Anatomy & Physiology B/C

[PianoDoc]

Speaking from experience, reading textbooks is the way to go. There are many resources online that provide plenty of valuable information. One such resource that I've found to be particularly useful is the OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology textbook. It is available for download for FREE, and it covers the basics of what you ought to know in relatively decent depth. Just google it and do some clicking. I recommend that you read at a relaxed pace, taking in as much as you can and constantly reviewing what you read to make sure that you really understand what you just read. Don't be afraid to google anything that you are confused about, especially anatomical images. Speaking of images, zygotebody.com and innerbody.com have great 3-D models that can really help you understand the anatomical portion of this event. Tests rarely go too in depth with physiology, but you can learn a lot of that stuff from textbook reading. I also recommend looking at the rules for this event to see what you ought to be focusing on as you read (although you should read everything in the textbook on the systems). For specific textbooks, Saladin and Tortora/Derrickson (and OpenStax) are good for basic information, while any flipbook/Google Images/anatomical atlas (Netter/Thieme) can teach you anatomy through constant and eclectic repetition. I've spent only about 100 hours so far this year in this event (and my partner has done about the same) and we've managed to get first at many big invitationals (MIT/WSU). Ultimately, it comes down to passion for this event. As boring as it may at first, you'll eventually start to develop interest for the vast network of intricacies that is the human body. And medalling is pretty awesome.

Could you please tell us how were the tests for the invitationals you went to? We still haven't had regionals, and my Coach didn't want us to go to any invitationals, so right now I'm kinda blind on the difficulty of the tests... Thanks!

Why isn't your coach letting your school go to invitationals? I feel like that's anything but conducive to success.

[Unome]

Speaking from experience, reading textbooks is the way to go. There are many resources online that provide plenty of valuable information. One such resource that I've found to be particularly useful is the OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology textbook. It is available for download for FREE, and it covers the basics of what you ought to know in relatively decent depth. Just google it and do some clicking. I recommend that you read at a relaxed pace, taking in as much as you can and constantly reviewing what you read to make sure that you really understand what you just read. Don't be afraid to google anything that you are confused about, especially anatomical images. Speaking of images, zygotebody.com and innerbody.com have great 3-D models that can really help you understand the anatomical portion of this event. Tests rarely go too in depth with physiology, but you can learn a lot of that stuff from textbook reading. I also recommend looking at the rules for this event to see what you ought to be focusing on as you read (although you should read everything in the textbook on the systems). For specific textbooks, Saladin and Tortora/Derrickson (and OpenStax) are good for basic information, while any flipbook/Google Images/anatomical atlas (Netter/Thieme) can teach you anatomy through constant and eclectic repetition. I've spent only about 100 hours so far this year in this event (and my partner has done about the same) and we've managed to get first at many big invitationals (MIT/WSU). Ultimately, it comes down to passion for this event. As boring as it may at first, you'll eventually start to develop interest for the vast network of intricacies that is the human body. And medalling is pretty awesome.

Could you please tell us how were the tests for the invitationals you went to? We still haven't had regionals, and my Coach didn't want us to go to any invitationals, so right now I'm kinda blind on the difficulty of the tests... Thanks!

Why isn't your coach letting your school go to invitationals? I feel like that's anything but conducive to success.

Probably travel time; Missouri has one Div B invitational (~3 hours from St. Louis area) and one invitational on the other side of the IL-MO border; the rest of the IL invitationals are in the Chicago area.

[sciolyFTW_aku]

MIT's test this year was rather similar to that of last year, at least in terms of format (you can find last year's test on their website). The test was easy but very lengthy, and my partner and I barely managed to finish in time. The test was split into 3 sections, with each system being one section. They basically covered everything on the event rules, with none of the questions really going too much in depth. The muscular system section had soooo many labeling questions. I spent at least a solid 25 minutes just labeling as fast as I could, thinking all the while that the winner would be whoever could write faster lol.

On of our former students made the test, heard it was really lengthy...

Could you please tell us how were the tests for the invitationals you went to? We still haven't had regionals, and my Coach didn't want us to go to any invitationals, so right now I'm kinda blind on the difficulty of the tests... Thanks!

Why isn't your coach letting your school go to invitationals? I feel like that's anything but conducive to success.

Probably travel time; Missouri has one Div B invitational (~3 hours from St. Louis area) and one invitational on the other side of the IL-MO border; the rest of the IL invitationals are in the Chicago area.

That's not the reason, but good guess! Our coach doesn't want to show others our building contraptions, so hope that we'll surprise everyone at regionals!

[Unome]

Why isn't your coach letting your school go to invitationals? I feel like that's anything but conducive to success.

Probably travel time; Missouri has one Div B invitational (~3 hours from St. Louis area) and one invitational on the other side of the IL-MO border; the rest of the IL invitationals are in the Chicago area.

That's not the reason, but good guess! Our coach doesn't want to show others our building contraptions, so hope that we'll surprise everyone at regionals![/quote]
You could always just go and compete only in academic events; that's what Auburn does.

[Magikarpmaster629]

Why isn't your coach letting your school go to invitationals? I feel like that's anything but conducive to success.

Probably travel time; Missouri has one Div B invitational (~3 hours from St. Louis area) and one invitational on the other side of the IL-MO border; the rest of the IL invitationals are in the Chicago area.

That's not the reason, but good guess! Our coach doesn't want to show others our building contraptions, so hope that we'll surprise everyone at regionals!

You could always just go and compete only in academic events; that's what Auburn does.[/quote]
Our team just didn't have the funds to go to invitationals...Also that all the good ones are too far away.

Meanwhile, our quizbowl team goes to competitions by bus every other week!

[alexamezaga1]

Could you please tell us how were the tests for the invitationals you went to? We still haven't had regionals, and my Coach didn't want us to go to any invitationals, so right now I'm kinda blind on the difficulty of the tests... Thanks!

Didn't do as well as pianodoc, but at MIT, the test was 330 questions long (297 multiple choice/short answer and 33 free response), but the free response was usually multi-part. The test was thorough, but not hard per se. For me, the hardest part was muscle labeling, because I often couldn't see the muscle origin and insertion. You won't finish unless both you and your partner are really familiar with the information. For state, however, I doubt the tests will be that long, and the average length at invitationals I've seen is around 100 questions, usually a multiple choice section with basic (for me) information and one page front and back of short free response.

Thanks! I think my partner and I will be able to tackle about 350-400 questions in 1 hour if they let us split up the test

No way - that's almost impossible

[Unome]

Didn't do as well as pianodoc, but at MIT, the test was 330 questions long (297 multiple choice/short answer and 33 free response), but the free response was usually multi-part. The test was thorough, but not hard per se. For me, the hardest part was muscle labeling, because I often couldn't see the muscle origin and insertion. You won't finish unless both you and your partner are really familiar with the information. For state, however, I doubt the tests will be that long, and the average length at invitationals I've seen is around 100 questions, usually a multiple choice section with basic (for me) information and one page front and back of short free response.

Thanks! I think my partner and I will be able to tackle about 350-400 questions in 1 hour if they let us split up the test

No way - that's almost impossible

^won the event at Nationals last year

Edit: has it always automatically removed the innermost quote?

[Uber]

Idk, I just edit it out manually to prevent stupid notifications.

[sciolyFTW_aku]

No way - that's almost impossible

Think about it for a moment. If you split the test up, you are doing 175-200 questions. That means you're answering about 3 questions a minutes, or 20 seconds a question. 20 seconds. For this event, you should be able to answer a multiple choice question, label a muscle, or explain something in 20 seconds.

[Uber]

Think about it for a moment. If you split the test up, you are doing 175-200 questions. That means you're answering about 3 questions a minutes, or 20 seconds a question. 20 seconds. For this event, you should be able to answer a multiple choice question, label a muscle, or explain something in 20 seconds.

Very true, especially for integumentary questions. Those usually take less than 10 seconds a piece, and I've successfully done 40 questions in less than 7 minutes with 90% accuracy (even if it was a fluke). Muscles identification takes me like 30 seconds each