Anatomy & Physiology

[Svart Aske]

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Apparently at my school one can take physiology without having anatomy under the belt. I am wondering if this is a good idea and if it's possible for someone to do well in P without having taken A. How much overlap is there between the two courses (I understand that curricula differ across schools, but just generally)? Thanks.

 

[visbimmer79]

Apparently at my school one can take physiology without having anatomy under the belt. I am wondering if this is a good idea and if it's possible for someone to do well in P without having taken A. How much overlap is there between the two courses (I under that curricula differ across schools, but just generally)? Thanks.

I think those two areas are irrelevant. Just overlap between two areas can be seen when u study neuro part (eye, ear), muscle(smooth muscle, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle)...skeletal system (The most relevant..but only simple things)

It all depends on which schools u are applying to. Some of dental schools want you to complete both anatomy and physiology.

Anyway, anatomy class is more focused on nomenclature. On the other hand, physiology reqires u to understand our body function with a broader picture.
For example, 1) all starts from your brain...hormone/nervous system...homeostatis..effectors (Except for simple reflex)
& 2) Internal factor or external factor

I din't take anatomy, but only physiology. (Again, Bone formation, brain physiology, muscle physiology..there u will see very few of anatomy)

Instead, anatomy is essential for you to further study disease mechanism. Osteoporosis, mineral deficiency syndrom..if u have chance to read a lot of medical literatures, ur basic knowledge in anatomy is essential..It's one reason I got lower grade in mineral disease course ..and have a lot difficulty in other disease courses....

Biochem + physiology ---> The most relevant things before u handle disease mechanism

Anatomy--> Will make it easier in the science communication...u don't have to spend extra time to know more about any body parts, but u can just focus on the understanding of body mechanism..(Real medical field, they are dealing so complicated things....the experiemental results can be all different depending on each part of our body!!)


In other perspective...

Anat ---> Language, experience
Physiology ---> Understanding, (physics; nonideal fluid, circuit when dealing with neuroscience, optics in studying eyes, math when u learn feedback mechanism, basic conceptual things from chem)


Last comment...

I think if u master physiology thoroughly, understanding disease mechanism will be prompted!! (I would recommend to memorize all things in the physiology text book, then u will become a medically genius predental student)

But, for communication purpose, u should also study anatomy! (Just knowing there are that kinds of things will not be enough!)

Does dental schools provide anatomy class before physiology??? 😕 (I think learning anat first, then learn physiology is best for me)

 

[Svart Aske]

Thanks for the detailed reply. I am not quite so concerned with mastering medicine and pathology just yet . I will probably take a summer anatomy course after I finish undergrad anyway, and I'm planning to take physiology in my last semester. So you would say I won't be badly disadvantaged going into physiology without anatomy? Hopefully other posters can share some insights/experiences.

 

[visbimmer79]

Thanks for the detailed reply. I am not quite so concerned with mastering medicine and pathology just yet . I will probably take a summer anatomy course after I finish undergrad anyway, and I'm planning to take physiology in my last semester. So you would say I won't be badly disadvantaged going into physiology without anatomy? Hopefully other posters can share some insights/experiences.

U will not have problems in learning physiology without anat...
IF u did G-bio well, it's not even a single problem. Unless you have bad days and u are below par in that semester...

But, to be frank, I think both courses are essential for medicine!!

I also thank you for reminding me of the fundamental things that I can think of at this moment. By replying ur answer, I could a bit relieve my current stress and fear! Thanks!

Go for it!! BTW, physiology itself may be difficult! But, it's really fun to study~U don't like it? Then, I would recommend not to pursue medical industry!!

 

[sanketp]

Does dental schools provide anatomy class before physiology??? 😕 (I think learning anat first, then learn physiology is best for me)

I agree with you, it was supposed to be anatomy class first before physiology; but to me I rather want it to be physiology class first.

 

[OnDentalDuty]

My undergrad. school offers Human Anatomy & Physiology class AND Human physiology / lab. So I had to pass the first anatomy class to move to next stages. Based on my experience regarding studying medical sciences, I'd recommend you to take Human ANATOMY first if POSSIBLE. 😀

 

[trident007]

I wouldn't worry about which course you take first.

In my case, I took Physiology first and then Anatomy the following year. I found that having Physiology under my belt already actually helped with Anatomy because I already had an understanding of how things WORKED in the body.

Mind you, I took Systemic Anatomy (not Gross Anatomy), so this may be different with a different anatomy course. But I found I was way ahead of my fellow classmates with already having the Phys.

After taking Anatomy and taking a more advanced Physiology course, I found that knowing the Anatomy helped.

Either way you probably can't go wrong - whichever you take first, you will find that it will come up in the second course.

 

[smile101]

I took physiology before taking anatomy and did good in both of the classes. I don't think it really mattered to have taken one before the other for either one of them for me. I had planned my classes for each terms as offered and it all worked out. It all depends on how interested you are in the subject and how much time you are willing to commit.