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Title: I think that the benefits of regional anatomy are the simplicity at organizing the information in your mind.


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I think that the benefits of regional anatomy are
the simplicity at organizing the information in
your mind.  I think that I will recall more
readily the bones, muscles, arteries, and nerves
that are in specific regions than memorizing them
separately.  It is better to look at one diagram
with all the information on it than looking at
one item, for example nerves, on several
different diagrams of different parts of the
body. The downside of regional anatomy is the
book.  If I need to look something up in the
book, I end up wasting a whole lot of study time
trying to find what I am looking for.  It would
be much easier if we had a book that went along
with our class.  I study mostly from the lecture
notes and pictures from the website and CD, but
sometimes I need to look something up and it is
difficult.
2
In my opinion there are both good and bad things
about both systematic and regional methods. The
regional method is better because you learn the
entire area at one time. Whereas, when learning
systematically you first learn the bones for the
entire body and then go back to learn the muscles
which would be more difficult. Also the regional
method is easier to remember the names because
you only do one area at a time. For example
muscles that extend the digits are something
digitorum. On the other hand, systematic could be
easier to do because you do each thing by itself.
You would remember the bones first and then the
other parts of the body. Whereas in regional
method you learn bones, muscles, nerves,
arteries, and sometimes organs, which can be a
lot to remember at one time. Also, I think for
testing purposes it would be easier to remember
if things were systematic method.
3
The regional approach to anatomy is better as far
as learning the muscles and bones all at once
while going over the specific body parts. It is
easier to visualize how the system works with
going over the region in the same time frame.
The system approach would be easier to learn the
reproductive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous,
and digestive systems as a whole instead of
breaking them down into regions because it is
easier to follow the whole system this way
instead of breaking it down into regions. I feel
that a mixture of both approaches would work well
in teaching an anatomy class.
4
I like the regional approach better because you
can learn how parts of the body function with
others that are located in the same region. For
example, how the tibial nerve runs along with the
posterior tibial artery through the muscles in
the leg. It is also nice to learn the muscles
that are innervated by the nerves in the same
section so it "clicks" or "makes sense." On the
other hand, a systematic approach would be easier
because it isn't so detailed with having to know
how and where muscles attach to bones or how the
muscle is innervated, and being able to
concentrate completely on characteristics of the
system being studied.
5
I believe there are definite advantages and
disadvantages to both teaching methods of anatomy
(i.e. regional vs. systems). As you know, the
systems approach focuses on body systems
individually. This method is less complex and
easier for the "beginner" student of anatomy to
grasp. It also allows the individual systems to
be covered in a bit more detail than the regional
method. However, its downside is that it
disassociates important functional relationships
between body structures. (Thus key relationships
between structures are often overlooked.) The
regional approach (which we follow in class)
emphasizes the functional and 3-D relationships
between the various systems and structures. In
my opinion, this is its biggest benefit.
However, it can be confusing or overwhelming to a
"beginner" anatomy student as it assumes that the
student already has a certain level of knowledge
about the various systems and body organization.
Also -- when following this method within a tight
timeframe, it forces the instructor to provide
less detail about certain subject matter.
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Here is my opinion on the different ways to teach
anatomy. When teaching anatomy it may be better
to teach systematically, meaning one system at a
time because that way the student can learn
everything there is to know about that one
system. Over the course of time when being taught
that way, when you have been taught all the
systems it will make sense at the end of the
course. It can be like putting a puzzle together,
first you do the borders then you might do the
sky and then another part but when all is said
and done you get to see the entire picture.  When
you learn anatomy one system at a time by the
time you are done with all the systems of the
body you understand the entire picture. Another
way to learn anatomy is by regions. This to me
makes the most sense. With this system you learn
all there is to know about each region. It is
nice to be able to learn the muscles of say the
lower extremities and not only know what they are
but what they do and what gives them blood and
feeling. It helps to be able to put each of the
little puzzles together and then once you have
gone through each region then you can see the BIG
picture. This way to me makes the most sense even
though it can be very overwhelming at times. I
suppose each method gives the same information so
I suppose it is a personal preference on which
way you would prefer to learn it.
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I believe that the regional approach is a good
way to view the body. By looking at the body by a
regional view, it allows the chance to look at
not only the bones of the arm for example, but
the muscles that go with the arm. It seems to
make more sense to say here is the humerus and
all of its muscles that make this arm function.
The same thing with the legs and the body
organs. The systematic approach isn't a bad
idea, because you can learn all of the bones of
the body then the muscles on different time
periods. But it kind of doesn't seem to make
sense to do it that way, because by the time you
have learned all of the bones, then have to go
and learn the muscles, it seems like you would
have forgotten some of the bones, which apply to
the muscles you just learned. It sounds easier to
just learn all the bones, then the muscles, then
the organs, but by the time you have to put it
all together, it seems to me that it would almost
be impossible. You would have to remember so much
in order for it all to fit together and make
sense. I personally prefer the regional
approach, but the systematic approach would be
fine. I guess it is all about how each method is
taught.
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The regional method is favored by medical schools
because injuries and diseases involve specific
body regions. Therefore, if you are a surgeon you
would need to know the structure of each body
region in depth. Learning each structure in a
body region may be easier because you are
learning everything about that one section at a
time. But it may be harder for some, because
there is so much to remember. If you are just
learning muscles then you can focus only on the
muscles and not have to worry about the bones and
the arteries and nerves until you come to them.
This is my first time taking anatomy so I do not
know which approach is better but I think the
regional approach is difficult. It says in the
book that the "systemic approach is the approach
taken in most college anatomy classes and in this
book". It also says that the systemic approach is
best for relating structure to function. In
systemic, all the organs with related functions
are studied together. We were told in the
beginning that "form follows function". In my
opinion I think it would be less difficult to
learn one system at a time and maybe go more in
depth with that one system such as the nervous
system. Learn everything there is to learn about
the nervous system and each of the plexus's
before you come to the muscle groups. I think it
would make more sense and be easier to remember
but that's just my opinion. I had never heard of
a plexus before this class. We cover so much
information in class it is hard to sort it all
out so I think it would be easier to cover one
system at a time. I am obviously not a medical
student so maybe the systemic approach would be
better for me. Then again as you mentioned in the
beginning you thought it worked better to cover a
region at a time because doing it the other way,
some students have forgotten what goes with what.
9
Regional versus systemic For me, regional seems
more logical. It is easier to associate how each
component correlates to that region rather than,
as in systemic (i.e. learning all the bones, then
all the muscles, where they attach and their
associated action, then the vessels and where
they insert) having to go back and
forth. Systemic versus regional Although
systemic requires going back and forth, the
components would be repeated and it would be
necessary to remember each part as additional
components are added. Regional has its
disadvantages in repetition as once an area is
covered in entirety, it is easy to forget the
"other" and focus on the "new" region.
10
Regional Anatomy offers a more comprehensive look
at the body by combining bones, muscles, vessels,
nerves and a little physiology, section by
section. It integrates the structure and
functions of the particular body region and helps
to relate the regions, one to another. The only
drawback I can see is the quantity of material
presented at once. If you miss anything, it can
mess up everything! Systematic Anatomy offers
the opportunity to study one system in its
entirety, at a time. (Bones, Muscles,
Neuro-vascular, organs, etc.) The benefit of
this approach would appear to be an intense
concentration applied to the system, and then
"layering" the systems together to complete the
picture. The disadvantage (to me) would be
having to memorize all the bones, muscles, etc.
and then trying to remember them later to put all
the systems together.
11
The regional approach may be better than the
systems approach because it takes a certain
region/compartment of the body and breaks down
all the bones, muscles, nerves, and arteries.
When you learn the regional approach, then you
will know everything that goes in the upper
extremity or the lower extremity or the abdomen.
This will help you to know the functions of the
bones, muscles, nerves, and arteries that are
included in a region/compartment of the body. I
think the regional approach is very good, even
though it seems like a lot of information to
learn. The systems approach may be better than
the regional approach because you learn all the
bones, then all the muscles, etc. This approach
might helps students to learn more if they know
all the bones, and all the muscles, etc. Then
they could go back and put the muscles with bones
and nerves and arteries. It just depends on how
you learn as to which approach you like best.
12
Anatomy is a difficult subject, it contains a lot
of information. However, I think that a regional
approach to anatomy is a better way of learning.
This way everything seems to come together and
makes sense much quicker. Regional may also be
better because with a systems method it may
difficult to remember every specific part, in
order to build on your prior knowledge. On the
other hand a systems method may be better because
you get to learn all about the particular system
at one time. However, I feel like the regional
method is better because you learn everything
about the area, how it works, what may go wrong,
this makes you feel like everything is finally
coming together.
13
I believe that the regional approach to anatomy
is better because it is easier for we, as
students to understand. Especially students who
have no previous exposure to anatomy. I believe
it would be very confusing trying to learn the
muscles of the upper extremity at the same time
you are learning the lower extremity. There are
so many similarities such as extensors, flexors,
digiti minimis, and so forth. I would probably
have to take this class three times instead the
of two I have already, if the systems approach
were being taught. I believe the systems
approach would be better for students who have
already had some previous knowledge of the human
body. This way they could associate what they
already know into the complete system and how it
works together with the other systems.
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The regional approach I feel is better for
learning anatomy. As a nursing major I can see
how this is approach will benefit me in the long
run. There are no times that I can think of that
I will need to know the whole muscular system at
one time, but there are plenty of times when I
will need to know about the whole upper extremity
or lower extremity. Knowing what muscles are
innervated by what nerve in relation to the blood
supply will be handy when it comes to treating
patients. When there is an injury in say the leg
I will be able to assess which muscles have been
affected because of limited movement in certain
areas. Whereas had I learned it systemically I
may have not learned the leg in such great
detail. I may not know that the injury has to be
affecting this muscle because of limited movement
in that area.
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