Nursing Students Pre-Nursing
Published Apr 21, 2006
WannaBeMaleRN
168 Posts
Pretty bad when studying the muscles makes you want to quit. My test is Tues and I find it highly impossible to memorize these muscles.
Lizzypooh
29 Posts
What i find helps me to learn bones and muscles, is to find them on my body and say the names over and over.... then slowly eliminate the ones you know, and focus on the ones you don't.
dream2brn
11 Posts
YOU CAN DO IT!!! I got to this point a week ago and just cried. I didn't think that I could do it. I made a B on it and now I am finished. I am a average C student and I have studied my but off in my A&P class. I finished Friday with a A in Lab and B in lecture. I couldn't believe it. It was tough but it you have made it this far don't let the muscle test stop you. Believe in yourself....
Applebed
40 Posts
I definitely agree! We did cat dissections for the muscles, and I would often find myself looking at my own cats to try to memorize their muscles. :)
I find it also helps to make up rhymes or acronmyns (for example, the deltoid muscles on the cat spelled "CAS." Same for the trapezius muscles. And the lower leg muscles spelled out TEPS). :)
suzy253, RN
3,815 Posts
Ugh...i hated this part of anatomy.
Here's a good website you might want to check out.
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/mml/index.htm
another site where you can test yourself
http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/webanatomy/muscular/default.html
Does anyone know this answer how many muscles are in your body, I know they recently added one but need to know the range, anyone know??
crb613, BSN, RN
1,632 Posts
Absolutely agree! Don't try to learn a bunch at one time...start w/maybe 5...locate them on your body, your kids, husband, boyfriend, ect. then say & locate them over & over. When you have these down pat move on to 5 more. Keep repeating the first 5 you know, and add the second 5 to them.....keep on doing this until you have them all. Also if you kinda know what each muscle does this will help too. Good Luck
600-700, I think. At least that is what my prof. says. :)
Galore
234 Posts
Muscles totally overwhelmed me at first too. For me it's just repetition, repetition, repetition until it finally starts to click. I like doing the interactive quizzes online over and over, it's really helpful to me. I use the website listed above and also another great one that uses real models like we're tested on in lab can be found if you google "anatomy & physiology", it's the first site listed, and then click on Cool A&P tutorials link on the bottom of the main page.
Kare117
145 Posts
Ugh...i hated this part of anatomy.Here's a good website you might want to check out.http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med.../mml/index.htmanother site where you can test yourselfhttp://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/weba...r/default.html[
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/med.../mml/index.htm
http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/weba...r/default.html[
Thanks so much for the links this will help alot this fall when i take A&P.
JaxiaKiley
1,782 Posts
I'm working on this right now, too. We have to know their function, too. I just wonder how detailed we have to be...
when is your test?