Learning Anatomy

Hi, I'm a second year physio student looking for advice from anyone currently or just graduated for some strategies on how to learn anatomy, it seems to be the one area of the course that I seem to really struggle with as well as the one that I really want to be good at! I know that it's not something that'll come to me easily but at the same time if anyone can give a rough idea of some strategies that I could use it would be greatly appreciated! If anyone knows where to find one of those questionnaires to see what kind of learner you are and therefore what your best learning environment is then this would be brilliant!

Thanks
Ben

Try using this website, its fab! GetBodySmart: Interactive Tutorials and Quizzes On Human Anatomy and Physiology

I also bought 'netters flash cards' when I was studying anatomy, they totally saved me!!

Hi
Im currently studying Physiotherapy, and I purchased a skeleton and basically covered it in post it notes, it helps as you can visualize them.....Also I use laminated muscle flash cards :)

Karen

mm....its really nice that u can hv your own skeleton...
here in malaysia it is not allowed....:mad:

hey ,

I learnt Anatomy in my country - so know all the muscles, bones, nerws names in Polish and some Lacin

Could you help me and tell which english anatomy book would be best for me ??

I'm totally confused and don't feel like buying a shit !

thanks !! but do you know any good !! and in English :)) on line Anatomy courses??

All time best is to make your own palm cards with googled images that help you understand it... put in origin, insertion, nerve supply, action function and then colour code each card to its relevant section, e.g. anterior thigh red, medial thigh blue...etc. I haven't done anatomy in a year and a bit now but this really sticks!!....best thing is you choose the pictures that help you understand..:)

possible way that I use somewhat obsolete, but it is effective. With this note and paste it in the usual place we look, indirectly it is very effective! For books that are commonly used product from Elsevier.

Hi there. As a physiotherapy student who just finished all my Anatomy I really would like to share my strategy of learning. ;)

I recommend cutting the body down to 4 areas.
- Upper limbs
- Torso
- Lower limbs
- Head & Neck


Then just start with learning in this sequence
- Bones
- Joints and ligaments
- Add the muscles (learn origo, insertio AND INNERVATIO, make flashcards yourself, don't buy them, write up every muscle with origo, insertio, innervation and function and LEARN them, this will come into handy later)
- Add the nerves, learn the basic nerves, their paths roughly and what they innervate (if you are studying the upper limbs, study the median, ulnar and radial nerve along with the axillary nerve, don't go into the cutaneous nerves yet.)
- Now learn the basic arterys (don't do the veins just yet) :p
- After this read over the topography of the upper limbs, now you have a basic overview of the muscles and ligaments and nerves and main veins.
- Now study the brachial plexus, it's not that hard. I recommend getting 20 pieces of A4 paper and drawing it up again and again until you know it by hand
- Know go deeper into the nerves and veins and see how they relate to each other.
- More topography (don't forget the areas, fossa bicipitalis med/lat, fossa cubiti, fovea radialis etc.)
- Review
- Review
- Finally go over lymph nodes
.....and now you have finished the upper limbs

Next up: The torso... :D