Do you learn all of the muscles and bones in medical school?

[NickNaylor]

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No, it was slight hyperbole. But not that much. We learned the suture lines, but other than the bones related to the sinuses (so the face) and a few key blood vessels (as it related to epidural vs subdural hematomas), we didn't learn all the bones in the skull. Then again, my school really glossed over head and neck anatomy, having decided that it was too specialized for most people. There was an optional 4th year elective we could take if we really wanted to know more anatomy.

Hah, wow. When we were doing head and neck we had an entirely separate "test" called the skull quiz that was essentially identification of skull bones, foramina, and what goes through them. Painful.

 

[Pacna]

Since you seem to know, perhaps you can share with the rest of the clinical relevance and utility of knowing all of those things?

I'm not saying that there is clinical relevance. I'm saying it's something you study in medical school. The OP wanted to study for medical school but suddenly seemed conflicted over the necessity of studying those things.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Hah, wow. When we were doing head and neck we had an entirely separate "test" called the skull quiz that was essentially identification of skull bones, foramina, and what goes through them. Painful.

Yeah for our practical we just had tags sticking out of each foramen and had to identify just about every one.

(second and third level questions of course - "what nerve traverses this foramen" etc)

 

[theWUbear]

Anyone who answered "yes, you learn all the bones and muscles" was wrong, unless some med schools waste their time teaching the few very small, clinically insignificant muscles that were ignored in my school's anatomy course.

 

[lilronron]

http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-...ders-Edition/dp/0071664270/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1 <--- what about doing this?

 

[Medstart108]

I'm looking to pre-study before medical school and nobody is going to dissuade me from doing so. Will it be a waste of time to come in knowing all 320 pairs of muscles and all 206 bones? I'm assuming you will learn all of them in medical school?

You will learn most of them, although we didn't learn them all at once.

 

[GopherMD]

http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-...ders-Edition/dp/0071664270/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1 <--- what about doing this?

I guess it would be much more productive than "pre-studying". Honestly I would still recommend enjoying your last free summer while you can. But if you felt like you just HAD to do something, I would recommend this over trying to "pre-study" (which would be a waste of time).

 

[Mad Jack]

I'm looking to pre-study before medical school and nobody is going to dissuade me from doing so. Will it be a waste of time to come in knowing all 320 pairs of muscles and all 206 bones? I'm assuming you will learn all of them in medical school?

"I'm going to do something stupid and waste some of the last few days of true freedom I will have for many, many years and no one is going to stop me."

Okay.

 

[TheShaker]

So for those of you saying learn Spanish, is there a good way to learn it on your own? I've heard of Rosetta Stone but I don't know if that's good or not.

 

[Aerus]

So for those of you saying learn Spanish, is there a good way to learn it on your own? I've heard of Rosetta Stone but I don't know if that's good or not.

If a class is out of the question, you need some sort of program. I've heard good things about Rosetta Stone, although it is pretty pricey. The key is finding some way to train your listening comprehension. Simply self studying grammar and vocabulary is far from enough.

I know a person who lived in Spain for two years to learn Spanish. A bit drastic, but I'd argue that it's the best way to pick up a new language!

 

[dbeast]

206 bones?
I don't think this is correct.
Sexual dimorphism....
Try again, or learn it correctly in med school ;-)

BTW - it's a known fact that people who pre-study for medical school don't typically get AOA.

I actually think this might be true, I'd be curious to see if anybody has studied it. Alls I know is that the AOA kids at my school are not necessarily harder-working, but rather just insanely smart. The people who over-study seem to do it because they don't study efficiently, and/or are trying to chase those natural geniuses but often come up short.

Note: I am not one of the natural geniuses, for the record.

 

[mcloaf]

Note: I am not one of the natural geniuses, for the record.

Don't be so modest.

 

[darkjedi]

So for those of you saying learn Spanish, is there a good way to learn it on your own? I've heard of Rosetta Stone but I don't know if that's good or not.

I've heard duolingo is good. I tried using Rosetta Stone to brush up on my spanish before I went abroad, but found it a little too simple. Rosetta Stone tries to have a 'natural' learning style where you pick up meaning from visual cues as opposed to direct translation. I still think there is a lot of benefit to learning the formal grammar rules and such in a language however. The best way to learn a language is definitely immersion however. My spanish improved exponentially when I was living abroad for 2 months.

 

[darkjedi]

If anyone is interested in learning Spanish fast (without Rosetta Stone) PM me. I am self taught in Spanish, Russian, and Norwegian. Varying degrees of fluency in about a year - contact me for details. Did not use Rosetta.

Heck I'd like to know your methods too.

 

[Life Sucks]

Op, trying to be the med school Mozart?

 

[knv2u]

No, it was slight hyperbole. But not that much. We learned the suture lines, but other than the bones related to the sinuses (so the face) and a few key blood vessels (as it related to epidural vs subdural hematomas), we didn't learn all the bones in the skull. Then again, my school really glossed over head and neck anatomy, having decided that it was too specialized for most people. There was an optional 4th year elective we could take if we really wanted to know more anatomy.

MDApps makes it sound like your attending UVA. If this is the case, do you know if this was chopped off with the introduction of the 1.5 year preclinical program from 2 years or have they done this all along?