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sciolyFTW_aku wrote:Has anyone been to any invitationals? If so, how was the Anatomy test?

I've only been to one invitational so far, and that was Chattahoochee. I'll be at dodgen on Saturday, so I'll let you know how it was there.

The test at Chattahoochee was pretty decent in quality, but lacking in length (about 60 questions). It had some easy questions, some hard questions, with a few confusing diagrams thrown in. I placed 4th at that. Dodgen should be good though.

Thanks!

How advanced should I go? Right now, I'm adding things like FACIT collagen, serum albumin and alpha2-HS-glycoprotein for skeletal system :/

Uber wrote:How advanced should I go? Right now, I'm adding things like FACIT collagen, serum albumin and alpha2-HS-glycoprotein for skeletal system :/

Maybe not that advanced unless your preparing to just breeze through regionals and states and go straight to Nats... But kudos to you for going in so deep!! That takes a lot of work.

Sorry for double posting, but had to ask a question...

Does anyone have any places to find tests for this event? I've done all the ones on the test exchange, and have now run out of material. If you do PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put them on the test exchange/post the link here.

Anyone heading to LA Regionals at Occidental?

sciolylover13 wrote:

sciolyFTW_aku wrote:Has anyone been to any invitationals? If so, how was the Anatomy test?

I've only been to one invitational so far, and that was Chattahoochee. I'll be at dodgen on Saturday, so I'll let you know how it was there.

The test at Chattahoochee was pretty decent in quality, but lacking in length (about 60 questions). It had some easy questions, some hard questions, with a few confusing diagrams thrown in. I placed 4th at that. Dodgen should be good though.

I went to the Muscatel Invitationals in January. The test was fairly easy, at about 100 questions. However, we didn't do that well on it. We'll be looking to improve at Regionals!

P.S. Look for a test on the harder side than the easier side. It helps separate the good teams from the great teams.

Effective ways of studying for this event?

Wondering if you guys could help me out?
I'm really passionate about anatomy/learning about the various organ systems, but I really have a tough time studying for this event.

I studied really hard for our last invitational and was really upset with my standing (mid-teens). I feel like with this event, you have to be prepared for EVERYTHING, and there's no leeway or guessing.

Anyone with more experience with this event --- any tips for studying/how do you do it? I really really want to medal but it seems when ever I take the test, there's always SOMETHING that I just haven't studied in depth enough to answer.

Yea, this event is very tough, in terms of the content you have to know. If you want to do well in this event, you have to not only memorize the stuff, but actually understand what/why it happens. For example, when you are exposed to UV light, why do you get tanner? (It's because your skin produces more melanin). Also, the training handouts are a good place to start studying from. They provide all of the basics for the event. Next, you should have an anatomy textbook. I bought my first one for $2 at a book sale, and it's been priceless to me ever since. Anyways, start taking notes in a notebook about the deeper subjects of the topic. For example, for bone composition, you should not only know what osteons and Haversian canals are, but also what launcae (think that's how you spell it :/) and Volkmann canals are and what their function is. So, hope you medal, and good luck!

I also find Wikipedia extremely useful for advanced integumentary system and specific muscular topics (muscle contractions especially).