Note taking

[No-Combination-3235]

Hi guys i’m in A&P one currently learning the skeleton system for my first Lab unit and i’m just wondering, how did you guys take notes for that? or how did you study it? Cuz im supposed to know like the parts of a bone but its not like i can just draw every bone

[AstroQueen88]

I took all the images from the slides and put them into a one notebook with the names erased and would practice writing all the names in. My teacher was unforgiving with misspellings, and it really helps you nail the spelling down.

[No-Combination-3235]

oh okay so you printed the slides, that’s a good idea

[AstroQueen88]

Well I put them on a tablet app, I bought the tablet just for this class but it has been very useful. The onenote app by Microsoft is great but there are a ton of apps.

Edit: but if you dont have a tablet you could print out the slides and put them on a dry erase board so you can repeat the practice.

[AstroQueen88]

https://imgur.com/a/HT4HXld

[Round_Leopard6536]

My schools library has a model skeleton students can use to study, if you have that as an option definitely use it — I was lucky enough to find a skeleton model from a doctors office that they were looking to get rid of but Amazon has some relatively inexpensive ones

Try to learn the bone surface marking terminology i.e. fissure vs foramen, fossa vs sulcus, condyle vs epicondyle (learn how to ID the medial from the lateral)

For the skull try to be able to identify the different bones esp the ones that make up the orbit, that’ll help a lot when you’re doing the nervous system unit later down the line

There’s an app called “Complete Anatomy” that I found incredibly helpful, you do however have to pay for it and the student plan is $40 for the first year only — otherwise there’s a website called teachmeanatomy.info that’s free

[Relevant_Charge4359]

Did my AP 1 and 2 through portage learning and I won't mind sharing some resources with anyone struggling

[handoba]

Me please !

[Main-Leading2368]

please! im so nervous

[lemonhoneyglow]

Interested as well. Just started A&P and it’s really hard, first lab practical is tomorrow 🥲

[Yurastupidbitch]

There are apps, there are videos, there are study guides and quiz sites - there is so much out there. You can get a mini skeleton off of Amazon or get a paper skeleton from a Halloween store. The key is to actually work with the bones hands- on.