Muscles easier than bones??

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2014

I found bones easier than muscles.

If you do a youtube search for muscle lab model quite a few good ones are there. : muscle lab model - YouTube

WebAnatomy Muscular System this one has a lot of great little quizzes etc on it.

HelloWish, ADN, BSN · Mar 2, 2014

I don't think it was easier. Not to scare you, but I just felt that A&P I just kept getting harder. I kept thinking to myself, it has to get easier after this...and it didn't. However I made it through fine, and you can do it too!

Also, there are sites where you can take quizzes and those really helped me.

RNstudent15 · Mar 2, 2014

I think the bones were easier because you have far fewer. Now in my A&P 1 class we didn't have to learn all the little bones of the hand and feet, just that they were carpals/tarsals, metacarpals/metatarsals, and phalanges. with the muscles though, I just tried to associate the names with things that I thought were funny, it made it easier to remember their location.

mae0218 · Mar 2, 2014

I thought bones were easier because there are fewer. I found the muscles to be more time consuming because we had to know the origin, insertion and action of the muscles. I ended up over studying and found the practical to be easy, but I guess that depends on your professor.

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Mar 2, 2014

Muscles can be a real PITA because you might have to know the origin, insertion, action, and innervation. The good news is that while there are about 600 muscles in the body, you only really have to know about 1/3 to 1/2 of them because most of them have a counterpart on the opposite side of the body. Also, there are lots of little "intrinsic muscles" in the hands and feet. Usually you don't have to learn those, just that they're there and they exist. You'll have to learn the prime movers and muscles that stabilize the hip and shoulder joints.

Here's the thing though... there are so many more parts of the body that you have to know. Just learn what your professors want you learn and move forward. A&P just really scratches the surface, but it does provide an excellent foundation for learning what you need to learn later!

Herrington · Mar 2, 2014

Here's the thing though... there are so many more parts of the body that you have to know. Just learn what your professors want you learn and move forward. A&P just really scratches the surface, but it does provide an excellent foundation for learning what you need to learn later!

Pretty much this. Whatever they say that you really need to know, then go with that, and later on, the smaller muscles/bones can be sort of ascertained from the main ones. That's how it was in my A&P I class and I nearly aced the practical (missed the joint between the mandible and cranium, but got all the muscles right).

Here's a link to a matching/labeling site for A&P that goes over pretty much everything you'll learn in both A&P I and II: Anatomy Drill and Practice

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2014

Good day:

I found everything easier after bones because a lot of it was based on the same names or physical locations on the body. For muscles, I found it helpful to learn origin and insertion. For everything, looking up the etymology of the words helps a lot.

Thank you.

little-chick2 · Mar 8, 2014

Everything after bones was easier for me. For the muscles we just had to know where they were and then action and innervation. Doing the cat dissection really helped as well as PAL. PAL has a cat, fetal pig, human cadaver, and human model you can identify things on. For action and innervation, flashcards and a couple apps on my phone were helpful. Good luck!

GoodnessFlows · Mar 8, 2014

Muscles are a tad easier, because I have the bones down. My teacher was huge on bones, with markings, which took me a very long time to memorize. Now, for me, it is easier to grasp/see the muscle. I have a MASSIVE test on Monday. We we'll see...

lilredrunner · Mar 8, 2014

I think it's different for everyone. I had an easier time with the muscles myself, for no other reason than I just could picture them more easily and connect them.

Good luck!

nandosport · Mar 8, 2014

Bones was easier in my anatomy lab because we had to know origin, insertion, actions, blood supply and innervation for the 56-60 muscles we learned in that unit. The other muscles were spread out into later learning units, so we didn't really stress about learning those.