Anatomy OMSI's

[hmack]

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Hey I was just wondering how much detail does the Anatomy classes go into... all muscles... all nerves...all bones... I am taking an anatomy class now and I was just curious the difference in the amount of detail this class goes into vs. the classes in 1st year med school.

Thanks!

 

[Hernandez]

Yes, muscles/bones/arteries/veins, nerves, muscle inervation, spaces, potential spaces, anatomical features, etc, etc, etc, the difference between my college anatomy and med school anatomy was about as kin as 7th grade math to Diff e. calc. of course the material isn't hard, there is just a ton of it.

 

[WestcoastMedicine]

Yep, just like hernandez said. Muscles with their origins/insertions their blood and nervous supply, all of the plexuses, every little bump on the bones etc... Atleast at PCOM (I'm sure with every school) there is also a clinical application expected for all of the anatomy which helps you make some sense of all of it. You will probably also be responsible for reading radiographs of the anatomy as you learn each section. I had two undergraduate anatomy courses(one included cadaver dissection) and I thought I knew fairly well what I was getting into. Despite this I was definitely not exposed to nearly as much as we covered in med school. It will give you an advantage by having some anatomy, but you will definitely not cover it in as much depth as you will next fall. Good Luck, I hope this doesn't discourage you.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Hey I was just wondering how much detail does the Anatomy classes go into... all muscles... all nerves...all bones... I am taking an anatomy class now and I was just curious the difference in the amount of detail this class goes into vs. the classes in 1st year med school.

Thanks!

Pretty much the nerves and arteries are the most high-yield. Learn all of those.

Not many bones, but a few muscles. We didn't have to learn origin and insertion, since they aren't on the boards.

 

[Kubed]

Hey I was just wondering how much detail does the Anatomy classes go into... all muscles... all nerves...all bones... I am taking an anatomy class now and I was just curious the difference in the amount of detail this class goes into vs. the classes in 1st year med school.

Thanks!

Let me put it this way: when we ask for guidance on that to study for the anatomy test, our professor just says "know everything." I've had anatomy before, and it's crazy the amount there is to learn. I think I heard somewhere that the average med student learns something on the order of 6000 anatomical structures.

 

[JMCarpenter]

I actually took a graduate level anatomy course last year and that only skimmed the surface of what we do now...

In my undergrad/grad anatomy courses there was a lot of "know the general features... don't worry about the small stuff"... now, it's all about the small stuff (as well as the general)... and I couldn't believe how small the small stuff got...

It's definitely a bear to get through but, like others said, it's more volume of material than actual complexity...

 

[BMW19]

"Not many bones" and a few muscles??? What medical school in this country do you not learn every bone in the body and 98% of the muscles? I guess I am at a school that is overkill!

BMW-

Pretty much the nerves and arteries are the most high-yield. Learn all of those.

Not many bones, but a few muscles. We didn't have to learn origin and insertion, since they aren't on the boards.

 

[DrMom]

"Not many bones" and a few muscles??? What medical school in this country do you not learn every bone in the body and 98% of the muscles? I guess I am at a school that is overkill!

BMW-

Please note that Hernandez, who also posted here, is from the same school as OSUdoc08.

I agree with OSUdoc about us not being tested on muscle origins/insertions, but we still had to know the actions of each muscle (which means that you essentially still have to know the origin/insertion).

If you look at his post, I think that OSUdoc was answering more from a "what is high-yield" standpoint than a "what did you cover in your anatomy class" standpoint. (I'm not trying to put words in his mouth...that's just how I read his post)

 

[Hernandez]

"Not many bones" and a few muscles??? What medical school in this country do you not learn every bone in the body and 98% of the muscles? I guess I am at a school that is overkill!

BMW-

They were taught and are in my notes, but at OSU-COM, that wasn't something that was on the test very, very often and it was hard to know which ones they'd ask, as with most material, you have a hell of a lot to learn, but they can't test all of it an pick the high yield stuff, from what I remember, the insertions and bones and stuff were asked more as clinical correlation type questions, and besides who really wants a school who’s anatomy department asks tons of the easy stuff like name this muscle?

 

[Amy B]

Learning all those origins and insertions here at VCOM drove me CRAZY. And we had to know this in great detail.....augggg brings back memories

 

[Inquiringmind24]

I'm actually just about to take my anatomy/histo/embryo practical which covers the abdomen and GI system. The hard part for me is trying to think in three dimensions while trying to keep all peritoneums, messentaries, and potential spaces straight. Then they throw in the x-rays and cross sections to really make things interesting. 😀

 

[BayesianDoc]

We did not have to know muscle origin and insertion at PCOM but it may be something new. I would suggest knowing it b/c you will need it for OMM.

 

[cardiotonic]

don't forget about relationships. for instance, what is superior,inferior,medial,lateral,posterior, and anterior to the pulmonary trunk at the level of t5. As our anatomy professor likes to say...you have to know everything! Oh yah, I don't think axial sections were mentioned above. You have to know those too. Undergrad anatomy courses are nothing compared to what you will experience in med school.

TUNCOM
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[bbake87]

We we're tested on all of the aforesaid anatomical features with origins and insertions also. Anywho, the main point to take from this -just like most other classes in med school is that the material is doable there is just an arseload of it. if you have any specific questions pm me.

Billy

 

[ClubberLang]

pretty much what everyone says goes..anatomy is important because it correlates to everything else you do, its tough because it builds on itself. like others said its not conceptually hard, its the volume that gets to you.

 

[Mad Cow]

i tried to 'get a head start' on anatomy this past summer by sitting down and spending time with a Netters. i thought i'd get 'a feel' for it. didn't happen. what took me a few hours was covered in minutes in class. i'm not saying that i'm overwhelmed b/c it took so long outside of class. what i am saying is that yes there is a truckload of info, but somehow the profs manage to shovel it all in nice powerpointed lectures and lab. i think this is the closest to the birthing process that i will get. don't let my name fool you 🙂
i actually still enjoy it, 50 lectures into it. good luck.

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