Upper Limb exam Help?

[gioia]

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Our first gross anatomy exam is 11 days away and our first Histo exam is 12 days away....

Besides the SITS mneumonic and a few others I have concocted, what are some ways to organize the material in a triage manner to prevent memory lapse in my four-hour exam?

...Material such as the 12 infraclavicular nerves of the Brachial Plexus, Upper limb arteries and veins, primary modes of muscle action, details of the hand, cutaneous skin maps, dermatomes...etc.....

 

[13538]

Check out the following website and book:
http://www.instantanatomy.net/

 

[aucgrad110]

what are you most memorable mneumonics from anatomy?

ahhh, the easiest and best was S-2-3-4 keeps the penis off the floor

 

[13538]

ahhh, the easiest and best was S-2-3-4 keeps the penis off the floor

That's a good one but it's probably better to remember it as:
S2,3,4 keeps the 3 P's off the floor (Penis, Poo, and Pee)
[S2,3,4 innervates the anal sphincter, urethral sphicter, and causes erection]

1000s of brilliant mnemonics for medicine, not just anatomy, can be found at:
http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/

Hope that helps! 🙂

 

[gioia]

Thanks, Trinners.

I really like the Instant Anatomy. Medical Mneumonics is good, too, but I like the pictures as well...

Kind of nervous: I guess gross anatomy is to medical school what organic chemistry is to undergrads.

 

[Su4n2]

do the q's in BRS, U Mich website. for the nerves of the brachial plexus make a huge chart from thebeginning to end with all the side nerves and at the end of dra2wing the nerve say what muscle it innervates. keep track ofcompartments of limbs/innevations. i thought upper limb was one of the hardest blocks, i am surprised that u are starting with it. we started withback/thorax. good luck!
p.s i liked anatomu made rid simple, not everyone does, but i would check it out. had cute ways of memmorizing stuff.

 

[gioia]

I'll check it out. I don't have BRS for anatomy (but I do for other courses). The hard part about the brachial plexus is that the orientation of some nerves differ from cadaver to cadaver.

Oh yes... the hand. We have to know it all. Didn't appreciate our tactical prowess until exploration of the hand started.,,


Thanks!

 

[KevJones]

If you can draw it, you know it...

 

[Su4n2]

def get BRS anatomy. it ahs great clinical corr, i's like the most important blue boxes. in terms of cadavers, first know the textbook presentation cold, then it will be easier to make sense of the cadavers.

 

[neuropain]

Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer, where,

R= Roots
T= Trunks
D= Divisions
C= Cords
B= Branches

of the Brachial Plexus.

And make sure you can identify each of these on the brachial plexus of your cadaver. During our upper limb exam, they caught quite a few people with that one.

Good Luck... Anatomy was my favorite.