What's the toughest part of A&PI?

[mell260]

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?

[ICUterry]

is my school one of the few schools that does anatomy and physiology seperate? weird.. so i wonder which way is better .. to do it combied or seperate?

[SingDanceRunLife]

My school is only combined in that we take it at one time and get one grade...lecture is primarily physiology while lab is primarily anatomy. We don't go over anything from lab in lecture or vice versa.

[my4helpers]

My school is only combined in that we take it at one time and get one grade...lecture is primarily physiology while lab is primarily anatomy. We don't go over anything from lab in lecture or vice versa.

This is how ours is as well. Lecture/physiology is 67% of the grade while lab/anatomy is 33% of the grade. However, from what I have see on allnurses, I think most schools have it separated into actual AP1 & AP2 classes. Like I said in my pp, this class is not transferable to any other college (I would have to take the actual AP1 & AP2 if I transferred to another college), but at the same time, this class is also not as in depth as AP1 and AP2.

[LA_StudentNurse]

A&P is critical for nursing. No getting around it, you will have to memorize so much anatomy info. Just memorize it the best you can and move on. The phys can be demanding as it does fall back on chem...Crebs cycle; oh, joy. Once again, hunker down and do it. I found that Lipponcott had some very good A and good P review books. I have not checked if they are still available, but my A&P book followed the professor's lecture. I highlighted the info and used the book to as a reinforcement.

The internnet is an excellent source for info or clarification. Working with other students may help or could hinder.

Best to you and stay wel l:cool:

[Anoetos, BSN, RN]

Is it a meatus or a foramen? A condyle or a process? Maybe it's a protuberance.

[vhinrich]

Memorizing the bones, muscles, and tissues. Heart and related anatomy is hard because you have to memorize and be able to identify certain arteries and veins. Obviously the big ones are easy (aorta, branchiocephalic, etc) but arterioles and venules are tough.

[Amaranthine]

The toughest part for me was memorizing the muscles of the legs and arms. Everything else was fairly easy for me (bones, endocrine stuff, even head muscles), but muscles of the legs and arms... oh man. Especially remember what the functions of those muscles were.

[Anoetos, BSN, RN]

RE: Anatomy proper:

What has helped me with the nomenclature has been a grounding in the western literary tradition. A decent foundation in Greek and Latin have gone a LOOOONG way toward making these words intelligible and therefore digestible.

[Anoetos, BSN, RN]

E. g. Sella turcica, a Turkish Saddle

[JMCQueens]

I thought the nervous system was the hardest, everything else was pretty simple because of the visual models in lab.

[tidebeckons]

I hated the Histology part, it was mostly in lab.. having to memorize where certain types of tissues were found in the body.. also identifying the differnet structures of the tissues (ie -cytes).. I really did not feel that chapter.

[ICUterry]

AVC does anatomy and Phys seperately. im taking anatomy right now and so far i think the hardest part is naming the cells in lab when they are a CROSS section. its a completely different point of view vs a longitudal slide. but umm so far i see it as manageable