Spring quarter 2013
For technically being on "academic probation" anatomy was NOT the class to be in but thankfully it was my ONLY class this quarter and I passed with a C+. This is considered to be a good grade for how difficult the class is, but unfortunately, isn't good enough for my cumulative GPA for consideration into the nursing program so a repeat is immanent.
The subject of human anatomy is truly fascinating and one I very much looked forward to but the amount of information crammed into 11 short weeks was more than my brain could handle. It was everything I thought it would be; interesting, overwhelming, mind-blowing, gross, fun.... And more: above all else, it was hands down the most memorization- intense class I have taken so far.
I was handed seemingly endless lists of things to memorize for this course and I have so much more room in my brain than I ever even imagined:
206 bones plus markings? Sure no problem.
10 organ systems? Check.
A mere 10 percent of our body's muscles plus actions and innervations? You got it.
Nerves? Veins? Arteries? Definitely.
The part I disliked most? The cat dissection. This lasted about 8 weeks and was actually a disappointment because I thought we used human cadavers (gasp!) to learn on. The cat dissection alone is worthy of it's own post but I won't go into too much detail right now. Overall I think it wasn't entirely relevant to what we need to know. There are some differences between human muscles and cat muscles and they are obviously very small and difficult to learn on. It was common to accidentally cut off and remove an entire muscle or sever a nerve/vein/artery. It just made for a frustrating experience and it was pretty gross. We did also dissect a cow eye and heart which was pretty cool!
To sum it up.... I had so much fun I thought I would do it again (not)!... Gotta bring my C+ to an A (or at least a B).
Round 2 (Fall quarter 2013) starts tomorrow and back to anatomy I go! BRING IT ON.
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