I am thinking about taking human anatomy and human physiology for my upper div. bio classes, but which one should I take first? I have heard that it would be more beneficial to take anatomy first, but I am not sure. Recommendations?
For those of you that have taken human anatomy and human physiology...
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it doesnt reaaaally matter which one u take first, but if u took physio first, u would obviously have to know some anatomy to understand it (but i would think that most predental students already have a pretty decent grasp of basic anatomy). also, when u take anatomy it is never just 100% memorizing names, and u do learn some physiology. for example, when u do the cardiovascular system u will undoubtedly learn a little about bloodflow, how the blood transports nutrients/ wastes, etc. but in physio u will go way more into detail, like the bicarbonate buffer system, how hemoglobin binds oxygen etc.
so the short answer is that it is not crucial to take either one first, but i would personally take anatomy first.
so the short answer is that it is not crucial to take either one first, but i would personally take anatomy first.
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my anatomy and physiology course was integrated
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I took physio b4 anatomy and had no problems.
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Ditto me. Formal anatomy courses are much nitpickier than you need to perform well in physiology. Besides, you don't need to know where the kidneys are to understand renal physiology, you just have to understand what they do.082004 said:
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aphistis said:
true dat, but its awfully funny watching undergrads point to the liver and tell you straight to your face that this is the kidney. You can't help but laugh, but anyways....
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I also took physio first. If you don't know the whole medial, distal, proximal, frontal, coronal, cross-section terminology I would learn that before physio starts. That part of anatomy is certainly helpful for physio. Of course, that's about 15 minutes of work.
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i took physio and anatomy at the same time. good luck. 🙂
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coolslugs said:
I have also taken A & P I and II, out university incorportated both anatomy and physiology into the same course for a full year, in my opinion it doesn't really matter which section you take first because regardless you will learn a lot and the material is very interesting.
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coolslugs said:
I took physiology ( 5hr) last semester and I'm in Anatomy ( 4hr) this semester. Where I go to school, University of Tennessee, physiology is in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dpt. and Anatomy is in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dpt. So you can see which one would be easier? Across the board anatomy is a breeze compared to physiology. Physiology is a lot of information and is conceptually harder. If you're good at memorizing genus species names, anatomy shouldn't be hard for you when you're learning all the bones, muscles, etc. It's just memorizing a whole lot of new words. It doesn't matter which one you take first really, only what other classes you plan on taking that semester.
