What's the best source for studying cadaver anatomy outside of lab? It seems that I forget the structures after the lab, and thus am worried about my performance on the practicals.
Anatomy lab help?
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here a couple sites that i found helpful (lessons and quizzes)
SUNY Downstate: http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/toc.htm
UMich: http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/courseinfo/mich_quiz_index.html
SUNY Downstate: http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/toc.htm
UMich: http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/courseinfo/mich_quiz_index.html
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Acland is a good overview. Rohen's atlas is great because it's all cadaver pictures.
If you are struggling with recall of the structures then the UMich page is great.
If you are struggling with recall of the structures then the UMich page is great.
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All these mentioned are good, but probably the best is to go back into the lab and look at other cadavers. These are what will be used on your practicals anyway, I presume. And bodies will vary tremendously, it helps a lot to bounce around tanks on your own time.
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I really hated anatomy but Acland's helped me conceptualize faster than playing with the cadaver and I bounced around with different textbooks - Gray's, Snell, Moore's Clinical Anatomy - never really falling in love with any.
Anatomy is a class that even if you were good at studying before, you're in for a surprise. Reading an anatomy book - you could feel you didn't pick up anything at all two hours later so you have to be more involved and proactive. Names blend together.
If you're systematic...do one thing at a time, you'll make the whole experience easier on yourself. Also - love and recommend whiteboards if you don't already have one. I like them for everything but found them even more useful for anatomy. You can list things you need to know and you can draw your arterial or nerve paths, dermatomes, affiliated lesions. It's a small but hugely beneficial thing to do two or 3 times without staring at the book. Forces you to quiz yourself.
Anatomy is a class that even if you were good at studying before, you're in for a surprise. Reading an anatomy book - you could feel you didn't pick up anything at all two hours later so you have to be more involved and proactive. Names blend together.
If you're systematic...do one thing at a time, you'll make the whole experience easier on yourself. Also - love and recommend whiteboards if you don't already have one. I like them for everything but found them even more useful for anatomy. You can list things you need to know and you can draw your arterial or nerve paths, dermatomes, affiliated lesions. It's a small but hugely beneficial thing to do two or 3 times without staring at the book. Forces you to quiz yourself.
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Personally, I like to study hard the night before to make sure I know how things "should" look. Then, during the dissection, I am actively learning as the dissection happens. My lab group also asks questions during the dissection, like "what is the embryological origin of x" or what is the innervation of y." It really helps.
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