Help me study for A&P

colleen10 · Jan 10, 2003

Hi there,

We started A&PI with the Skelatol System, then Muscular, then Integ and Endocrine and Senses. The coloring books are very useful, especially if you are a visual learner. I used color pencils to color in each bone and it was especially helpful with the bones of the skull because it is often hard to tell where they are seperate from one another. The color pencils are good because they don't run and are semi-transparent so that you can still see notes and arrows that might be inside the bone area.

If you are eager to start learning some A&P you can't go wrong with starting to memorize the bones. I think pretty much every A&P student has to memorize just about all of them and there are so many of them, getting a head start will benefit you immensely. Someone on another thread even suggested memorizing 2 or 3 bones a day.

Another thing that helps with memorizing bones, muscles, areas, etc. is to point to yourself when learning them. ie. say the name of the bone out loud and then point to that bone on your own body. That helped me and a lot of my class mates out and during the test you could look around the room and see every one mumbling to themselves and pointing.

Another thing that I would suggest is to ask your instructor if the publishers of the book gave the teacher a learning CD. Most student books come with CD's now but a lot also have a teacher's addition CD or a "Lab" CD that goes into more detail and description of various chem. processes. At least ours did. We use "Form and Function" A&P by Saladin. The "Lab CD" was invaluable. We weren't allowed to keep them though, but could go to our computer lab to review them.

Good Luck this semester and please do not get discouraged by negative posts on this board. We are all generally very nice people that truly try to help each other out. So if you have any other questions feel free to post away!

Col

Xanadu1347201 · Jan 10, 2003

Hi,

I have tried a number of things and you just have to know what works for you and what doesn't. When I took A&P the first time I tried real hard to keep up in the note taking department. She went so fast it was almost as bad as an auctioneer!! So the next semester, when I had to retake it, I bought a small recorder for the notes I missed and wrote my notes in alternating red and blue ink. Somehow this worked for me and I made a very high B, like 3 points away from an A.:)

Also flashcards have been a great help in memorizing stuff in pharmacology. And personally I never had the time to sit and color all the pages in the coloring book, so it was a waste of money for me.

If you have Marieb or Hole there are great sites with quizes and puzzles on them.

Marieb's is

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/marieb-essentials go to student resources

Hole's is

http://www.mhhe.com/shier

I am in the same boot with you, sister!! Taking A&P after about 8 years. I decided it was best to retake it for the brush-up. I am also trying to raise my GPA up and get into the nursing class for Fall 2003. Good Luck!!

nessa1982 · Jan 10, 2003

We started with histology

then went on from their (dont remember the order)

bones

muscles

brain

senes (hearing,vsion ect)

heart

immunology

digestive

reproductive

& thier was way more stuff buy I forgot the categories

The thing that helped my w/ it was to actually look at the stuff over & over. Our school has a computer lab and i was on the coputers ALL the time. Our teacher made students who wanted to get an A make a powerpoint study guide which was set up like a computerized flashcard for lab stuff (a pic comes up and says what is this, you click and it gives the answer ect). I would really recommend quizing yourself over the material.

On bones it really helps to touch them and er play with them to help you remember all the names.

I studed a lot for that class but I realy enjoyed it and got an A (I took an 8 unit class). Hope you have fun and do well:)

c.wicks · Jan 11, 2003

I am truly sorry for my poorly worded previous post. It seems that sometimes I open my mouth and insert my foot and end up biting my own toes off. Maybe I need to slap myself.

My only excuse (and it is pretty lame) is that I was tired and when I read the part in your post about learning anatomy from a coloring book, I only thought about the coloring book A Visit With My Doctor that I bought for my son when he was three.

I had no idea that some nursing programs were actually using coloring books as a teaching aid. When I was in college I took a course in Human Anatomy and a separate course in Animal Physiology.

Please accept my humble apology and I wish you the best in your professional endeavors.

C.Wicks