorials)
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/m...s/animate.html
http://www.tarleton.edu/~anatomy/fall.html
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pag...nbiodyssey.htm
http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpente...del%20index.htm
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sit.../student_view0/
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/med...eb/histoweb.htm
http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
http://www.getbodysmart.com/
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap1.html
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~minckley/anatomy/index.html
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded...to_frames.html
http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded...ames/histo.htm
http://biology.unm.edu/anatomy/ppt.htm
http://www.getbodysmart.com/
http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
http://www.dccc.edu/departments/biol...ox/vbones.html
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med.../main_bone.htm
http://www.brookscole.com/chemistry_...s/muscles.html
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin.html
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/misc/movies/musclcp.mov
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html
http://anatomy-kit.com/practices.htm
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursep...deo_index.html
http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/teaching.html
http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/musclesblank.html
http://edgewood.k12.wi.us/depart/sci...usclelabel.gif
http://edgewood.k12.wi.us/depart/sci...usclelabel.gifvirtual anatomy lab http://www.sunyniagara.cc.ny.us/val/valindex.html
from niagara community college. searchable, user friendly site. includes some cat dissection views. great resources, links for each body system addressed.
lumen gross anatomy site http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med...em/learnit.htm
histoweb http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medi...tomy/histoweb/
from the university of kansas. outstanding for learning tissue types and subtypes.
lumen histology site http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med...to_frames.html
fantasic resource for learning tissue types, subtypes, and locations.
neuroscience for kids - cranial nerves http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cranial.html
from washington university of st. louis. great diagrams and study guide for learning the 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
physiology animations http://www.uh.edu/sibs/tutorial/ap2.htm#urinary
some are interactive; from many body systems and processes covered in this class; sponsored by university of texas at houston
blood cell histology http://www.unomaha.edu/hpa/blood.html
from the university of omaha, nebraska - identification, information about formed elements of blood. be sure to use numbers presented in the text as the "authority" for cbc & differential counts.
cardiac cycle - mechanical activity and blood flow http://www.thinkquest.org/library/we...a.html?c003758
outstanding resource for anatomy and physiology related to the cardiac cycle. i do not recommend viewing this with a dial-up connection, there are many large files and animations to run.
hyperheart 2 - from the university of utah medical school library http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyperheart2.htm
requires shockwave software download. be sure to stop the animation and go frame by frame for a more detailed explanation of events. this is a wonderful tool for "putting it all together" as it pertains to the cardiac cycle.
nervous system from uw-lacrosse http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/aplab/table_...07/lab_07.html
offers diagrams of brain and other nervous system models. excellent tutorial and pictures of sheep brains
blood types tutorial http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human...pes/intro.html
fromt the university of arizona. great tutorial, review of blood typing and genetics.
are you my blood type? game http://www.givelife2.org/games/matchgame.asp
from the american red cross. very catchy game to review blood donation rules. be sure to read the directions before you begin!
other ideas (posted in other threads):
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fun with mnemonics ...........
11 organ systems: send mr. uric -- l
s-skeletal / e-endocrine / n-nervous / d-digestive / m-muscular / r-respitory / u-urinary / r-reproductive / i-integumentary / c-circulatory (or cardovascular) / l-lymphatic
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skeletal system:
carples:
"scared lovers try positions -- that they cannot handle"
or "stop letting those people -- touch the cadaver's hand"
(proximal row lateral to medial -- distal row lateral to medial)
s-scaphoid / l-lunate / t-triquetrum / p-pisiform / t-trapezuim / t-trapezoid / c-capitate / h-hamate
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7 bones of the eye socket: "every zoo finds stinky little monkey poop"
e-ethmoid / z-zygomatic / f-frontal / s-sphenoid / l-lacrimal / m-maxilla / p-palatine
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number of vertebrae in each section of vertebral column:
7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae
"breakfast at 7, lunch at 12, dinner at 5"
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wbc differentials:
"never let monkeys eat bananas"
n-neutrophils / l-leukocytes / m-monocytes / e-eosinophils / b-basophils
to differentiate btwn granulocytes and agranulocytes its:
"never eat bananas like monkeys"
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p.u.:
"pinky on the ulna side"
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which side is the radius on?
thumbs up for "rad!!"
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fibula is lateral
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tarsal bones:
"tall centers never take shots from corners"
t-talus / c-calcaneus / n-navicular / t-third cuneiform / s-second cuneform / f-first cuneiform / c-cuboid
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cranial nerves
"oh oh oh, to touch and feel very green vegetables ah!" ... or ... "old opal’s ocular tracts tricksters abducting
four vested giants vaguely acting hypoactive"
i olfactory / ii optic / iii oculomotor / iv trochlear / v trigeminal / vi abducens / vii facial / viii vestibulocochlear / ix glossopharyngeal / x vagus / xi accessory / xii hypoglossal
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cranial nerves: sensory, motor or both?
"some say marry money, but my brothers say big breasts matter more" .... or ..... "stop saying my mom bug me because she believes bugging makes me"
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epidermis (deep to superficial):
"basil spices granny luci's corn"
stratum: basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum