A & P I Quick Question

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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In A&P I are you required to know the same of every bone in the human body and where it is located?

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It may depend on the class and school, but I had to know that when I went to Luther College.

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Specializes in OB/GYN.

Yes, not only name and location, but all or most markings and features on each as well.

The skull has a great deal of markings. Appendecular skelleton was much easier.

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Jesus Christ!!! How hard is this class? I am starting it next semster and I figured I'd look over the skeletal system and become familiar with the bone in the body -- I didnt think it was every detail about th bone...im scared!

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its not as bad as it sounds, but i also had to know the different grooves, prominent parts, where the muscles are attached, etc. There is a study thread on here somewhere, that has some helpful tips. also, one thing that helped me is cutting little strips from sticky notes and covering the labels on the diagrams in the textbooks and quiz yourself.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Yes. Every bone, what it articulates with, what the different grooves and holes are and what they are for and then of course you have to know the name, function, origin and insertion and neurological control of the muscles that attach to them and the function of those muscles (ie which direction they move which part of the body and what their overall function for the body is; ie: adduct, abduct, etc). There are over 200 bones in the body and over 600-700 muscles. You will also have to know the types of joints, their functions, the ways they move and which bones of the body create which joints.

Yes, its a hard class and can be overwhelming. You learn to break it down for memorization. Remember, it is a weeding out class meant to separate those who are serious and smart enough from those who are not. But plenty of people do it and plenty of people make the A that most schools require for nursing. You can do it, just be prepared to study hard. Its actually very interesting and motivating if nursing is in your blood.

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Yes all 206 bones. For our lab exam she layed the skeleton along with other parts of the body on the table with little numbers attached to each part. On the test paper had to write the name of the bone corresponding to the number. I scored a 80% on that test. Wewww I remember those days.

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I hate to say this, but if you think bones are hard wait until you cover muscles. There are about a bazillion, and you generally need to know origin and insertion of each one.

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Specializes in Emergency.

I bought the cutest little skeleton to study for my test (like 3 ft tall.) I sat him in my lap to go over the spinal column...it was really funny sometimes :clown: I named him and everything it actually made it much funnier to me and helped more than I thought it would!

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We had to know every damn bone. Including all those fossas, canals, loops, grinds & bumps.

About two months ago I knew them all.. I forgot them since then! =\

I printed pictures off the internet and made flash cards. Flash cards are amazing for me. Dr. Netter's Human Atlas is a GREAT!! Cheap too!! =]

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yes every bone, marking and functions....but you build up to all of that knowledge.... dont stress. save it for the nclex test prep... :jester:

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