imp cts/mris

[smalley]

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hi,
which are the most imp cts/mris for the boards?

 

[blz]

It's probably a crapshoot. I had an MRI/CT of every region of the body during some point, including some joints and what tendons insert where.

 

[kate0834tkjn]

Are you serious blz? Tendon insertions?! Did you look at a lot of ct/mri's in advance to prepare? my test is in a week and I wasn't planning on doing anatomy much, other than reviewing the brachial/lumbar plexus, and looking at some vasculature branching.......but you're the 3rd person I've heard of that had some intense/detailed anatomy on their test, maybe I should devote a little more time to it?

 

[blz]

Are you serious blz? Tendon insertions?! Did you look at a lot of ct/mri's in advance to prepare? my test is in a week and I wasn't planning on doing anatomy much, other than reviewing the brachial/lumbar plexus, and looking at some vasculature branching.......but you're the 3rd person I've heard of that had some intense/detailed anatomy on their test, maybe I should devote a little more time to it?

Honestly, know the core of anatomy and hope whatever you know from back in the day sticks. It's a huge investment to get all of anatomy down for the 5 questions that are asked on the test. I was able to figure them out somewhat. It might help to know your body relationships and surface anatomy and what structures are present at different vertebral levels. I had a pt who got shot and you had to know what it went through.

 

[MikeyK]

Know neuroimaging stuff, esp cross sections. In my case anatomy was really low yield cept for brachial plexus stuff. otherwise I felt CT/X-ray stuff was pretty simple, don't waste too much time on it unless you dont have a basic understanding of it already.

 

[ginger60]

The point that a previous poster made about know what was at vertebral levels is good (I got a q about a stab wound to the chest). Other than that know the stuff in FA, the images at the end and the diagrams throughout. My friend had an anatomy question that seemed crazy but was right in FA (the shoulder/rotator cuff pic in the musculoskeletal section). I think FA was even enough for neuro imaging IMO. Of course, you may get screwed with a really tough anatomy-focused test, but its not worth your time trying to study for that situation and it might not even be possible to study for it.