Help! I can't be a nurse w/o passing A&P

LoriAlabamaRN · Mar 17, 2006

There is a sticky thread on this topic- it contains a lot of mnemonics as well as other tips and tricks. Might help!

allthingsbright · Mar 17, 2006

MEMORIZE your butt off and use mnemonics-thats how I did it. Make time every day! And the above post is right--read the sticky thread-LOTS of great info there.

Good luck! A&P was tough but looking back I think I loved it! LOL!!!

chattycthy, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2006

That class was my worst nightmare! I joined in on study groups..it helped me! If you have any going join them at your college!

Cathy

Fun2, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2006

A&P is definitely not a class you can cram the night before.

I hope you have more down by now than you think you do, and you end up doing well.

Good luck!! :)

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2006

a week is not a lot of time to learn all this information. you are basically cramming. best to work on this information for several short sessions every day.

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/mml/ - online information on muscles with pictures. each muscle picture shows it's location on the skeleton and tells you it's origin, insertion, it's action, and the nerves that control it. if you go to the lumen home page you can link into the bone box for information on bone anatomy.

http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas2/ - nicely presented drawings of the muscles of the upper and lower extremities. select a muscle to view a beautiful drawing of it's location, and a listing of it's origin, insertion, action, innervation and arterial supply.

http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/ - this is the mother lode of anatomical diagrams to label presented by the university of minnesota. they are organized by body system and subjects. you can take the quizzes as a single player on your own, against a timed clock, or on line against other students (still under construction). at the left side are links into a group of matching questions and lots of diagrams of anatomical structures to labeling organized by body system.

BoonersmomRN · Mar 17, 2006

700 questions? Yikes.

Memorization is the key. Good luck!

crb613, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2006

In a week, I have a 700 question (over 3 days) exam in Anatomy and Physiology. It will cover skeletal and muscles identification.
Any hints or techniques on remembering all those names?

If it is an option...spend every minute you can in your lab. Learn on what you will be tested with (muscle man, cat, individual bones, ect.). Break it down in little sections, & match it to your own body. Your lab & A&P book will be a good resource too...practice, practice, practice that is the key. I also used the websites they are really helpful. If you can understand the function....it makes it so much easier. A&P is really important try to learn & understand all you can....I cannot tell you how much it will help you later. Good Luck

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Mar 18, 2006

Study times a million. Good luck

michelle34 · Mar 18, 2006

My lab instructor told us how to memorize quickly.....when we were learning the muscles on the cadavers, he told us to learn the location of 10-20 at a time and then go write them all down from memory. I did that everyday for five days and I learned 130 muscles in that time. From memory, I could start from the neck and work my way down to the feet and name every muslce. Writing it down from memory made it all stick in my brain. I do that now with everything I have to memorize.

spb1 · Mar 18, 2006

Thank you for responding - you've all been a :saint: to reach out to a stranger to help. I have the bones down cold - muscles are still lukewarm and then connective actions (adduct - abduct) are still on the "things to do" list. The websites you've recommended are really excellent resources. I appreciate you all.

Susan