Revision Summaries
At the beginning of learning anatomy, I was worried it will be hard to learn all this information by heart. Surprisingly, there is a lot to understand in anatomy, so it’s not just blind memorisation. I ended up really enjoying the subject. Perhaps you will, too! 🙂 Below I’ve listed some of the summaries I used to learn things by heart for the 1st year anatomy exam.
1. Overview of Structures at Different Vertebra Levels
Knowing which structure is at which vertebra level is useful but also a popular exam question. This summary lists all levels mentioned in our 1st year anatomy handouts on one page.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/levelscriedingerpdf/9325325
2. Classification of Joints
Also very popular in exams. Lists the important joints on a single page.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/classificationjointscriedingerpdf/9325323
3. Overview of Cranial Nerves
A colour-coded table summarising the most important facts about the cranial nerves.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/cranialnervescriedingerpdf/9325322
4. Overview of Cranial Nerves carrying Parasympathetics
This is an overview where the parasympathetic fibres originate and run, which cranial nerves carry and then finally distribute them.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/parasympatheticscriedingerpdf/9325320
5. Overview of Cranial Foramina
Another favourite of 1st year anatomy. There are plenty of great pictures showing the foramina in the different cranial fossae, but not so many showing where the foramina actually lead to. That’s what this document is for, I found it quite useful to understand how things relate.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/overview-cranial-foramina/9610634
6. Overview of Spinal Nerve Contributions to Named Nerves
This is good to know for the 1st year exams and definitely remains important for clinical as well.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/nervelevelscriedingerpdf/9325326
An easy way of learning muscles
When I tried to study muscles for the 1st year anatomy exam, I got very frustrated: No book ever presented all the useful information at a glance. Instead of understanding/memorising, I spent most of my time jumping between different resources, wasting a lot of time. I therefore prepared notes combining essential information in table format with a simple drawing, uploaded here.
1. An Easy Way to Learn Upper Limb and Shoulder Muscles
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/learning-upper-limb-muscles/10764323
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/an-easy-way-to-learn-shoulder-muscles/11105732
2. An Easy Way to Learn Lower Limb and Hip Muscles
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/an-easy-way-to-learn-muscles-of-the-lower-limb/10766926
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/c-riedinger-muscleship/11077636