2006-06-08 02:41:51 · 9 answers · asked by sunshine 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Make sure you spend time in the dissection lab tih the cadavers (assuming you're school still dissects). Ask the anatomy faculty if they have any graduate students willing to tutor. We had some who did it for 5 or 10 dollars per hour, and if you do it just once or twice a week every week it will be WELL worth your money. We would meet with a group of 3 or 4 students, plus the tutor, and go through several cadavers and look at various structures, and he would say "what's this?" then we'd answer and he's say "What's its relationship to______" or he would ask "it lies anterior to ______". He'd also point to a nerve and ask what is this, what does it innervate, what is the nerve's origin (ie which cranial nerve or spinal nerve, etc), and what are its realtions.
It was well worth the money!
If you can't afford this, take a classmate who has a decent understanding up to the lab with you and do the exact samething on your own. -- it's just nice to have the tutor because you spend less time ruffling through manuals and diagrams or looking for particular structures-- whereas the grad students often know what's commonly tested and knows where to look for it. This technique, if you combine labtime with the quizzing over relations, functions and innervation, will help both your practical and written test score.
I assume you are meaning gross anatomy. As for hisology or microstructure... Couldn't help ya, I struggled with that. Where are you in med school?
2006-06-08 21:56:07 · answer #1 · answered by happily_ever_after 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a pre-med student once and it would really help a lot if you joined a study group. What we did was we asked each member to specialize in memorizing a certain part of the body and guide the others in discussion. Mnemonic devices also help a lot. What I found most difficult in anatomy was the dissecting part, in which I'm not sure I can really help you out with, except advise you to get used to it. Good luck.
2006-06-08 02:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by professor x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devise a pneumonic device to help remind you of the different parts of the anatomy. Some types can be the first letters of each organ to make a word or a sentence.
2006-06-08 02:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sign your real name to your question so I'll have a chance of never consulting you when I'm ill. Thanks.
(And J. D. is talking about a "mnemonic" device, but he didn't use the spell check.)
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2006-06-08 02:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stand nude in front of the mirror.
Study!
Use a marks-a-lot marker to write notes.
2006-06-08 02:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by Gray Rock 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
decide on another career
2006-06-08 02:44:31 · answer #6 · answered by Black Fedora 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask God to help you in your studies and ask for wisdom!
2006-06-08 02:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
flash cards!!!! very helpful.
2006-06-08 02:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by indie_chixor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a tutor...
2006-06-08 02:44:14 · answer #9 · answered by fuilui213 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋