anatomy (please help)

Hie

i am currently in my 1st year and am 3 weeks away from the anatomy practical exam. whats the best way to get the muscle origins and insertions as well as the nerves. Any good rhymes?

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many thanks

you may find some tips on this site under anatomy tags

Here are three sites with some mnemonics:

Mnemonics

Medical Mnemonics(TM)- The Doctors Lounge(TM)


Medical Mnemonics

Mnemonics can help with organising your memory. However with your rush to memorise there is the danger of not UNDERSTANDING the anatomy. If you really want to understand anatomy you have to relate the origins and insertions to real life movement of the muscle, to understand how the muscles work in everyday function, relate it to what you see and feel (surface anatomy) and so on.

If you rote learn just to pass your exams you will do yourself a great disservice in the long run. I know my anatomy of the neuromusculoskeletal system and although I look up anatomy texts from time to time I usually don't really need to because I understand anatomy. I may not know exactly the name of the protuberance that a muscle originates from or inserts into but I can identify where on the bones it is because I remember what the muscle looks like, what it does and can feel on my body when it works, can palpate on someone else, know where it works in the gait cycle etc. So by all means use mnemonics to order information but don't rote learn your anatomy; learn to understand it and you will never forget it

all the best with your exams