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[C G]

Hello everyone! ;D I'm currently enrolled in a part time 640 course. Since I've never had good study skills :-/, I'm looking for helpful tricks to learn the muscles and bones. I did order online a muscle chart and skeletal chart to hang around the house and stare at. Are there any helpful association techiniques I can try or specific study habits I should be forming? ??? THANKS!!!! ;D

 

[--PACIELLO--]

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Hi Becky, Everyone knows their own ways they memorize best. For me, I ran off copies of various body parts as we learned them:scapula, leg,arm,etc. they had the bone parts labled but I covered each one with a little piece of paper taped to flip up/ down so I could quiz myself and then flip each paper up to see if I was right. This worked well. I also am a fan of flash cards I made them for each chapter for A&P and Pathology. Worked for me! Good luck! Study always and you'll fly through school.

 

[xida_loverx]

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Hi Becky! Charts on the walls are great to have! I also love flash cards because they are easy to have with you all the time. Standing in line somewhere? Waiting for someone? Have a minute or two? Pull out the cards. You can make your own; or if you wanted to buy some, I find the Flash Anatomy series to be excellent.Have you seen the Anatomy Coloring Book? You may laugh, but adding another dimension of sensory input could be what it takes for you. That's the thing... each individual must discover what works best for them. I took an anatomy class in high school and we used the coloring book. When I entered massage school 7 years later I was amazed at how much I had retained from that class so long ago. I'm not surprised, considering how much information we receive through our hands. Mnemonics are also helpful for many people. Why just the other day I found myself doing the "dermatome dance" while evaluating someone. Great idea, lovingkindness, the little paper tabs. With those little post-it pads they sell now, I imagine that could be done right in an anatomy atlas.

 

[sallytibstasp]

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A fun/crazy/wild idea....get some of those body crayons and draw the muscles on your own body. It makes it easier for me if I can actually visualize where they are. Plus, it would be visual, tactile and if you say it while you do it, an auditory way to learn. The more fun you have, the easier it will be.

 

[Sherry]

mneآ·monآ·ic    adj. Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.n. A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.If you run a search on your favorite engine for "mnemonic" and "anatomy" or whatever subject matter you're studying, I'm sure you'll find some applicable mnemonics. The ones that come to mind at the moment are "Randy Travis Drinks Cold Beer" for the brachial plexus (roots, trunks, divisions, cords, branches); "On Old Olympus Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops" for the cranial nerves ... for remembering the weight of water: "A pint's a pound, the world around" A pint of water does indeed weigh a pound. Used that one today when I was reading about the Fomentek bag which holds 2 gallons of water and I was figuring out how much that would weigh to carry down the hall from the sink to the massage room: 8 pints to a gallon, so 16 lbs. "Righty tighty, lefty loosey" is another one. (I know those aren't specifically useful for muscles and bones... but I'm sure they're out there in some study guide somewhere... hope that helps and good luck!)I love the body crayons idea! It would be fun to do with a study buddy too if there's one available.

 

[XEricac702X]

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Hi there I too have a hard time memorizing (and spelling LOL) I found It very helpfull to find the muscles on a friend.Then move them around to rember the movements.You will be suprised how easily it comes togeather when doing a massage.When you do what you love the flow will be smooooth. 8) 8) 8)

 

[Nazar]

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Yes, touching the bones and muscles on your body while saying the O's and I's aloud might help you.My school addressed the three different kinds of learning: auditory, tactile, and visual. Maybe you should find out which one you are? I was definitely tactile. Touching a skeleton and going thru everything on myself or a classmate helped me get thru all of anatomy with flying colors.good luck!

 

[Beci]

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I found that making my own flash cards was more helpful than buying expensive, pre printed cards. Making them the way you need them to look helps to understand what will help you remember.

 

[Jessica L]

"Dermatome Dance"

Does anyone know what this "dermatome dance" is?

Mnemonics are also helpful for many people. Why just the other day I found myself doing the "dermatome dance" while evaluating someone.

Terra

And if so, can you please describe it?  I sometimes teach and think this may be an excellent thing to have in my bag of tricks!! ;D

Thanks in advance.

 

[psyche]

When I was taking the massage therapy program, it helped to do the lessons at the end of each chapter. We also formed study groups (of one or more study partners)  that met once a week at someone's house (rotated). Usually my strength was someone else's weakness and we could trade off helping one another.The hardest class for everyone it seemed was the anatomy because there were so many muscles and you had to learn origin and attach areas, as well as its action for each. Two words got all of us through: F-L-A S-H C-A-R-D-S!!!!!  Hope these tips help ya! Be well,-Jen

 

[Nikki Tesla]

I wish the Bayer Aspirin commercial had been released while I was still in A&P.  If you have not seen it, it is a silly little song about how the heart works. I went to the school I graduated from to get some info, and there were several students walking around singing it. Flash cards were a great help, especially in kinesiology. One of the best test taking tips I ever got was to read through the whole test first, before even picking up a pencil.  You will often pick up clues to answers, or triggers to remember answers by reading all the questions first.