Anatomy and Physiology - Q for medical people?

[Inanna]

I'm with Jackrose - love your work!

I am a freak who loves this stuff too - I have a photographic memory - and I can retain lots of meaningless pieces of information,,,

My tip would be to use the lingo in every day life - your leg is no longer your leg - if you gt my drift!

[Michelle71]

Yep - what Jackrose said. Most of the muscles are easier to remember if you can break the words into bits (there is a method to the madness of naming them ........... most of the time ) and it sticks in your head a little better.

Good luck

[AngelPunks]

I'm having enough troubles with the BONES!!!!!! I'm going back to do my anatomy subject next year (fingers crossed - depends on work) and I'm starting to work through the stuff I'm going to cover (got the external subject notes from uni) so I can get ahead!

[Lulu]

Oh I loved the colouring book! Just looked it up - by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence Elson. Also valuable was the Learning Guide for Tortora and Grabowski.

I found also learning the nomenclature of plants ( I was doing Botany too) helped alot because its all relative. When you understand what it does and what its for you at least have a start! Yay Jackrose - thats what I mean...I didn't put it as well.

Another thing I did was use my friends to help and incorporate it into everyday life. I remembered an AWFUL lot for exams purely because I would give my friends my notes (when we were having a cuppa or a drinkypoo on Friday night) and they would fire off questions at me. There were things that stuck in my mind, sometimes only because they would pronounce things wrong, or would make some funny comment about it.

I will never forget sartorius because I went out for dinner and this yummy guy sat next to me, and I pointed out all the muscles it took for him to sit down starting with that. I married him about 10 months later......

[C~Q]

Oh wow thanks so much guys!!!

Must check out the colouring in book - i'm a very visual learner (hence the reason i'm struggling so much learning by correspondence).

Ok so for the major muscle groups that i'll be using a lot I have the shoulders, quads and calves down - for the basics I really only need the Hammys and the back - the back I am really stuggling with...but i'll get there! Then I need to start on all the funny little ones that you don't really think baout.

Shaz - I found the bones easier because the words were easier to remember. And I could think of more ways to relate them to other things like the Ulna, when in the supine position is next to "U". And the Fibula is on the outside and if you fib to a friend you'd be on the "outer" lol! Its dumb how you remember it isn't it! Also the humerus is easy as it's near you funny bone! Clavicle and scapula I used to get confuse about til I though you clap infront of your body so the clavicle must be infront!

And as for the spellings of all the words well...when i'm saying them no one knows how it's spelt!

If anyone has anymore little anecdotes for remembering the muscles i'd love to hear them!

OMG today is the last day of my course then I jsut need to do my work experience and get my first aid cert and i'm a Gym Instructor

[Lulu]

Oh and when you come across those people that talk you down remember they are obviously overusing their buccinator, platysma, mentalis and risorious.....or talking out their glutes.

[Lulu]

When you are working out yourself, concentrate on the muscles you are using and what they are doing, and also how they relate to each other as you feel them move. Instead of counting reps (or whatever it is you sick puppies at the gym do) repeat to yourself the muscles you are using. HTH

[C~Q]

buccinator, platysma, mentalis and risorious.....or talking out their glutes.

Huh...where the heck are those???

Phewf, well i've finished! I am going to get that colouring in book and I told everyone in my course about it too so sales are going to be going up. Now just have to keep the kids away from it...