Remember the reflexes using this song! Jerkin’ Me Around This song is about reflexes. Reflexes represent a time-saving short cut by which movement is elicited without you having to think about it, plan it or decide how to execute it. These reflexes keep you from falling, move you away from painful stimuli and stop you …
Wrap yourself around the intricacies of muscle fibers and muscle mechanics. Listen to this song! My Oh Myosin This song describes the events that lead to muscle contraction, allowing the muscle movement required for breathing, heart beat, blood flow, digestion and writing on tests! On the lyric sheet, the text color matches appropriately colored portions …
Use your brain – check out this song about brain form and function!! The Brain Song This song describes the parts and functions of the brain. The lyrics move on the sheet as the brain is described from the bottom up. The graphic, for obvious reasons, draws the brain in a regular position, so follow …
Dreading your test on pH balance? Get help with this song. The pH King This song touches on pH balance within the body, including the maintenance of pH by buffers and the causes and cures for some imbalances. The lyric sheet enhances your learning by having references to acidosis in red (blue litmus paper will …
Homeostasis made easier through music! Check out this song Homeostasis This song is about the ways that the body maintains the conditions necessary for life such as temperature, pH and appropriate levels of nutrients, gases, and water. Homeostasis is a basic difference between a living and non-living entity: a living entity can use energy to …
Working on memorizing the names of the bones? Make it more fun – Check out these songs! Give Me Some Bones The first of two bone songs, this song covers a bit of bone physiology and nomenclature for the axial skeleton. The accompanying lyric sheet uses color changes to indicate nomenclature for a new section …
Memory Principles from Middle Tennessee State University Quick Reference Guide for Brain Compatible Learning Principles Below is a list of memory or learning principles with a brief definition of each. 1) Making an Effort to Remember * Interest–The brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance. To have meaning, you must understand what you are learning. …
Some memorization tips: – Make sure that you practice naming without looking at the back of your flash card. – Touch the part of your body where the muscle, bone or organ is found as you say it in your head. – Imagine yourself using that muscle, bone or organ as you say it. If …
While you are studying, surround yourself with the reference books you will need – any books that complement your text and notes or that you have used as a reference. Maybe there aren’t any, but you do have an index, a glossary and a table of contents in your book. Consider this: Would it be …
Find your motivation. Figure out why the heck you are in this class. Are you here because you have to be or because you want to be. If you want to be, then your job is a little easier as you are probably already interested or you have already decided that you want to be …