Anatomy Terms Lists

You may already be familiar with the handy lists of the literal meanings of anatomy terms that you may encounter in a typical human anatomy and physiology course.

These are discussed in the following blog articles:

• Translating Muscle Names
• Learning Bones & Skeletal Features

In addition to the printable handouts that have been available for some time, I've also recently added interactive web versions to the Lion Den website. Here's a preview:

Click the image (at the blog) to enlarge the table to see details.

The muscle names list is found at lionden.com/muscle-names.htm

The list of bone marking types is found at lionden.com/bone-names-2.htm

The list of names of individual bones and markings is found at lionden.com/bone-names.htm

To download the printable handout versions of these lists go to lionden.com/downloads.htm

All of the links above require a free membership in the Lion Den.


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Updated Teaching Resources and RSS feeds

Today the pages focused on resources for A&P teachers were updated. Links to these pages can be found at lionden.com/ap_teacher_resource.htm

Also updated are the RSS feeds that are found near the bottom of most anatomy & physiology related pages.  The posts from feeds now shows up in a different format that is more compatible with the overall design of the Lion Den website.

The feeds are also categorized as "for A&P students" or "for A&P teachers" to better focus the user.  Teacher-related content appears only on pages that are specifically directed to teachers.  Student-related content appears on all A&P-related pages.

The change in feeds also represents a move to a different feed aggregator than used previously. Read More!

Handbook of Anatomy & Physiology

Last week I added a new page in the Lion Den describing a new tool for your A&P learning toolbox:

Mosby's Handbook of Anatomy & Physiology

First introduced a decade ago, this popular pocket guide has been completely updated with newly revised content and an almost complete redraw of the illlustrations.

Many A&P students have found this guide useful in their first A&P course.  But they've also found that it's a great tool to have in their pockets during later courses, especially clinical experiences, and even in their jobs, as they've needed a quick refresher on essential structures & functions of the human body.

Many clinicians find the Handbook of A&P to be a great tool for patient teaching.  The diagrams and tables often help explain basic anatomy or physiology to a patient trying to understand their health condition or a medical procedure.

The handbook is also useful in other professions such as insurance, art illustration, law enforcement, fashion, fitness,  and business, when knowing about the structure or function of the body (or its parts) is helpful to getting the job done right.

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New edition of Survival Guide for A&P

Over the past weekend, I updated the page regarding the Survival Guide for A&P, which has recently come out in a second, expanded edition.

Some of the new features include: 

• Two additional sections on key study skills, bringing the total to 12.
• Expanded tables on muscles and bones that include pronunciation guides and literal translations of each structure listed.
• More of those popular cartoons highlighting principles and analogies covered in the guide.
• More analogies and models to help student get some of the common sticky points in the A&P course.
• New sections on text anxiety, using digital tools for learning, and English as a second language.
• A lot more!

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Updated "Bone Names" page

I recently added additional advice to the page Bone Names in the Field Guide to the Body series:

Plain Latin

Yeah, I know it would be SO much easier if bone names were in plain English. But they're not, and no amount of whining (I've discovered) is going to change that.

But bone names are in plain "everyday" Latin. Meaning that most bone names are simple—and I meanreally simple—Latin words and phrases. For example, the bone name tibia sounds weird to us but it's simply "shin-bone" in Latin. Likewise, humerus is "arm," sternum is "breast-bone," and femur is simply "thigh."

And some terms you know already, because the Latin name is also the English name. For example, you already know rib, skull, and pelvis.

The point is that it makes learning bone names far easier if you approach it as simply learning new names for things you (pretty much) already know.

Let's look at this approach a little more closely . . . click Bone Names for more

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Added page on mnemonics for A&P

Today I added a new page in the Study Tips & Tools section of the Lion Den.  This one outlines the use of mnemonic devices (memory aids) in studying A&P.

Mnemonics are particularly useful for remembering lists.

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Reading strategies

Today I added a new video to my Reading Strategies page at lionden.com/reading.htm

Or you can view it here.

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New concept map video

I've added another video to the Study Tips & Tools page on Concept Maps:

lionden.com/concept_maps.htm

This video is a pencast that shows you how to get started with concept mapping with a simple, easy-to-use approach.

Want to find out more about using pencasts to study A&P?

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New videos, new navigation, newsletter, and more!

Today I made the following updates to the Lion Den website:

•  Added videos to these Study Tips & Tools pages 
• Concept Maps
• Concept Lists
• Taking Tests
  
• Added a button at the bottom of each page, enabling users to subscribe to the Lion Den Newsletter
  
• Added specific Lion Tracks "breadcrumb" navigation hints to top of several pages in the Study Tips & Tools  collection
  
• Migrated the Patton Fan Club page from the legacy site

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New feature: Pencasts

I've recently added the first in what I hope will be a series of pencasts.  These are quick, handwritten and often narrated overviews of individual anatomy & physiology concepts.

The first pencast is a quick overview of bone cell actions. It quickly runs through the main actions of osteoblasts and osteoclasts.

Hopefully, other pencasts will soon follow.

If you'd like to make your own pencasts, you can do that with a Livescribe 2 GB Pulse Smartpen or similar model.  If you have one that you think would help other users of Lion Den, be sure to pass it along! Read More!

New video on using flash cards

I just added a new video that offers some practical tips for using study cards to reduce your study time and get a solid foundation in learning any topic.  This video also includes some surprising advanced techniques that show how to use flash cards to also learn higher-level thinking in any subject. Includes discussion of the Leitner system (plus Patton's adaptation of the Leitner system), color codes and symbols, using cards to learn processes and ordered structures, and using cards to build concept maps (mind maps).

You can find this video, along with other tips on using flash cards at the newly updated page New Terms at http://lionden.com/new_terms.htm Read More!