Forearm muscle mneonics

[rockit]

So I didn't spell it right. But still, I'm having a hell of a time remembering the flexor and extensor muscles. any help would be appreciated.

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[virilep]

So I didn't spell it right. But still, I'm having a hell of a time remembering the flexor and extensor muscles. any help would be appreciated.

i had the same problem. thing that helped me was having someone who knew their **** and going to the lab with them. get in there and tug on the muscle and i'll be like... oh that's the flexor...on the flexor side...digitorum...cuz it's doing the digits...profundis...because it's deeper than the superficial. so get into lab and do it, i promise u;ll learn the names...now the attachments..they're a different story.

 

[TruTrooper]

So I didn't spell it right. But still, I'm having a hell of a time remembering the flexor and extensor muscles. any help would be appreciate


Study Netter, study notes, go to lab, rinse and repeat until you throw up then repeat until exam...it's just good ol brute force learning with those muscles. You just have to study Netter so much that you literally can recall which Plate # has what mucles, bones, etc., on it.

In general, repetition is the key in first year. Every subject is pretty much vulnerable to repeated exposure. I don't ever recall doing much outside of repeatedly reading the material and doing test questions. Enjoy this strategy because it doesn't work much in 2nd year when your first reading of the material has to be as effective as your 4th or 5th reading of 1st year's material since your first reading may also be your last reading.

 

[synapse lapse]

i had the same problem. thing that helped me was having someone who knew their **** and going to the lab with them. get in there and tug on the muscle and i'll be like... oh that's the flexor...on the flexor side...digitorum...cuz it's doing the digits...profundis...because it's deeper than the superficial. so get into lab and do it, i promise u;ll learn the names...now the attachments..they're a different story.

yeah, the names are actually fairly helpful for remembering which is which. I study before lab so i know what I'm looking at when I get there. Also, prosections are nice.

 

[rockit]

those of you who advocate hard work are of no use to me

i want shortcuts dammit

 

[TruTrooper]

those of you who advocate hard work are of no use to me

i want shortcuts dammit

That's okay, you will soon see that first year is alll about hard work soon enough. In case you haven't noticed, you are probably working hard already...you are on the right track.

If you are thinking there will always be shortcuts to learning this stuff, you are in for an excruciating and rude awakening. Ther sooner you realize, the better...trust me. We all have tried to search for the "easy" wasy to do this stuff. First year is mostly brute force learning. Period. The aren't many shortcuts for the stuff.


Again, read and reread stuff before you go to lab. After you see the stuff enough, magically, you will notice that it will stick. Now, this is the last time I will try to offer any help to you so celebrate now.

 

[DoctorFunk]

those of you who advocate hard work are of no use to me

Do or do not, there is no try.

There is also no easy mnemonic for muscles with names three words long that all start with the same 3 or 4 letters. I can imagine if one were to concoct one, in the end it would sound alot like a dyslexic Alabaman (no offense to my fine Southern brethren intended) with a stutter.

 

[epalantequevoy]

break them down into distinct layers, that way you can easily remember chunks of 3 or 4 muscles rather than 19 and that the layers are generally innervated by the same thing.

in my experience, mnemonics just confuse me.

 

[grw0o]

break them down into distinct layers, that way you can easily remember chunks of 3 or 4 muscles rather than 19 and that the layers are generally innervated by the same thing.

in my experience, mnemonics just confuse me.

Here's one, moving in medially, ABL (say like able), Abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis Brevis, extensor pollicis Longus.

 

[smartreader]

Here's a mneumonic that will help you remember the superficial flexors of the forearm: :
From Lateral to Medial

Pimps (Pronotor teres)
F***k (Flexor carpi radialis)
Prostitutes (Palmaris longus)
For (Flexor digitorum superficialis)
Fun (Flexor carpi ulnaris)

I think there's a medical mneumonics website full of such nice phrases. However, the best way to understand anatomy is to understand the nomenclature. Combine good understanding of nomenclature with a couple of good mneumonics, allot of reading in netter, and good few hours practicing in the lab, and should become an expert in no time.

 

[pratik7]

. However, the best way to understand anatomy is to understand the nomenclature. Combine good understanding of nomenclature with a couple of good mneumonics, allot of reading in netter, and good few hours practicing in the lab, and should become an expert in no time.

Well said....remember that everything with pollis has to do with the thumb ( im an idiot...it took me a while to figure that one out) and minimi with the pinky