Practicum 1 Review

By Huy Pham
 Exam Structure
• Practicum can have 140-215 questions,
including extra credit
• 99.9% of stations have 5 questions
• 3 C-level, 1 B-level, 1 A-level
• Always a few extra credit stations which
don’t count towards the 50 pts
• 2.5 minutes per station, 30 seconds per
question
• Usually 30 minutes of free roaming time
after everyone completes the exam.
 Tips
• Repetition. Anatomy is memorization, not much interpretation.
• Labeling helps. White out pictures and see if you can fill in the
labels on your own.
• Don’t worry about time. You have more than enough time to finish
your exam. You can always go back. The timer is there to get the
faster students out.
• Pay attention the questions. READ THEM CAREFULLY.
• Use your lab manual as a list of what you need to know. Don’t rely
on the pictures. Take your list, find the structures in your textbook
or in other resources.
• Take advantage of the HOAG lab (ADAM and Netter) as well as the
library (a whole shelf of atlases upstairs).
 Tips
• Remember to make a key for your abbreviations.
Abbreviations will save you time and space on your
exam. They are a must, but you need to be very neat
and very careful.
• Spelling counts.
• Don’t forget your “of the’s”. It’s better to be
overboard on them. Just make sure you don’t give an
incorrect of the. EG: piston/engine/car when you are
referring to a boat.
• Left and rights for all paired structures.
• Don’t waste lab time. Go to open labs. You paid for it.
 ADAM and Netter
• ADAM and Netter Tutorial.
 Review
• Do not overlook the first 2 labs
• Know the systems, planes, regional terms.
• Kohler is very important, not just on the exam.
You will need to know how to put a microscope
in Kohler for the rest of the semester.
• The parts of the microscope are important as
well. Again, not just for the exam. TA’s and
instructors expect you to know the parts.
• Cell structure: be ready to label
organelles.

• Mitosis: just study pictures. They

models and slides that we use will be
representative.

• Study these, they are easy points

 Histology
• Histology and the ability to use a microscope
are VITAL to your success in anatomy.
• Primary tissues are a way for you to train your
eyes.
• You will encounter histology again in EVERY
unit.
• Don’t rely on google for your images. Online
pictures might not be stained like ours. Spend
time with the microscopes in class and in open
lab.
• You can take pictures with your camera.
 Histology: Types of
Questions
• Name this tissue (Simple Squamous
Epithelial Tissue, Blood Connective
Tissue)
• Never forget the primary tissue type in
your answer
• Where can this tissue be found? (lining
of blood vessels)
• Name this structure. (elastic fiber of the
elastic cartilage connective tissue)
• Name this space. (lacunae of the
hyaline cartilage connective tissue)
Simple Squamous Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Squamous Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Squamous Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Cuboidal Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Columnar Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Columnar Epithelial
Tissue
Simple Columnar Epithelial
Tissue
Pseudostratified columnar
epithelium
Pseudostratified columnar
epithelium
Pseudostratified columnar
epithelium
Transitional Epithelial Tissue
Transitional Epithelial Tissue
Transitional Epithelial Tissue
Stratified Squamous
Epithelial Tissue
Stratified Squamous
Epithelial Tissue
Stratified Squamous
Epithelial Tissue
Stratified Squamous
Epithelial Tissue
Areolar Connective Tissue
Adipose Connective Tissue
Reticular Connective Tissue
Reticular Connective Tissue
Reticular Connective Tissue
Reticular Connective Tissue
Dense Regular Connective
Tissue
Dense Regular Connective
Tissue
Dense Regular Connective
Tissue
Dense Regular Connective
Tissue
Dense Irregular Connective
Tissue
Dense Irregular Connective
Tissue
Dense Irregular Connective
Tissue
Elastic Connective Tissue
Hyaline Cartilage
Connective Tissue
Hyaline Cartilage
Connective Tissue
Hyaline Cartilage
Connective Tissue
Fibrocartilage Connective
Tissue
Fibrocartilage Connective
Tissue
Fibrocartilage Connective
Tissue
Fibrocartilage Connective
Tissue
Elastic Cartilage Connective
Tissue
Osseus Connective Tissue
Osseus Connective Tissue
Blood Connective Tissue
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Smooth Muscle Tissue
Smooth Muscle Tissue
Nervous Tissue