Anatomy+physiology

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I’m struggling with this sm bc I have to UNDERSTAND why things are the way they are but my lecturer has said that with learning the different bones/muscles I just have to memorise them?? And I can’t just memorise them I need to understand them! Has anybody got any tips on how to understand anatomy and physiology

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AbrahamP

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by Arii256

I’m struggling with this sm bc I have to UNDERSTAND why things are the way they are but my lecturer has said that with learning the different bones/muscles I just have to memorise them?? And I can’t just memorise them I need to understand them! Has anybody got any tips on how to understand anatomy and physiology

for anatomy I found drawing the bones and muscles helped with visualising how they look. Investing in a skeleton model is what helped me significantly. I normally start off with bony landmarks. After that muscle origin and insertions becomes a lot easier.

Ultimately its just a memorizing game so repeating landmarks, origin and insertions throughout the day is what i found has helped me

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by Arii256

I’m struggling with this sm bc I have to UNDERSTAND why things are the way they are but my lecturer has said that with learning the different bones/muscles I just have to memorise them?? And I can’t just memorise them I need to understand them! Has anybody got any tips on how to understand anatomy and physiology

Have you had any luck with this? Websites like TeachMeAnatomy and Kenhub are good but to understand them, really recommend watching videos such as Medicosis Perfectionalis.

If you split it into the systems, which ones are you struggling more in?

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ErasistratusV

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Start with the big hitters- the major bones and the major muscles. Then add the next layer of complexity, where they attach, what actions they cause, their innervation and arterial or venous supply, their nerve roots.

The problem with this all is that you need to recognise there is a very real and hard limit on how much you can realistically learn and retain before it puts so much intellectual loading on your mind or eats into your time to the detriment of something else. I mean heck yes, you could know every muscle in the upper limb including the fingers and the wrist but that knowledge won't help you much in the end of year exam when you're supposed to know the details on shed loads of other content.

KenHub is very very useful to conceptualise structures and it gives hugely detailed information but you do need to know where to draw the line.

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