Do you guys have any helpful tips on making human anatomy and physiology interst

[Stacker]

Do you guys have any helpful tips on making human anatomy interesting? Not that the human body isn't interesting because it certainly is but the lecture just isn't at the real interesting part yet.
I'm currently studying the very basics of anatomy so topics like epithelial and connective tissues are being covered. But the thing is, I can't bring myself to enjoy the subject. I swear it's like memorizing a dictionary.

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[AestheticMed]

1.Bring a girl home
2.Ask if she wants to study anatomy
3.??????
4. Profit

Really? I find it quite interesting.

 

[Stumpyman]

Wow, I thought that was one of the most interesting classes I've ever taken.

 

[WashMe]

Do you guys have any helpful tips on making human anatomy interesting? Not that the human body isn't interesting because it certainly is but the lecture just isn't at the real interesting part yet.
I'm currently studying the very basics of anatomy so topics like epithelial and connective tissues are being covered. But the thing is, I can't bring myself to find to enjoy the subject. I swear it's like memorizing a dictionary.

You are fortunate to find out now that you're not interested in medicine, trust me. And yes, what you're saying DOES mean you would not be interested in medicine. If you don't like anatomy or physiology, your only choice would be psych or some medicine subspecialties, but even for psych you have to know pharmacology (which essentially manages physiology) and someone who dislikes anatomy and physiology would get killed in an internal medicine residency.

 

[CodeBlu]

Get out while you still can.

 

[Stacker]

I'm not premed...should that make any difference? I don't know.

 

[Stacker]

1.Bring a girl home
2.Ask if she wants to study anatomy
3.??????
4. Profit

Really? I find it quite interesting.

Haha. I watched that episode.

 

[Valadi]

Do you guys have any helpful tips on making human anatomy interesting? Not that the human body isn't interesting because it certainly is but the lecture just isn't at the real interesting part yet.
I'm currently studying the very basics of anatomy so topics like epithelial and connective tissues are being covered. But the thing is, I can't bring myself to find to enjoy the subject. I swear it's like memorizing a dictionary.

Everything sucks a little bit. I thought anatomy was dry as hell, now I'm applying for plastics and I f***ing love anatomy. Stuff becomes cool once you can see the clinical relevance of it. I hate the "you don't like this, so you won't like/be good at medicine" philosophy, because at this stage you have no idea what the words you're reading even mean. I highly doubt that there's any doctor out there who absolutely loved memorizing every amino acid's structure, cell surface receptor, AND NMR spectrum.

But yeah, go with the first person's idea. Anatomy is way more fun with a fiine example.

 

[MShopes]

I'm not premed...should that make any difference? I don't know.

Yea but you will be a medical student later on and medicine is all about anatomy and physiology included with other subjects. I'm not in medical school yet but this is what some of my friends tell me. If you simply can't enjoy it, there are no tips to give you. It's either you like it or not and it's good thing you realize that early. Sorry, truth hurts but that's what it is.

 

[Stacker]

How do you guys not find anatomy boring? It's like memorizing a map or parts to a machine or like I said a dictionary.

Physiology on the other hand is no doubt as interesting as it gets.

 

[MShopes]

How do you guys not find anatomy boring? It's like memorizing a map or parts to a machine or like I said a dictionary.

Physiology on the other hand is no doubt as interesting as it gets.

While physiology is indeed more interesting, I thought it was much tougher than anatomy in my opinion. Or maybe my professor made it this way probably because he is an MD. Anatomy, you can simply memorize and get things right but in physiology, you have to truly understand what's going on. The end point is both are necessary in medical school and your life in general. There is no way around it.

 

[CodeBlu]

How do you guys not find anatomy boring? It's like memorizing a map or parts to a machine or like I said a dictionary.

Physiology on the other hand is no doubt as interesting as it gets.

Anatomy is the structure, physiology is the function. Histology is the microscopic anatomy of the physiology. It's a beautiful thing. Get's me all tingly.

 

[Valadi]

Yea but you will be a medical student later on and medicine is all about anatomy and physiology included with other subjects. I'm not in medical school yet but this is what some of my friends tell me. If you simply can't enjoy it, there are no tips to give you. It's either you like it or not and it's good thing you realize that early. Sorry, truth hurts but that's what it is.

Unless you're going into surgery, medicine is very much not 'all about anatomy.' There are some key principles and structures that every physician should be comfortable with (which will be beaten into your brain, and you will be comfortable with them), but your general internist is unlikely to be comfortably versed in detailed anatomy.

For example, your general pediatrician should know the a nursemaid's elbow is caused by subluxation of the radial head from the annular ligament. But they do not need to know the structures that pass through the gastroduodenal ligament.

The clinically relevant anatomy will come with time and repetition. Try to understand the principles behind what you're learning, but in general (unfortunately) there will be stretches of rote memorization before you finally see the big picture.

It is normal.

 

[FattySlug]

I was gonna make some lewd comments but was able to hold back. Serious answer: Learn anatomy and physiology together. Focus on the function instead of the names. You are studying a very complex machine here. Look for beauty in its logic and how things work together perfectly.

 

[MShopes]

Unless you're going into surgery, medicine is very much not 'all about anatomy.' There are some key principles and structures that every physician should be comfortable with (which will be beaten into your brain, and you will be comfortable with them), but your general internist is unlikely to be comfortably versed in detailed anatomy.

For example, your general pediatrician should know the a nursemaid's elbow is caused by subluxation of the radial head from the annular ligament. But they do not need to know the structures that pass through the gastroduodenal ligament.

The clinically relevant anatomy will come with time and repetition. Try to understand the principles behind what you're learning, but in general (unfortunately) there will be stretches of rote memorization before you finally see the big picture.

It is normal.

Well yea you know better than me but any doctor will need to memorize a great deal of anatomy compared to what we memorize in undergraduate studies right? I don't mean they gotta memorize the whole anatomy of the body but at least many structures.

 

[Valadi]

Well yea you know better than me but any doctor will need to memorize a great deal of anatomy compared to what we memorize in undergraduate studies right? I don't mean they gotta memorize the whole anatomy of the body but at least many structures.

Yeah. We all gotta go through first year med school and suck up memorizing the same amount of anatomy. What you do with it after your pre-clinical years is up to you.

I took anatomy as an undergrad, too. I thought it was difficult as hell... until I got to med school. F***. Then you needed to really know anatomy. It was different, though, because we had clinically relevant points thrown into our med school lectures. That made it slightly more palatable.

Many medical students find studying for human anatomy to be like walking from one end of a tar pit to the other. It is difficult, and slow, but we all get there eventually. The cadaver dissections also really help retention and understanding of the material.

 

[xroc]

Everything sucks a little bit. I thought anatomy was dry as hell, now I'm applying for plastics and I f***ing love anatomy. Stuff becomes cool once you can see the clinical relevance of it. I hate the "you don't like this, so you won't like/be good at medicine" philosophy, because at this stage you have no idea what the words you're reading even mean. I highly doubt that there's any doctor out there who absolutely loved memorizing every amino acid's structure, cell surface receptor, or NMR spectrum.

But yeah, go with the first person's idea. Anatomy is way more fun with a fiine example.

I like NMRs 😕

 

[Rednawz]

Look at your hands.

YOU are at the center of physiology and anatomy. Think of how beautiful the human form is. How perfectly everything fits together in order to perform a certain function. Think yourself lucky to live in a time where you have the ability to begin to lock into the secrets of the human body, that thing that changed the world. Stop being so ****ing selfish.

 

[Morsetlis]

For example, your general pediatrician should know the a nursemaid's elbow is caused by subluxation of the radial head from the annular ligament. But they do not need to know the structures that pass through the gastroduodenal ligament.

But I need to know both for the midterm 😡

 

[Valadi]

But I need to know both for the midterm 😡

Lol, yeah. For med school you need to know it all. I was making the point that in your career you can get off without being a master of the entire human anatomy.

 

[n3xa]

I like NMRs 😕

Me too. 🙁 And yeah, NMRs become second nature after a ton of practice with them. I would imagine (and hope) that the clinically-relevant stuff will become second nature just the same.

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Anatomy was the most interesting class I've taken.

 

[Morsetlis]

Anatomy was the most interesting class I've taken.

Histology is prettier.

 

[WashMe]

Anatomy was the most interesting class I've taken.

Histology is prettier.

both suck

 

[Sesom]

Maybe show a higher level of participation?

 

[Morsetlis]

Maybe show a higher level of participation?

You're gonna dissect the cadaver by yourself while the rest of us watch?

 

[HeavyMetalMiss]

oh man... boring??!?!?!?!?! Anatomy & Physiology I & II were the most interesting classes i've ever taken. every time i opened the damn book i would get butterflies. haha we have a cadaver lab at my school, so possibly that's what made the labratory experience more enjoyable. but i don't know, even in lecture i was glued to the overhead every class.

took practicum in human dissection as well, possibly something like that as a corequisite if your school offers it, would help you to enjoy the courses more.

i just scored a job as a student assistant in our cadaver lab for 3 hours a week for the next 2 years!!! (getting PAID! how cool is that?! only $7.25 an hour, but i wasn't expecting a dime going into it, so it's definitely an added bonus!) 👍 i get to finish my work that i started during the dissection course on the extrinsic eye muscles Friday. woooooohooooo!!

 

[chronicidal]

oh man... boring??!?!?!?!?! Anatomy & Physiology I & II were the most interesting classes i've ever taken. every time i opened the damn book i would get butterflies. haha we have a cadaver lab at my school, so possibly that's what made the labratory experience more enjoyable. but i don't know, even in lecture i was glued to the overhead every class.

took practicum in human dissection as well, possibly something like that as a corequisite if your school offers it, would help you to enjoy the courses more.

i just scored a job as a student assistant in our cadaver lab for 3 hours a week for the next 2 years!!! (getting PAID! how cool is that?! only $7.25 an hour, but i wasn't expecting a dime going into it, so it's definitely an added bonus!) 👍 i get to finish my work that i started during the dissection course on the extrinsic eye muscles Friday. woooooohooooo!!

I thought you were being sarcastic/ironic until I realized that you are not yet a medical student.

 

[NickNaylor]

Anatomy is boring.

Physiology, on the other hand, is awesome. The elegance of physiological systems is astounding.

 

[HeavyMetalMiss]

I thought you were being sarcastic/ironic until I realized that you are not yet a medical student.

nope, i was actually very serious. i know it's not exactly the "cool" thing to do on these forums, you know... being excited about these types of things.. but i am.

it's a pretty great opportunity seeing that i'm only in my 1st year.