The Unofficial Guide to First Year - University of Oklahoma Health ...

UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
the first couple of lectures. Some professors are nice enough that they might
hint at these questions during their lecture, so pay close attention to that! For
our class, these points were calculated into our grade and constituted a nice
buffer for any mishaps that may have occurred on tests. But I’m not sure what
the ARS policy will be for you all. Be sure to attend all anatomy lectures in
order to get these points! If you get all of your ARS points, theoretically you can
get all B’s on your tests and still get an A in the class. Don’t be a fool, go to
school.
TEXTS
MOORE: This book is actually the official textbook of the course. While many
people do not even bother to buy Moore’s, others swear by it. This year I would
recommend it. If you are the sort of person who needs more text to read instead
of the bare details printed in Chung’s, then Moore is the book for you. This
book also has beautifully illustrated anatomical pictures, complete explanations,
excellent summary tables, and many clinical application sections. Moore’s has
the best brachial plexus table ever. Period.
CHUNG: As I’ve already mentioned, this is your primary source for study. Dr.
Chung himself will tell you that his book should be your “Bible.” Moreover,
since he is an anatomy god and you will use it for boards, I would take his advice.
So, if you don’t get anything else from reading this: Go and buy Chung’s book
ASAP.
ATLASES: Anatomy is out of necessity a visual course, and thus diagrams and
cadavers are of paramount importance if you expect to do well. The most
popular atlas of anatomy is Netter’s. Others have used Rohen’s Atlas, which
contains pictures of magnificently dissected bodies for lab. While Rohen’s has
been an asset in the past, it is becoming increasingly unnecessary with all the
discussion videos now available on Hippocrates. Therefore, having only Netter’s
is sufficient for the course.
-“Oh yeah, number 34 was the prostate”
-“ That’s impossible, the body was a female…”
-“What? Wait, son of a…!!!”
LAB
While the written examinations in Gross Anatomy will test you over anatomical
theory, the dissection, or “practical” examinations, will test you over your ability
to identify the structures that you dissect during lab. While many students (if
not all) agree that the practical exam is easier than the written exam, you will not
do well on either unless you thoroughly study each portion of Gross Anatomy.
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