What's the toughest part of A&PI?

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I despise Chem, but that's only the 2nd chapter of the book so I doubt that's the most challenging section. What did you find to be the toughest part of A&PI?

For me, it wasn't really about the different topics but I found the bell ringers difficult!! I didn't do very well on those!! :(

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Specializes in Neuroscience.
I despise Chem, but that's only the 2nd chapter of the book so I doubt that's the most challenging section. What did you find to be the toughest part of A&PI?

I had it last semester, the muscles were AWFUL. But that could be because my teacher taught it horribly ( it was her first year). Knowing how contraction works is fine. That's not the problem. The problem was the action, origin, and insertions and having to memorize every last detail about said muscles. This made quite a few people in my class drop, or it ended up being the first test they seriously bombed. It was my lowest test score in the class.

Also, the bones were pretty boring, which made it harder for me, but not bad or anything. The only part that irritated me about that section was the skull...UGH

I don't think anything else in the class is unbearable, and it wasn't the material for me that I disliked it was the way my teacher structured the class. I never worked so hard for an A in my life.

I'm finding A&P 2 much more interesting (and I'd heard as much from WoM). I have my first test on blood, the heart (circulatory system), and vessels tomorrow.

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Specializes in ER.

I'll be honest, we did not have to memorize all of the muscles, origins, and insertions. My instructor was of the mindset that we would only forget them two days after the exam. He thought there were more important things to focus on.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.
I'll be honest, we did not have to memorize all of the muscles, origins, and insertions. My instructor was of the mindset that we would only forget them two days after the exam. He thought there were more important things to focus on.

Lucky you, I'm jealous. She made us memorize actions, origins, and insertions for about 85 different muscles. I had no sleep the night before the test. UNBEARABLE. She even admitted after the fact that we had to know too much.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Ortho/Trauma.

^ my instructor did the same. She made it seem as if we needed to know all of the origins and insertions, but on the lab practical/written exam, she put like 5 questions on it. Lame because I hardly remember anything now lol

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See it scares me...I didn't have to learn all the bones..or all the muscles. I feel like I didn't learn what I needed

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I'll be honest, we did not have to memorize all of the muscles, origins, and insertions. My instructor was of the mindset that we would only forget them two days after the exam. He thought there were more important things to focus on.

This is how our class is as well. In fact, it's just 5 credit hours and only for one semester. The only thing about the class, is it's not transferable to any other colleges. Considering the CC that I am attending has a Main campus plus several other branches, I will be able to get into at least one branch.

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This is how our class is as well. In fact, it's just 5 credit hours and only for one semester. The only thing about the class, is it's not transferable to any other colleges. Considering the CC that I am attending has a Main campus plus several other branches, I will be able to get into at least one branch.

Ours is 2 semesters, 4 credits each..I just think my professor didn't care enough to teach us them or care if we knew it.

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Ours is 2 semesters, 4 credits each..I just think my professor didn't care enough to teach us them or care if we knew it.

Considering your class is two semesters long, I agree that he probably didn't care if you guys knew them or not.

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learning the action, origin, and insertion of all the muscles......talk about brain overload!!!

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Nerves was a challenge for me...Cardiac cycle was easy haha

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Muscles and nervous system were hardest my first time around

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