To anyone who has ever studied Human Biology:?

Question

What was the best way you found to memorise all the information thrown at you in Human Biology?

Answer 1

I teach Anatomy & Physiology, and I remember studying it in college.... some tips are....
1. Repeat Repeat Repeat - my students hate that I can get repetitive in their lessons, but they know it at the end! The more you see it, write it, draw it, or speak it, the better you will know it.
2. Color for your anatomy. yes, color. There are anatomy coloring books out there that can get very detailed. Your brain likes associations; associating anatomy with colors helps. Now, don't just randomly color a muscle, for example. When you locate the muscle you need and are coloring it, you need to repeat what muscle it is and it's function while you color it in.
3. Teach it to someone else. I know lots more now that I am teaching then I ever learned in college. If you teach someone about what you are learning, you have to be familiar with the details of the concept, so you are confirming them in your mind.

Hope this helps. Good luck in the class!

Answer 2

I'd say a combination of two things: studying and association. I worked my way to a degree in Biology by making associations. I didn't focus on memorizing *what* happened but figured out *how* it happened. Since everything in biology is interconnected, I also studied how Process A affects Process B. That way, everything fits together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Not only does it make it more interesting, you also get a better idea of just how complex humans (or any life in general) really is, and you walk away with a better understanding of *why* the body works the way it does.

Of course, there are still some things that you have to buckle down and memorize (amino acid structures come to mind). Just don't rely on memorization for everything.

Good luck! :)

Answer 3

Ok, my degree is in Biology so I know EXACTLY how tough Biology, Anatomy, Physiology etc can be. The absolute best way to memorize the information (and more importantly actually understand it) is through the use of conecpt maps.
These breakdown the key components of what you are studying into a nice organized "map" and makes the material MUCH easier to learn. I hope this helps and wish you the best.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

u memorized the alphabet at 1st...but then u just know it

memorizing is a short term fix

ppl make up sentences, but the best way is to learn and a good way to learn is to interact with others and to keep quizzing each other....over and over again until u really got it

but memorizing can b fun and get u started

GL

Answer 6

Pneumonic devices work for me...
say you have to memorize the 9 planets ( not biological, but just an example).
think, My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. make up sentences youll remember. its fun and it works! especially for A&P!

Answer 7

im working on degree number 3, this one (nursing) being the most science related one,and therefor i havent taken science since 2001. i find that for classes like A&P grouping and using any visuals you can get your hands on helps immensely. for classes like microbiology, rewriting my notes is the only thing that helps me organize so much info. it helps to make things like flow charts and diagrams, and remember dumb little tricks, even if they only make sense to you. for example, i remember the difference between staphylococcus and streptococcus because a staph is like a long rod, which initially would have made me think of the shape a chain of bacillus makes. however, its the opposite so once i made that mental note, i didnt confuse them...course my method might confuse soemone else.

Answer 8

when you study, organize the information in a way similar to a story.

so when you want to memorize them it will be easy..

try making a story for each part :)

Answer 9

Study,,,,,Hard!