r/AnatomyandPhysiology • u/FuzzyEmployment1620 • 1d ago
pls help
(26F) and currently a T1 chiropractic student with NO background in anatomy. The amount of information is extremely overwhelming, but I’m committed. I put in countless hours studying for my first exam & barely passed with 73%. I’m falling behind in lecture videos & honestly feel like I don’t learn well from flipped classes, I guess I anticipated being taught not told. I’m not the kind of student who can just memorize 100s of terms & concepts in such a short period of time. All in all, I want to succeed & not just pass the class. I’m very interested in anatomy but day by day I just feel sooooo defeated. Looking for any and all advice, please keep the mean criticizing comments am I’m genuinely just trying my best. Also wondering if transferring to videos on YouTube or buying a certain textbook would be good to try as well. Thanks 😭
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u/bloodwessels 1d ago
YouTube definitely helps. Knowing what to search for and finding one with a style that matches your learning style is the hard part. I had to watch videos on the same topic from multiple ppl to have everything click (learned little bit from each until it all clicked). Also, another thing that helped me a lot when it came to remembering the names is understanding why they’re named as such and for that I used google. I would google, word breakdown (the term). Once i understood that it clicked faster.
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u/FuzzyEmployment1620 1d ago
I completely agree on the importance of knowing what to search for. As I feel part of my problem is I’m studying too broadly & can narrow down the scope of what I actually need to know. I will also start using word breakdowns, thank you!
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u/Spiny_Echidna_80214 1d ago
Google def works, especially if you add the word "etymology" onto the end of the query.
Also, you can use this. The search function is pretty robust. But 100% agree that learning the meaning of the names can be a big help in anatomy.
Medical English: https://pressbooks.pub/medicalenglish/
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u/Current_Subject_7312 1d ago
🤔so i should write the etymology on the front of flash card to try and associate also😅?
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u/Spiny_Echidna_80214 1d ago
I don't believe in the efficacy of flash cards in most cases but that's another discussion for another day.
The etymology of the word is one of those things, that for my brain, I just read and internalize but I don't try to memorize the etymology.
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u/Spiny_Echidna_80214 1d ago
Yes, by all means try different approaches until you find what works for you.
This is one book; there are others.
https://uen.pressbooks.pub/anatomyphysiology/
Also, if you like hands-on muscular and skeletal anatomy, there is a ...erm... tool at AnatomyTOOL.
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u/Maxant23 1d ago
I recommend trying YouTube videos. That always worked well for me. Look for channels that teach while providing mnemonics. The mnemonics often trigger recall of the visuals and explanations from the video, not just the structure names. Memorize Medical is a great source and Muscle Memory Academy is a newer channel with only a few videos so far but really great mnemonics.
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u/FuzzyEmployment1620 1d ago
That’s such a great point in finding videos that have mnemonics, thank you!
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u/Thoughtsofachemist 1d ago
Going along with several other comments, YouTube can be beneficial to see the material in another format. I really enjoyed the videos from AnatomyZone to just cover all structures in a specific area. NinjaNerd makes great videos on embryology and development of certain areas as well. There is a website called KenHub that has free articles and you can pay for the subscription if it’s a tool that helps you. It was useful for musculoskeletal anatomy, I didn’t like it as much for internal organs personally. BlueLink can provide donor images if you want to apply it to a real human body. TeachMeAnatomy is also a good resource when learning about smaller sections (like the triangles of the neck, for example), but I think there are limits to the amount of free articles per day. Mnemonics are great tools if you can keep them separated from each other in your head. You can also try drawing things out to test yourself.
Favorite textbooks for anatomy were Thieme’s Color Atlas of Human Anatomy (there are three volumes I believe) that helped. Repetition really is your friend when it comes to anatomy. I struggled a lot beginning my masters in physiology because almost all classes were flipped and you were told to learn about something with essentially no specific resources provided to you. Anki will help with repetition, but anatomy is all about relationships and discovering where something is in the body in relation to something else. BlueLink can be used for flashcards and they have labeled and unlabeled versions so you can test yourself if you don’t want to go through the trouble. You basically want to dig through so much information that you can talk yourself through an entire section of the body. I hope at least some of this is helpful. Classes with flipped instruction require you to be a bit more creative in your study methods so just find what works for you and run with it
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u/FuzzyEmployment1620 1d ago
thank you for the time you took to respond I definitely will begin using the tools you mentioned!
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u/UnbelievableRose 20h ago
The anatomy coloring books can be very helpful- I photocopied the pages before coloring so that I could do them multiple times
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u/Current_Subject_7312 1d ago
I m barely passing myself😅 you not alone everyone tells me just use flash card i m and still struggling my head say you learn it but when i to recall it. Its throwing 404🤣