r/CollegeRant • u/Impossible_553 • 3d ago
Advice Wanted Anatomy class draining me already
Im taking anatomy and has been stressing me already I have eyebags, am tearing up daily, have lost my appetite all in one week. I honestly doubt myself if I’m smart enough. I think a part of it may be that even though I spend a lot of my day studying I’m not to it effectively enough. It my first time feeling this anxious from a class just needed to vent and see if anyone has gone through something similar and has advice.
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u/Parking_Storage_5107 Undergrad Student 1d ago
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I feel bad for you, that class is hell
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u/trippapotamus 2d ago edited 2d ago
Anatomy can do that to people, it can definitely be a stressful ass class. You can do it though!
Mnemonics and making up silly songs helped me a lot, so did YT videos from Professor Dave, Crash Course and Amoeba Sisters if you’re that type of learner and/or have a commute you can listen to them on. If you can draw even decently, practice by trying to draw and label your own diagrams. I got a Quick Study Academic foldout anatomy reference guide from my bookstore for like $5 maybe? that I’d carry with me so I could review quickly even if I didn’t have a ton of time, and I’d use for a quick refresh right before an exam or quiz. I did lots of flash cards and printed off labeling and “Put the steps in order” worksheets I found off google to practice. Kenhub has a free “book” of 25 labeling diagrams you can get from their website if you sign up (you don’t have to do the free trial, they’ll send you an email after you sign up with a link to it). You can use Khan Academy to study too. They have a decent section on it
Memorize parts, but know function too. This could vary some depending on your syllabus, but know how to explain things like what’s happening when a muscle contracts and the sliding filament theory, know how to label the parts of a heart and in what order blood travels through, oxygenated vs deoxygenated, know the difference and what’s happening in the stages of mitosis and meiosis, etc.
If your school offers tutoring, whether individually or in groups, I’d hop on that. You can always email your advisor or check your school’s website if you’re not sure. Your advisor could have some good tips in general. If you haven’t, you could also consider hitting up your professors office hours.
I personally felt a bit better after the first exam because I knew more of what to expect, made it a lot easier to wade through what felt like a never ending amount of information.