Human Anatomy / A&P I Club for Fall 2007

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I'm starting human anatomy next week, and would love to get a sticky started to keep each other sane. I'm a bit nervous about starting this class, as I really need an A, but work full-time and will also be taking abnormal psych. It's going to be a lot of work! :uhoh3:

Let's help each other out through this forum! :welcome:

So, when are you starting, where are you taking it, and how are you feeling?

I start tomorrow 9/24/07

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Specializes in ICU.

Taking an 8-wk intensive A&P I class (meets every Sat from 8AM-4:30PM). Will be doing A&P II the second half of the semester. Zooming through info SO fast (basically two weeks are crammed into one)!!!

Had my first test yesterday, and got a 91%, so I'm pretty happy (very hard on myself though--wanted 100%!!). Hadn't taken the prereq class (cellular BIO), and one of the four chapters covered was ALL of cellular bio--feel like I learned a semester's worth of cell bio in a week for the exam!!

Now studying for lab exam next week--have to learn all the bones, plus ID tissues. Any tips for bone memorization? Making flash cards for tissues--picture of cells on front (simple squamous, simple cuboidal, etc.) then the name, function, location, and make up on the back.

Good luck everyone!! We can do this!! :)

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Specializes in LTC, Cardiac Step-Down.

Here's my bone studying technique:

(getting tested on it tomorrow, so can't tell you how effective it really has been, but I feel fairly confident!)

Step 1

Get on Google and do an image search for the particular bone you want to study. As you scroll through, look for pictures that:

1) Are not labeled

2) Are fairly big (I would go no smaller than 400x400 - bigger will be better)

3) Show both anterior and posterior views

It'll be easier than it sounds, if somebody requests it I could link a few of my choices here (kinda in a hurry atm :p).

Step 2

Right-click your favorite picture and go to "Save As..." put it someplace you can find it later. Rinse and repeat for all other bones you need to study.

Step 3

Open Word (or similar) Click Insert > Picture > From File...

Now pick one of your pictures and click Insert.

Resize the picture to make it as big as you need it without it getting grainy (this is why you wanted larger files).

Rinse and repeat for all your other bone pictures.

Step 4

Print out your Word document, preferably black and white.

Grab your list of the bones/structures you need to know.

With a red pen, make little dots on every structure you'll need to know. NO LABELING THESE DOTS!

If your tests are like mine, the instructor will test you in exactly this way: where you have to completely recall from memory the name of the bone or structure. For me, simply reading a list of bone structures and then finding them on the bone isn't enough - I need to practice the complete recall of the name.

Once you've got your bones labeled, go through them a couple of times using your book as a guide, then try doing it from memory. Should work fine :)

Flashcards don't work for me (if they do for you go for it you lucky duck!!!), and it just takes too long for me to draw a coherent picture of a bone, so I get the pictures off Google. You might try this with your tissue flashcards if it speeds up your process a little bit :)

HTH

Pepper

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I'm also in a CRAZY A&P program here in Utah...I've gotten 80-90% on all the exams/quizzes for lecture and lab, but the he curves, and the class average has been 50% for everything, so I've definitely got an A right now...

We've done Intro, Appendicular and Axial Osteology, Arthrology and Myology so far, and we have a mini-midterm this week...As hard as it is, I'm LOVING being back in school, and I'm ESPECIALLY loving the cadavers in lab.

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Don't worry, you will do fine. I got my practical on bones last Saturday, and I think I did good. It was easier for me to memorize hundred and some bones because I could see them, touch them, then to memorize all different kinds of tissues where I could not see anything. I studied bones two days before my practical and it took me a few hours to learn everything. Honestly, I think AP is not bad at all and before I started I was kind of scared because of what I heard. It all depends on you and how much time you will devote to it.

hi! can you give me an idea on how does a practical exam on bones takes place? we're going to have departmental practicals on bones soon and i still doesn't have the slightest idea how they're going to test us. thank you!!

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:idea:Hey guys just wanted to give you tip if you are still doing tissues . If you bring your digital camera to lab you can actually take pics of the slides throught the eye of the microscope. REALLY it so cool!!

try it . You have to really put the eye of the camera right into the eye of your microscope. Good luck

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Specializes in LTC, Cardiac Step-Down.
hi! can you give me an idea on how does a practical exam on bones takes place? we're going to have departmental practicals on bones soon and i still doesn't have the slightest idea how they're going to test us. thank you!!

The instructor will probably get out the bone models and put little numbered stickers on the structures, then ask you to name the structure. They may or may not ask you which side of the bone the body is from in addition to naming the structure (both my Anatomy classes have done so, so it would be a good question to ask).

:idea:Hey guys just wanted to give you tip if you are still doing tissues . If you bring your digital camera to lab you can actually take pics of the slides throught the eye of the microscope. REALLY it so cool!!

try it . You have to really put the eye of the camera right into the eye of your microscope. Good luck

This is a good idea, however my anatomy instructor does not allow pictures of any kind to be taken, not even of the models :( If you're doing a class with any kind of cadaver involvement, this will probably be true for you too (privacy thing).

HTH

Pepper

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:idea:Hey guys just wanted to give you tip if you are still doing tissues . If you bring your digital camera to lab you can actually take pics of the slides throught the eye of the microscope. REALLY it so cool!!

try it . You have to really put the eye of the camera right into the eye of your microscope. Good luck

Our teacher also won't let us take pictures. However, if youa re looking for pictures of the slides, just Images.Google them. I find that if I place the name and the tissue location in the search bar then pictures will come and will look almost exactly like the slides our teacher was showing us.

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The instructor got out the bones and put stickers on the structures, each sticker had a number (1-75). We got a paper with 75 numbers, and we had to write on the paper what is it, the name of the bone, the part of the bone, depending where the sticker is. Each bone had three stickers on it, and we had 90 seconds to write down those three things. After 90 seconds, each person had to move and go to the next bone and so on and on. I missed my A by two points, I had some stupid mistakes, but it's ok..it was the first practical and our instructor said it is usually the most difficult one because everybody is nervous and we did not know what to expect.

The instructor will probably get out the bone models and put little numbered stickers on the structures, then ask you to name the structure. They may or may not ask you which side of the bone the body is from in addition to naming the structure (both my Anatomy classes have done so, so it would be a good question to

hi! can you give me an idea on how does a practical exam on bones takes place? we're going to have departmental practicals on bones soon and i still doesn't have the slightest idea how they're going to test us. thank you!!
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the instructor got out the bones and put stickers on the structures, each sticker had a number (1-75). we got a paper with 75 numbers, and we had to write on the paper what is it, the name of the bone, the part of the bone, depending where the sticker is. each bone had three stickers on it, and we had 90 seconds to write down those three things. after 90 seconds, each person had to move and go to the next bone and so on and on. i missed my a by two points, i had some stupid mistakes, but it's ok..it was the first practical and our instructor said it is usually the most difficult one because everybody is nervous and we did not know what to expect.

hi! can you give me an idea on how does a practical exam on bones takes place? we're going to have departmental practicals on bones soon and i still doesn't have the slightest idea how they're going to test us. thank you!!
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OK THANKS A LOT!! THAT SURELY HELPED A LOT!

The instructor got out the bones and put stickers on the structures, each sticker had a number (1-75). We got a paper with 75 numbers, and we had to write on the paper what is it, the name of the bone, the part of the bone, depending where the sticker is. Each bone had three stickers on it, and we had 90 seconds to write down those three things. After 90 seconds, each person had to move and go to the next bone and so on and on. I missed my A by two points, I had some stupid mistakes, but it's ok..it was the first practical and our instructor said it is usually the most difficult one because everybody is nervous and we did not know what to expect.

The instructor will probably get out the bone models and put little numbered stickers on the structures, then ask you to name the structure. They may or may not ask you which side of the bone the body is from in addition to naming the structure (both my Anatomy classes have done so, so it would be a good question to

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im in A&P right now. i mean it honestly isnt that hard unless you haven't taken it before. i took it in high school and that had helped me so much with taking it this year. all i know is that before you take tests make sure you study a lot and know what your talking about. if you study you'll succeed!

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