The Spring '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club: A&P 2

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Hi all! Just thought I'd go ahead and start this. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (or whatever you celebrate!) I'm very much enjoying my family time right now.

Spring semester starts January 5th for me, and I'll be taking A&P 2 and College Algebra. Hope to see lots of you posting here like last semester :)

Well, it's been awhile since my last post. We just finished the cardiovascular system...had my 1st exam today. It was rough...lots of material and calculations but I think I did well..hope so anyway!!

It's looks like we are all on different body systems in school. This week we start the Lymphatic system and Respiration. Ahhh, I think A&P is very interesting BUT I just wish there wasn't so much studying involved. I feel completely drained after every test! Anyways, I hope you're all doing well!! Good luck to those of you who have tests coming up:)

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WannabeanRN, wow that's pretty cool that your teacher gives you the essay questions! We had 10 on our exam today and my damn hand still hurts from writing..LOL. Where do you go to school?? I think I need to transfer;) Good luck on your test.

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In a&p2? we did all of that pretty early on in A&p 1.

We are doing the endocrine system and about ot move onto Blood.

Does anybody else find the endocrine system kind of confusing with all the functions, stimulations and inhibitions of EVERY hormone???:uhoh21:

CAN I GET AN AMEN??!!

anyhow... im the new guy! -->

taking A&P2 right now (clemson university) first test was last friday ... im scared to see waht that grade is. didnt SEEM to difficult but everytime i think i did well on an exam.... i end up with a C :( oh well... passing is passing right??

but yes... on to the BLOOD & all that good stuff!!!

any study tips/techniques are much appreciated!!

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Specializes in NICU.

Hi all and welcome to "The New Guy" :)

I had my first test last week on the endocrine system and blood, and I really thought the best I did was a low B - so imagine my shock to discover I got an A!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Just barely - it's a 90 - but I am taking it! *happy dance!*

I got an 81 plus 2 EC points on my lab quiz on the heart. I missed the stupidist things too *shaking my head* but I'm not too upset about it.

I admit I'm still not putting as much time in this semester as last. I just have SO MUCH going on right now. The biggest news is that DH and I have decided to be irresponsible and instead of putting our tax return toward bills, we are taking the kids on a surprise trip to Disney world the first week in July!!! And I have become utterly OBSESSED with planning this trip. The next 136 days are going to be interesting LOL!

DH is calling me to go spend time with him - a rarity LOL How's everyone doing?

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got my lab practical back today..... low and behold.... i got an 81!!!! i know... an 81 may not be big for many of you... but for us "special" people an 81 is amazing considering i didnt even study the embryo development and that was a major portion of the practical. now, im just waiting on my first test grade :sofahider: i'm skuUrRddD!!!!! hopefully i'll be doing this when i get my grade back and not this :banghead:

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Specializes in NICU.

I hope I didn't offend re: grades in my post! I am totally grade obsessed and always have been *blush* In no way am I trying to insinuate that I'm better, etc... It is just a personal obsession of mine. Of course, I wasn't this obsessed when I was of "college age" - thus the reason why I am a returning student at age 31 LOL!!

Mr. Focker = I hope that you're pleased with your test score when you get it and WTG on your lab practical!!!! :)

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Hope everyone did well on their tests.

I had my first physiology midterm today..... whooboy.. about 87 questions and several essays. I think I did really well exept I know that I forgot to put in a CoA in the Krebs cycle. Oh well.... life goes on. Our Lab test was pretty intense too, I liked the challenge and hoping I did well.

I really push myself about grades too. They matter only to me, and I do not compare myself to anyone else. It's a challenge I like to have for myself and it keeps me on my toes.:rolleyes:

We had our first microbilogy test last Wed and I got an 89/100. I am happy, but still a little miffed at myself for not getting one more right and getting that A. Oh well... it gives me something to shoot for on test 2!

Hang in there everyong.... this semester is almost 1/3 over!

Hugs!

MaryRose

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Specializes in Emergency Dept, M/S.
Hi all and welcome to "The New Guy" :)

I had my first test last week on the endocrine system and blood, and I really thought the best I did was a low B - so imagine my shock to discover I got an A!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Just barely - it's a 90 - but I am taking it! *happy dance!*

I got an 81 plus 2 EC points on my lab quiz on the heart. I missed the stupidist things too *shaking my head* but I'm not too upset about it.

I admit I'm still not putting as much time in this semester as last. I just have SO MUCH going on right now. The biggest news is that DH and I have decided to be irresponsible and instead of putting our tax return toward bills, we are taking the kids on a surprise trip to Disney world the first week in July!!! And I have become utterly OBSESSED with planning this trip. The next 136 days are going to be interesting LOL!

DH is calling me to go spend time with him - a rarity LOL How's everyone doing?

I'm still waiting for my test results from our exam Monday - on endocrine and blood! I also had to take the lab quiz I missed on Thursday due to weather. I think I bombed on both of them. :(

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Specializes in NICU.

HI Whitney! I hope you did better than you think you did. Hopefully it'll be like my test last week :) *crossing my crossables for you* And I HATE waiting for test results - that is the WORST! Good luck :)

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Well, we had class last night and our teacher handed back our 1st exam...I got a 98. I was pretty happy:) She went over the tests for a few minutes and got right into the new material. We're doing the Lymphatic system and Respiratory system right now. Our first lab practical is in March and it covers everything from the 1st 3 chapters, including..hematocrit, WBC and RBC identification, Cardiovascular 1&2 which involves identifying all parts of the heart, all calculations for cardiac output, the arterial system and the venous system....a TON of stuff!! So, wouldn't it make more sense to do the practical BEFORE we start all this new material? NOw I have to remember all the old stuff and keep the new stuff fresh in my head because we have a lecture test on the new material a day after the 1st lab practical!! Oh man, this semester is gonna go by slllooowwww..lol.

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I just got back the results for the lecture portion of my first phys midterm.... I got 100 / 100 plus 2 extra bonus points out of 5!!

The test was 100 questions which included multiple choice, fill in questions, written essay questions and 2 drawings (digestive cycle - cephalic, gastric and intestinal), plus the entire Krebs cycle drawing (that took one whole page!).

I initially thought I left out a CoA in my Krebs cycle drawing, but she said it was complete! Woo Hoo!!!!! I am soooooo happy! That was a pretty intense test..... I am hoping my lab test results will be good too, tho I know I left out a hydrogen in my drawing of Glycine. Oh well... I won't forget that one again.

Next we tackle the cardiac system..... and it looks way more interesting than the last section!

I hope everyone does well on their tests too!

Hugs!

MaryRose

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Man, a girl doesn't look at the boards for a few days to (ahem) study and look at all these awesome scores!!! Well, I must add mine to the list.

This is the test I was crying about last week with my first post over the cardiovascular, endocrine and blood....when the smoke cleared...I got a 90. I am not complaining...the scores ranged from 99-47....so! Funny thing is, I got the 1 point I needed for the 90 because in the written directions she told us to draw a heart above our name for 1 bonus point....Thank goodness I am funny about reading and rereading directions!! :)

Anyway - that one is over and our practical is coming up in two weeks - all the above plus the digestive system which we are now covering in lecture.

Congratulations all around - keep up the hard/great work!!

-Traci

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