I just finished up a semester of head and neck anatomy. I went into it for the neuroscience, not expecting much from the other topics. I had a similar experience to you, finding many interesting things that are helpful in my day to day.
I found the Hyoid bone especially interesting. I remember my first time seeing it on a model skeleton and thinking “hu, someone attached an extra mandible to this guy… and it’s just floating. That’s weird.”
I then had my mind blown seeing it in a cadaver.
Side bar: If you ever get the chance to go into an anatomy lab and explore the cadavers I highly recommend. Take what they say about eating and hydrating before going in seriously. ~every 2 weeks someone fainted and banged their head on a metal table.
The other key takeaway for me was learning about the cranial nerves. Then having the realisation that mine have probably been compromised in some way. (Perhaps COVID?). Which has left me with the humorous and sometimes useful Specific Anosmia of not being able to smell farts.
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Reading the Manga Guide to statistics has been great for Anki cards. Easy image occlusion cards that make reviewing more fun.
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I wish I liked cells at work more. Still, I was able to explain where blood comes from to a kid yesterday because of things I learned in that show.
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We seem to have overlapping interests. So I’d like to recommend “Curious” by Lily Serna.
Perhaps it isn’t applicable to you. But it took me a day to read, and I added 100s of Anki cards derived from it.
Lily is famous for doing mental math super quickly, and the final section of the book is just a bunch of the tricks she uses clearly written out. With a bit of thought, these tricks combine into more powerful mental movements that have sped up my mental calculations quite a bit.
The rest of the book is cool math trivia and life hacks. Very fun, a bit simplistic.
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I’m enjoying these media reviews, excited for the next one!
I just finished up a semester of head and neck anatomy. I went into it for the neuroscience, not expecting much from the other topics. I had a similar experience to you, finding many interesting things that are helpful in my day to day.
I found the Hyoid bone especially interesting. I remember my first time seeing it on a model skeleton and thinking “hu, someone attached an extra mandible to this guy… and it’s just floating. That’s weird.”
I then had my mind blown seeing it in a cadaver.
Side bar: If you ever get the chance to go into an anatomy lab and explore the cadavers I highly recommend. Take what they say about eating and hydrating before going in seriously. ~every 2 weeks someone fainted and banged their head on a metal table.
The other key takeaway for me was learning about the cranial nerves. Then having the realisation that mine have probably been compromised in some way. (Perhaps COVID?). Which has left me with the humorous and sometimes useful Specific Anosmia of not being able to smell farts.
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Reading the Manga Guide to statistics has been great for Anki cards. Easy image occlusion cards that make reviewing more fun.
—
I wish I liked cells at work more. Still, I was able to explain where blood comes from to a kid yesterday because of things I learned in that show.
—
We seem to have overlapping interests. So I’d like to recommend “Curious” by Lily Serna.
Perhaps it isn’t applicable to you. But it took me a day to read, and I added 100s of Anki cards derived from it.
Lily is famous for doing mental math super quickly, and the final section of the book is just a bunch of the tricks she uses clearly written out. With a bit of thought, these tricks combine into more powerful mental movements that have sped up my mental calculations quite a bit.
The rest of the book is cool math trivia and life hacks. Very fun, a bit simplistic.
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I’m enjoying these media reviews, excited for the next one!