~~~A&P 1 (winter/spring) Club~~~

[Princess74]

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:

• anatomy modules:
  http://www.rad.washington.edu/anatomy/
  
• examinations in pathology: http://medstat.med.utah.edu/webpath/exam/examidx.html
  
• hole's essentials of anatomy and physiology: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/holeessentials/
  
• human anatomy and physiology online course companion: http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bo...oks/mariebhap/
  
• anatomy and physiology: http://mandevillehigh.stpsb.org/2005.../biology2.html
  
• journey through nursing school (fun2care): www.nursingjourney.com
  
• fun2care's quizzes: http://www.nursingjourney.com/aandp_1_quizzes.html
  
• anatomy of the human body (gray): http://www.bartleby.com/107/
  
• master muscle list (loyola university medical education network): http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med.../mml/index.htm
  
• medical terminology: an anatomy and physiology systems approach, 2/e: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/fremgen4/
  
• the hosford muscle tables: skeletal muscles of the human body: http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/
  
• skeletal system: http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/facult...l/skeletal.htm
  
• u of minnesota webanatomy: http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/default.htm
  
• biodidac:
  http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/
  
• the student nurse forum, coursework lifelines, human anatomy: http://kcsun3.tripod.com/id192.htm
  
• anatomy and physiology tests
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
  
• histology
  http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/de...e/histology.htm
  
• basic chemistry for biology students
  http://www.biology.arizona.edu/bioch...stry/main.html
  
• intro to the human body
  http://training.seer.cancer.gov/modu...structure.html
  
• zoology 200 models
  http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter...el%20index.htm
  
• biology 129
  http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/facult.../biology29.htm
  
• deep muscles
  http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/muscular_s...ep_muscles.htm
  
• zoology 225: dissection guide (videos)
  http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/cours.../exam/test.htm
  
• atlas of human anatomy
  http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/ana...omy/index.html
  
• essential study primer
  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_...sp/default.htm
  
• hole's anatomy
  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/site..._center_view0/
  
• anatomy and physiology tests
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiol...wtopassap.msnw
  
• animations for biology and chemistry portions of a&p
  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)
  
• neurobiology -- great action potential animations!
  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/m...s/animate.html
  
• another anatomy site
  http://www.tarleton.edu/~anatomy/fall.html
  
• human biodyssey
  http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pag...nbiodyssey.htm
  
• interactivephysiology.com
  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
  
• histology sites
  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
  
• get body smart
  http://www.getbodysmart.com/
  
• msn study group:
  http://groups.msn.com/anatomyphysiologytests
  
• bones box
  http://www.dccc.edu/departments/biol...ox/vbones.html
  
• another bones box -- good!
  http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med.../main_bone.htm
  
• muscle contraction tutorial:
  http://www.brookscole.com/chemistry_...s/muscles.html
  
• actin myosin crossbridge 3d animation -- kind of mesmerizing ...
  http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin.html
  
• "real muscle" contraction:
  http://www.bio.davidson.edu/misc/movies/musclcp.mov
  
• mechanism of filament sliding during contraction -- 3 frames, then you can "add calcium" and "decrease calcim":
  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/myosin.html
  
• great for studying muscles!
  http://anatomy-kit.com/practices.htm
  http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursep...deo_index.html
  
• cadaver dissections, histology
  http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/teaching.html
  
• b&w printable muscle pics to label
  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):

• make your own flashcards!
  
• if you are not familiar with (or have forgotten) chem, check out an into to chemistry book
  
• utilize your school's study lab, or open lab times, if offered.
  
• take pictures during labs!

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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

[LadyEtain]

My exam is tomorrow on Tissue, bones, and Integumentary system. I am so stressed and confused. Can't study tomorrow b4 the exam because I have lab from 8am - 11am. 12-1 is my communication class, then the exam.

We're taking the same test on Tuesday. I'm taking off work Monday to try to get some more microscope time in before the class, plus I have a Pharmacology exam on Monday night. Just started my Hepatitis series today, and the nurse who gave it to me said that they're probably going to ask for MMR records as well. I'm a '57 model, we didn't GET shots for those, and then she said, "Well, you'll have to get documentation that you had them." Yeah, and ol' Doc Calhoun has been dead for at least thirty years, I don't think those records exist anymore. Hmmm, I can see more vaccinations in MY future!

Anyway, I'm really worried about the tissue exam. My lab partner and I stayed late last night to go over more slides - but what boggles me is that I can look at two slides representing the same tissue, and they STILL look so different. We're supposed to get lots winter weather this weekend, so you know what I'll be doing all weekend! Good luck to all taking the tissue exams this week!

[lisabeth]

I finally had my first A&P exam and I made an 88. I was a little disapointed because I had studied sooooo hard, but I know the bones, so I should make a 100 on that and that will bring the grade up to an A. Now, I will just have to keep it there.

We are working on tissues next.

[stpauligirl]

I finally had my first A&P exam and I made an 88. I was a little disapointed because I had studied sooooo hard, but I know the bones, so I should make a 100 on that and that will bring the grade up to an A. Now, I will just have to keep it there.

We are working on tissues next.

Go break a leg.....hopefully not on the icey walkway to your class on Monday:chuckle You will do great and congrats on your very good first lecture test! It will only go uphill from here!

[lisabeth]

:roll I'm not worried about breaking my leg on the icey walkway, just my coccyx.

Go break a leg.....hopefully not on the icey walkway to your class on Monday:chuckle You will do great and congrats on your very good first lecture test! It will only go uphill from here!

[Golden_Clover]

I got 102% on our second lecture exam! I was shocked he had our grades online today, we just took it this morning! I studied my butt off and it paid off! This class may be a giant stressor, but I think it is definately doable!

Good luck to all my fellow testers

Clover

[stpauligirl]

:roll I'm not worried about breaking my leg on the icey walkway, just my coccyx.

LOL, breaking that coccyx would turn that uphill journey into a real challenge. :chuckle

[dawnelle]

Just finished my first AP I test, It was much harder than I thought. I have decided the words "this may be on the test" means nothing. Just study it all!

I think I got 4 wrong which would still give me an A, but I want to argue a couple questions I know about. Like if someone asked you what is dialysis for? you would say the kidney right, so isn't dialysis doing the same job as the kidney?

Oh well silly how if you study really really hard you just expect to know ALL the answers. Duoh!

[kgkarma]

Just finished my first AP I test, It was much harder than I thought. I have decided the words "this may be on the test" means nothing. Just study it all!

I think I got 4 wrong which would still give me an A, but I want to argue a couple questions I know about. Like if someone asked you what is dialysis for? you would say the kidney right, so isn't dialysis doing the same job as the kidney?

Oh well silly how if you study really really hard you just expect to know ALL the answers. Duoh!

I had my 2nd A&P exam on Friday. I didn't review the tissue because we ran out of time. The others in my study group had spent more time studying chpt.4, while I spent more time studying chpt. 5 and 6 because it was so confusing to me. Majority rules, so while I was helping them with chpt. 5 and 6, we ran out of time and didn't have time to go over chpt.4. UGH!!

Anyway, I thought I'd blown it because of chpt. 4 but I ended up with a 93.

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :biggringi

[2bnurseforce1]

Hello all I am so late joining the post I have been in A&P I for the 2nd time since January. We just recently had the first lecture test and I got a 52% there was 85 questions. The class average was a 50. As far as the lab goes I am doing really well out of a possible 100 points for the first section I got 80.5. I expect to do a lot better on the second lecture test. I wish everyone the best of luck.

[nursemelani]

Hello all I am so late joining the post I have been in A&P I for the 2nd time since January. We just recently had the first lecture test and I got a 52% there was 85 questions. The class average was a 50. As far as the lab goes I am doing really well out of a possible 100 points for the first section I got 80.5. I expect to do a lot better on the second lecture test. I wish everyone the best of luck.

If the class average was 50, there is something wrong. For my first lab quiz, (identify 25 different tissues under a microscope), the class average was 82. The instructor did say that 82 was higher than usual for a first lab test, but 50 seems outrageous. We have had a lecture quiz every week. Only 10 questions, and I usually get 9/10. Our first lecture EXAM is on Friday. I am NOT looking forward to it. Anatomy seems like a ridiculously huge amount of info, most of which we will never use again. Still, when I am making the big bucks as an RN, I will know that I earned every cent of it !!

[kgkarma]

If the class average was 50, there is something wrong. For my first lab quiz, (identify 25 different tissues under a microscope), the class average was 82. The instructor did say that 82 was higher than usual for a first lab test, but 50 seems outrageous. We have had a lecture quiz every week. Only 10 questions, and I usually get 9/10. Our first lecture EXAM is on Friday. I am NOT looking forward to it. Anatomy seems like a ridiculously huge amount of info, most of which we will never use again. Still, when I am making the big bucks as an RN, I will know that I earned every cent of it !!

Our class average for the first lecture exam was 64 and the lab test was about the same avg. Our second lecture exam had a class avg. of 74. We don't quizzes nor can we make extra credits.

[2bnurseforce1]

No its wasn't the lab average it was the lecture average, I believe that our lab class is doing pretty well. The 50 average was on the first lecture test and the professor said that the first lecture test is always really low.

Hello all I am so late joining the post I have been in A&P I for the 2nd time since January. We just recently had the first lecture test and I got a 52% there was 85 questions. The class average was a 50. As far as the lab goes I am doing really well out of a possible 100 points for the first section I got 80.5. I expect to do a lot better on the second lecture test. I wish everyone the best of luck.