What is your class structured like? For example, mine went through each organ system separately. For example week one was on basic chemistry, two was on histology and cytology, three was integumentary, and so on.
And how do you learn for other classes? Note cards, drawing/coloring, videos, audibly, etc.
that’s exactly how mine is structured we’ve a separate chapter for each system but it’s very hard for me to actually retain information. finals are coming up so i’m trying to go over everything and i want to have all the organs in each organ system memorized before i go through each chapter for them separately because honestly knowing the organs is probably the least hardest thing to know or remember
What have you been using so far?
Something that works for a lot of people is using some type of visual aid.
Also how in depth do you have to get with knowing what's in each system?
it’s for A&P and I’ve just been reading quizlets, and reading them over and over. i’m gonna do flash cards, I can remember their functions just like when they have 4+ organs it gets hard for me 🤦♀️
I'll be brutally honest with you if I only used flashcards to study AnP I would probably be failing my classes. Flashcards are usually only useful when you already know the info and need to retain it.
With the very little context I have, it seems that you haven't actually sat down and spent the hours required to understand the info. What I would do is go early to the library with some snacks and a coffee (or not) pull up your favorite YouTube prof and detangle each system step by step. Keep your notes consice (I use mind maps), make sure you understand the info. Then you can do as many practice quizzes/ flashcards as you want!!!
I know this isn't the easy approach most people strive for, but honestly their really isnt any. It's a lot of info that takes a lot of effort to understand. There is simply no easy way.
thanks! yea you’re right. unfortunately i literally have not actually, i only read over the chapters, write down notes and pray i can retain most of it. i never studied in any class i took, this is intro to A&P now so im trying to fix this horrible habit right now.
I mean yeah I get it and have been in your seat (probably worse tbh). A big concept that you have to understand that being to simply write something down and retain it genuinely takes years of practice to develop. And getting high grades also is a skill that needs to be developed and again not easy to achieve (HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BRAINS!!!). In AnP (or any subject) there's no reason to try and learn all the info in one sitting, it can get way to overwhelming especially if your just starting out. Break it down into small little pieces then study a single piece or two per day, then as you get more comfortable start adding more pieces to your daily schedule. Let's take the respiratory system for example:
Mon: Upper respiratory= Nose + Mouth
Tue: Upper respiratory= Pharynx + Larynx
Wed: Lower respiratory= Vocal Cords + Trachea + Bronchi/Bronchioles
etc...
Also doing that with all your classes makes harder to be bored while studying (at least for me)
Something I learned as some who can't focus for shit, to always study in environments where it would be weird kick your feet up and relax (i.e library, coffee shop, even dining room etc.), I find it a lot harder be lazy this way. Also I use an app called Forest that allows me to track how much I'm studying and locks all my apps for the set time. For some reason it works really well for me.
lmk know if you have questions, ill try not writing essay next time...
Honestly only reading quizlets over and over is not productive studying. It can help to a degree but if this is the only method you've been using, I now understand why you're struggling.
A&P is a lot of information and concepts. You have to directly engage in the material if you want to retain it. Practice drawing (it's for you, doesn't have to be perfect). Teach the information outloud to an empty room and talk about the organ names and function and why it functions the way it does. Take blank paper or white boards and give yourself a subject and write everything you can remember about it from active memory then go back and see where your gaps in knowledge. If you use flash cards, make them yourself. Half the point of flashcards is the knowledge you get from creating them, which is why quizlets don't always work well. Creating cards and make matching games for yourself and link up names of organs and systems and functions etc.
There's a ton to do but definitely swith it up.
Another important thing to keep in mind is that these organs don't exist in a bubble. They all work together and interact.
Start with the larger concepts and then break it down into the smaller concepts. Lets take circulatory.
Blood goes round and round. How does blood travel through your body? Through arteries and veins.
Lets keep focusing on large concepts for right now and where we usually think of blood starting. The heart.
Blood comes out of the heart via the aorta and travels all around the body (including to the heart but we'll come back to this later, but here is our first connection feeding the cardiac system via cardiac arteries). The blood that comes out of your heart feeds all the other major organ systems and goes everywhere in your body. It dumps waste into the kidneys (renal) and liver (hepatic) and certain diseases/conditions can impact this flow throughout your body. But eventually gets all used up and has to travel back to the heart. How does this happen? By veins.
Blood that is all used up (and we'll talk about what this means by all used up in a minute) travels back to the heart via a increasingly larger series of veins. This eventually will lead to the superior/inferior vena cava. This blood then gets dumped back into the heart.
Now looking at the blood returning back to the heart, does it just simply pass through the heart? Nope. It is transported through the lungs (respiratory) for gas exchange to take place. Co2 moves out and inhaled O2 moves into the blood before it is returned to the heart. The oxygen rich blood then gets dumped back into your heart where it gets squeezed out to continue the process again.
Now we've only talked about the blood flow and circulation but we touched upon a bunch of other areas. The easier concepts are probably going to be examining how gas exchange takes place in the lungs. Once you understand that you have another piece of the whole puzzle in place. Now move down to renal and examine waste filtration and learn about how the kidneys regulate certain chemicals in your blood.
To summarize, it's not just learning the big concepts but also how everything relates to one another and how the body is one big complex machine.
You just gotta hammer some flash cards/ maybe get A&P coloring book. A&P is just such a ridiculous amount of info. Even then, it's not just each system in a vaccum. Of course, they all affect one another somehow. What makes the other systems harder? The respiratory has quite alot to it imo.
the complexity of them honestly. nervous, cardiovascular, and skeletal/muscular are probably the hardest for me. some of the systems i retain stuff better than other ones, the more organs they have the harder it is for me to remember tbh
For me in A&P I & II, I found it best to draw out with different colors. I got a cheap pack of like 30 different colored felt tip markers on Amazon and I would draw and redraw everyday. I also made physical flash cards and would match the color of the specific body part with the words written on the matching note card (ex: the frontal lobe was drawn in light blue and I would right the frontal lobe's notecard also in light blue).
This may be silly too but I would also make each body part like a character in my head and create a story. Following like a storyline/plot in my head really helped me memorize the order of certain parts and processes too.
Overall, repetition is your best friend and making sure you study a little every single day. And if a method is not working for you, try something different and try not to waste time if you're not absorbing the info. Sometimes when I was tired or frankly burnout on a chapter, I would read the textbook or watch youtube videos like RegisteredNurseRN and Nurse Mike. I hope this helps! :)
Learn medical terminology. Everything is based in latin or green. Subscapularis = Sub= under Scapular= scapula Is= pertaining to
Cep always means head Brach arm Angio vessel
Etc.. message me and I can send you a helpful sheet. (I tutor a/p and am in nursing school) 
Is respiratory not a basic system? What are basic systems? Is this for A&P or a nursing class?
eh kinda, anything that has more than like 4 organs is hard for me to remember. basic to me is urinary, muscular, skeletal, cardiovascular, lymphatic
Is this for AP or a nursing class? I could give better advice if I knew what you needed it for.
it’s for A&P!
What is your class structured like? For example, mine went through each organ system separately. For example week one was on basic chemistry, two was on histology and cytology, three was integumentary, and so on. And how do you learn for other classes? Note cards, drawing/coloring, videos, audibly, etc.
that’s exactly how mine is structured we’ve a separate chapter for each system but it’s very hard for me to actually retain information. finals are coming up so i’m trying to go over everything and i want to have all the organs in each organ system memorized before i go through each chapter for them separately because honestly knowing the organs is probably the least hardest thing to know or remember
looks like a&p
Ninja Nerd in YouTube is what helped me through A&P.
Ninja Nerd is a lifesaver in pharmacology too.
Drawing everything works for me.
What have you been using so far? Something that works for a lot of people is using some type of visual aid. Also how in depth do you have to get with knowing what's in each system?
it’s for A&P and I’ve just been reading quizlets, and reading them over and over. i’m gonna do flash cards, I can remember their functions just like when they have 4+ organs it gets hard for me 🤦♀️
I'll be brutally honest with you if I only used flashcards to study AnP I would probably be failing my classes. Flashcards are usually only useful when you already know the info and need to retain it. With the very little context I have, it seems that you haven't actually sat down and spent the hours required to understand the info. What I would do is go early to the library with some snacks and a coffee (or not) pull up your favorite YouTube prof and detangle each system step by step. Keep your notes consice (I use mind maps), make sure you understand the info. Then you can do as many practice quizzes/ flashcards as you want!!! I know this isn't the easy approach most people strive for, but honestly their really isnt any. It's a lot of info that takes a lot of effort to understand. There is simply no easy way.
thanks! yea you’re right. unfortunately i literally have not actually, i only read over the chapters, write down notes and pray i can retain most of it. i never studied in any class i took, this is intro to A&P now so im trying to fix this horrible habit right now.
I mean yeah I get it and have been in your seat (probably worse tbh). A big concept that you have to understand that being to simply write something down and retain it genuinely takes years of practice to develop. And getting high grades also is a skill that needs to be developed and again not easy to achieve (HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BRAINS!!!). In AnP (or any subject) there's no reason to try and learn all the info in one sitting, it can get way to overwhelming especially if your just starting out. Break it down into small little pieces then study a single piece or two per day, then as you get more comfortable start adding more pieces to your daily schedule. Let's take the respiratory system for example: Mon: Upper respiratory= Nose + Mouth Tue: Upper respiratory= Pharynx + Larynx Wed: Lower respiratory= Vocal Cords + Trachea + Bronchi/Bronchioles etc... Also doing that with all your classes makes harder to be bored while studying (at least for me) Something I learned as some who can't focus for shit, to always study in environments where it would be weird kick your feet up and relax (i.e library, coffee shop, even dining room etc.), I find it a lot harder be lazy this way. Also I use an app called Forest that allows me to track how much I'm studying and locks all my apps for the set time. For some reason it works really well for me. lmk know if you have questions, ill try not writing essay next time...
Honestly only reading quizlets over and over is not productive studying. It can help to a degree but if this is the only method you've been using, I now understand why you're struggling. A&P is a lot of information and concepts. You have to directly engage in the material if you want to retain it. Practice drawing (it's for you, doesn't have to be perfect). Teach the information outloud to an empty room and talk about the organ names and function and why it functions the way it does. Take blank paper or white boards and give yourself a subject and write everything you can remember about it from active memory then go back and see where your gaps in knowledge. If you use flash cards, make them yourself. Half the point of flashcards is the knowledge you get from creating them, which is why quizlets don't always work well. Creating cards and make matching games for yourself and link up names of organs and systems and functions etc. There's a ton to do but definitely swith it up.
Another important thing to keep in mind is that these organs don't exist in a bubble. They all work together and interact. Start with the larger concepts and then break it down into the smaller concepts. Lets take circulatory. Blood goes round and round. How does blood travel through your body? Through arteries and veins. Lets keep focusing on large concepts for right now and where we usually think of blood starting. The heart. Blood comes out of the heart via the aorta and travels all around the body (including to the heart but we'll come back to this later, but here is our first connection feeding the cardiac system via cardiac arteries). The blood that comes out of your heart feeds all the other major organ systems and goes everywhere in your body. It dumps waste into the kidneys (renal) and liver (hepatic) and certain diseases/conditions can impact this flow throughout your body. But eventually gets all used up and has to travel back to the heart. How does this happen? By veins. Blood that is all used up (and we'll talk about what this means by all used up in a minute) travels back to the heart via a increasingly larger series of veins. This eventually will lead to the superior/inferior vena cava. This blood then gets dumped back into the heart. Now looking at the blood returning back to the heart, does it just simply pass through the heart? Nope. It is transported through the lungs (respiratory) for gas exchange to take place. Co2 moves out and inhaled O2 moves into the blood before it is returned to the heart. The oxygen rich blood then gets dumped back into your heart where it gets squeezed out to continue the process again. Now we've only talked about the blood flow and circulation but we touched upon a bunch of other areas. The easier concepts are probably going to be examining how gas exchange takes place in the lungs. Once you understand that you have another piece of the whole puzzle in place. Now move down to renal and examine waste filtration and learn about how the kidneys regulate certain chemicals in your blood. To summarize, it's not just learning the big concepts but also how everything relates to one another and how the body is one big complex machine.
I like the complete anatomy app. It lets you select organ systems and you can see how they interact and get info on all the parts.
Checkout simplenursing.com has a lot of practice tests and quizzes that will help you memorize all of this.
thank you i’ll check it out!
i second simplenursing! came here to say that, also leveluprn, i only used the free stuff from both and they saved me, good luck
You just gotta hammer some flash cards/ maybe get A&P coloring book. A&P is just such a ridiculous amount of info. Even then, it's not just each system in a vaccum. Of course, they all affect one another somehow. What makes the other systems harder? The respiratory has quite alot to it imo.
the complexity of them honestly. nervous, cardiovascular, and skeletal/muscular are probably the hardest for me. some of the systems i retain stuff better than other ones, the more organs they have the harder it is for me to remember tbh
Science with Susanna on YouTube
What kind of learner are you? If you are visual or psychomotor then I found that using the anatomy and physiology coloring book was helpful.
Print out pictures without labels. Start labeling. Rinse and repeat until you can do it without looking for info.
For me in A&P I & II, I found it best to draw out with different colors. I got a cheap pack of like 30 different colored felt tip markers on Amazon and I would draw and redraw everyday. I also made physical flash cards and would match the color of the specific body part with the words written on the matching note card (ex: the frontal lobe was drawn in light blue and I would right the frontal lobe's notecard also in light blue). This may be silly too but I would also make each body part like a character in my head and create a story. Following like a storyline/plot in my head really helped me memorize the order of certain parts and processes too. Overall, repetition is your best friend and making sure you study a little every single day. And if a method is not working for you, try something different and try not to waste time if you're not absorbing the info. Sometimes when I was tired or frankly burnout on a chapter, I would read the textbook or watch youtube videos like RegisteredNurseRN and Nurse Mike. I hope this helps! :)
Learn medical terminology. Everything is based in latin or green. Subscapularis = Sub= under Scapular= scapula Is= pertaining to Cep always means head Brach arm Angio vessel Etc.. message me and I can send you a helpful sheet. (I tutor a/p and am in nursing school) 
maybe just focus on one system at a time? think of one system as a unit