(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best medical sciences books

I think you should find out exactly what he is, if you can get your hands on a business card that would be great, or if you can search him on the internet. There are many different practices that are similar to chiro.

Most of the careers involve a good length schooling program, they aren't just something you can go an apprentice in.

And if you can go somewhere with a longer/heavier course load, the better. Body work is one profession where I think it really pays off to get as much information as possible.

If you're really interested about going down this path, whether its dealing with muscles, bones, soft tissue, energy patterns.. whatever, I recommend you get a book and start to get familiar with your human anatomy. If you can have a firm grasp on high school cellular biology.. that is great too.. if you suck at bio, maybe get some tutoring or just brush up on it.

Here are 2 good little books that can help to build your knowledge base, i recommend getting them :) They aren't filled with a bunch of medical language so they are easy to interpret. They are good for newbies

Book #1 - helps to understand human anatomy, and a good grasp on some medical terminology

Book #2 - explains all the systems in the body - their structures fuctions ect. As well as great pictures

Thanks! I highly recommend New Masters Academy, they have a free trial and also Cyber Monday sale ($11/month for 3 months). I'm not sponsored by them but they are by far the best resource for anatomy I've come across. I recommend going through Rey Bustos's Anatomy first, then Glenn Vilppu, then Steve Huston once you know your muscles.

As for books, Thieme's Anatomy is great, and Bridgman's Anatomy is also great (bridgman only if you're more advanced though otherwise it'll confuse you). All other anatomy books are pretty lackluster tbh, compared to having an instructor teach you. I've actually talked to Glenn Vilppu in person and he recommends medical anatomy books + observing the body and coming to your own conclusions, over artists' anatomy books.

Observe how the body works as a machine, for example observe how body weight is applied to the legs. Or how your thigh bone always sits at a 15 degree angle when standing. Or how there's a slight inward curve to your shinbones. Or how your inner ankle sits higher than outer. Lots of details like that add so much to believable anatomy.

Do lots of figure drawings, know your muscles and bones and where things attach, and you'll be set :)

edit: one thing NOT to do - is to spam figure drawings without knowing your muscles/attachments/bones. I did this for 1-2 years, and ended up with the before picture. Get your anatomy knowledge first then go into figure drawing KNOWING your stuff. You'll learn way quicker.

I took mine yesterday and scored a 93. It's not hard if you know your stuff.

Definitely know your A&P, grammar rules, and review math if you need too. Practice questions are the best way to prepare for the reading section.

If you want more recommendations/info:
My prep was 3 weeks, studying 6 hrs a day 3 days each week. (~54 hrs dedicated time) plus I'd review A&P at work when I had the time. But I took A&P 3 yrs ago so I was quite rusty.

As far as prep tools I used the trivium book and the smart edition book that comes with 5 tests (https://www.amazon.com/ATI-TEAS-Full-Study-Guide/dp/1949147169/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=teas+ati&qid=1557486661&s=gateway&sr=8-4). I like the smart edition book better and felt the practice test were similar to the actually test. But both were helpful, and I liked having 2 different POVs on the same material. They both are about $25, so figure out what your budget is.

There are a lot of free practice test online. I'd look for a diagnostic test (smart edition has one) and find out what you need to focus on.

I personally thought that ATI's prep resources were overpriced and didn't purchase any. Other forums have also indicated that their practice tests have some errors. And while I'm on that. Errors were not uncommon in any of the prep materials I used. There were both answer key issues and answer reasoning issues. So if something seems off just look closely.

Good luck!

The suggestion I have been making lately to prospective students is to buy a book on the autonomic nervous system. This book would be a great introduction to the system you will aspire to become an expert on. This is not a textbook that will teach you anesthesia, but it is an introduction to the arena you will be responsible for one day. It will also make you a better ICU nurse until you are accepted into school. Yes, it is a simplified version of the ANS, but it also makes it easier to pick up and read, especially when you do not have to read! Good luck on your adventure!

It's a shame we can't be having this discussion over a beer, it might actually be productive. I agree that increasing the length of a workout is more germane to OW condition. I don't agree with your point about sighting being reminiscent of the head lift in a stop turn. An optimal sighting is more of a head turn to briefly position the eyes just above the water. The whole point of doing it like that is to not raise the head and create torque about the coronal axis and force the legs down. However, it'd be a naive to assert that every sighting is optimal and that even the pros don't pull their heads up sometimes, so I won't pick at that.

On the other hand, everything else you wrote prior to that just decries your lack of hemodynamic understanding, full of google/wiki'd factoids as it may be.

1. Baroreceptors are incredibly sensitive to even minute changes in pressure.
   
2. Even in the cleanest open turn, there is a greater vertical displacement between the head and rest of body than in a flip turn.
   
3. Venous pooling contributes to and intensifies orthostatic hypotension, but the real cause is the immediate increase of initial and final displacement between the ICA and lowest point of the body. That's why it still happens to people who are lying flat on their back with legs elevated and there's no pooling.
   
4. Your anonymous citation of some vague research is correct, but only undermines your previous statement about increased BP during exercise.
   
5. Pulse rate very slightly dips, and then goes way up after a true valsalva (but only after about 5 seconds) graph
   
6. You just need to stop talking about baroreceptors and nerves. Even if you wrote that down as a response in a 9th grade bio class, I'd give you no partial credit. It's drivel. The AP causes the sympathetic firing, not the other way around. Then the sympathetic firing causes release of norepinephrine, which stimulates increased firing in not just the SA node, but all the cardiac pacemaking cells.
   
7. This is my favorite, because you act like it's your strongest point when it's your dumbest. The ONLY momentum you carry through a turn is from impact (push off) with the wall. This is freshmen level physics, like first week of class. It doesn't matter how much you accelerate into your turn, your speed coming off the wall is determined by the duration and force of your push-off. Your acceleration into the turn only gives you a higher velocity with which to perform your flip. If you really can't understand this, then go try and do a flip turn (or whatever turn you want) without a wall, and then come tell me how it goes.
   
   In all seriousness, if you really care about understanding this stuff, I will happily email you a pdf of my human phys book from MS1. It's excellent and has more than you'll ever need to know.

This is a good question to ask, and I have hope for you simply because you asked.

Sometimes, moderation is the answer. Being a male dom/sadist myself, I would never tell you not to do what you do. I only imply that the human body has limits. For example, do an intense cutting scene only for special occasions, or perhaps on a schedule. Looking forward to making her bleed each month is better than looking forward to bills each month. And for special occasions: I once carved a heart into my girlfriend's back for a valentine.

For taking care of your sub: look into first aid and other medical practices. Go buy Grey's Anatomy (the actual text book not the show). Take a class on suturing. If you can find a kink event in your area, see if they have a class on medical play. Learn what it is that you and your sub enjoy about cutting. You may be cutting deeper than necessary. Often times, the adrenaline rush from a little cut is just as good as a big slash. If it's the blood itself, then learn to draw blood like a nurse. I know several people that do blood play this way. Draw blood before the scene. During the scene, you can use a big scary knife covered in her blood without physically hurting her. Blindfold her, and drag the knife across her chest while dripping blood along the way. Trust me, she'll be too high to know the difference.

TLDR: learn first aid, go to a kink event and speak with a professional one-on-one

>Female Orgasm. When local sexual stimulation reaches maximum intensity, and especially when the local sensations are supported by appropriate psychic conditioning signals from the cerebrum, reflexes are initiated that cause the female orgasm, also called the female climax. The female orgasm is analogous to emission and ejaculation in the male, and it may help promote fertilization of the ovum. Indeed, the human female is known to be somewhat more fertile when inseminated by normal sexual intercourse rather than by artificial methods, thus indicating an important function of the female orgasm. Possible reasons for this are as follows.
First, during the orgasm, the perineal muscles of the female contract rhythmically, which results from spinal cord reflexes similar to those that cause ejaculation in the male. It is possible that these reflexes increase uterine and fallopian tube motility during the orgasm, thus helping to transport the sperm upward through the uterus toward the ovum; information on this subject is scanty, however. Also, the orgasm seems to cause dilation of the cervical canal for up to 30 minutes, thus allowing easy transport of the sperm.
Second, in many lower animals, copulation causes the posterior pituitary gland to secrete oxytocin; this effect is probably mediated through the brain amyg- daloid nuclei and then through the hypothalamus to the pituitary. The oxytocin causes increased rhythmi- cal contractions of the uterus, which have been postu- lated to cause increased transport of the sperm. A few sperm have been shown to traverse the entire length of the fallopian tube in the cow in about 5 minutes, a rate at least 10 times as fast as that which the swim- ming motions of the sperm themselves could possibly achieve. Whether this occurs in the human female is unknown.
In addition to the possible effects of the orgasm on fertilization, the intense sexual sensations that develop during the orgasm also pass to the cerebrum and cause intense muscle tension throughout the body. But after culmination of the sexual act, this gives way during the succeeding minutes to a sense of satisfaction charac- terized by relaxed peacefulness, an effect called resolution.

Source: Guyton and Hall Physiology Review, Pages 1023-1024

I don't really know what's a freshman, but try Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy and Color Atlas of Physiology.

They are like the little (somewhat unknown) brothers of the other recommended here, but they can become extremely useful. When I need to understand something I go to the small, easy to handle, simple books, and once I've understood that, I dig in the others to get more information.

If you want something bigger, Gray's Anatomy for Students and Prometheus are simply great. In Physiology... I've never really liked Guyton, but it's a good book.

The latter makes more sense. I haven't looked up actual literature on it. It's just something two different physiology PhD professors said during our physiology course. In the text books it refers to just during the actual course of exercise, and inferred long time increase in blood pressure but it was a bit ambiguous. Experimentally, your blood pressure does go up during exercise, but surprisingly it's not much (less than you would think) or not anything to be concerned about, since during dynamic exercises due to the "muscle pump" and "respiratory pump" you are still getting a good venous return and overall your total peripheral resistance doesn't change much (since you have vasodilated in active muscle tissue and vasoconstricted in the GI and/or inactive muscle), therefore your pressure hasn't changed much.

The problem the textbooks talk about with isometric exercise is that now you're not utilizing the "muscle pump" (which I should define here as active contracting and relaxing skeletal muscle will help pump blood back in the veins for venous return). In an isometric exercise you now have a contracted muscle that is increasing resistance to flow in the veins, and also adding resistance to the arteries, while your body is doing its normal "I'm exercising" response causing vasoconstriction in the GI and other less oxygen demanding tissue so to maintain your blood pressure while vasodilating in the active muscle tissue, but the isometrically active muscle is now causing a large increase in total periphery resistance, so to maintain flow (Q = P/R, so in terms of cardiovascular physiology Cardiac Output = Mean Arterial Blood Pressure / Total Peripheral Resistance) the body has to increase blood pressure. there's a good description of this from this amazing textbook

I don't feel comfortable commenting on if this causes a long term effect, since I admittedly don't know, but I agree with you that it is probably more concerning with someone with underlying cardiovascular issues.

Also, the pictures on this website are kinda crappy quality and it's an old flash based thing, but it's pretty helpful too: http://act.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/quiz.htm It's obviously no replacement for spending time in lab, but it's nice and has a LOT more pictures than U-mich (again, not as high quality though).

Also, Grays anatomy questions (this book: https://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Review-Marios-Loukas/dp/0443069387 ) and Lippincott (this book: https://www.amazon.com/Lippincotts-Illustrated-Review-Anatomy-Embryology/dp/1605473154 ) are really good for multiple choice questions. Grays questions are harder, but if you the questions from both of those books you'll be pretty well prepared for written anatomy exams.

Well, I guess that's not a very good suggest for a gift for her then, is it? Lol :)

If she likes human anatomy, why don't you get her a Netter's Anatomy book? These are the standard illustrated texts that medical students and practicing physicians use all over the world.

I've even seen some beautiful leather bound and gold-embossed editions like this one.

Frank Netter also did specialized anatomy books for various organ systems, including the nervous system like this.

I can tell you are very passionate about this topic, and it's great for clitoral anatomy to have such a strong supporter. However, what I think you may be experiencing is not doctors disagreeing with the importance of understanding female anatomy, but rather doctors finding it unexpected for a layperson to speak at such length and with such passion about a niche medical topic that was only related to the original subject in the most peripheral way. There's a difference between the person who is an effective advocate and the one who has an axe to grind.

> Laypeople who believed me, as I show evidence (screenshots of illustrations and photos of cadaver dissections) and offer 10k to anyone who can find the neural anatomy of the clitoris shown and described in a single OB/GYN textbook, were called "degenerates."

Regarding your 10k offer, I'm not sure why you aren't counting this book: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomic-Study-Clitoris-Bulbo-Clitoral-Organ/dp/3319048937

Don't bother, you'll get enough of it in med school haha.

As far as I know, one of the gold standards for anatomy is the Frank H Netter material. There's a nice Atlas of Human Anatomy (keep in mind an atlas usually doesn't have information about the functions of any anatomy, just the names), and study cards (even referenced here).

Gray's Anatomy is good (obviously), but really long. The student's version may be shorter/more manageable.

My undergrad class used Grant's Atlas of Anatomy/Grant's Dissector, and a Human Anatomy textbook. They were not bad as well. Anatomy material is always pretty dry.

If you can, maybe see what your school uses? That way you won't start reading and then have to switch to a different book (though I suppose extra reading is never a bad thing).

And congrats again on getting into med school!

I strongly agree with the commenters above that becoming an "expert" with little formal training is very optimistic. However, I think there is value in being a "local expert", a kind of local maximum of expertise within your organization.

Do you at least have a science background? That certainly helps. For the immunology piece, I recommend How the Immune System Works, a lovely short and approachable introductory text by Lauren Somparyac. I also agree that Weinberg is a good place to start for a brief intro to cancer biology.

For a perspective on the cancer immunotherapy field I recommend Steven Rosenberg's The Transformed Cell, which is a first person account of his pioneering research in the field. He's also written a nice summary of cancer biology with two other authors called a Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer.

Neuroscientifically Challenged has a ton of 2-minute Neuroscience "crash course" videos that Ive always found really helpful. I was never successful in finding videos for neuroanatomy and I honestly don't think its the best approach for neuroanatomy, outside of dissection videos. Sorry I can't offer more help with videos but I can offer what I've found the most helpful with students I tutor..

I've seen a couple different atlases but this one is by far my favorite.. I just like the way they organize things. And if you buy it brand new (worth the $60 IMO), it comes with a disc or code to give you online access which provides you with 3D imaging.

Clinical Neuroanatomy made Ridiculously Simple - A classic, and for good reason. Its still highly recommended by people in the neuroscience community 40 years later.

>There's been evidence that the brain initiates a response prior to the stimulus that would elicit that response occurring. Don't have the study/research at the moment, but it came up when I was studying philosophy. It's interesting if nothing else.

Ironically it is not I who has misunderstood. The OP was referring to the "Phasic responses of DA neurons" and rather than take the time to understand the subject matter...

Practical Guide for Clinical Neurophysiologic Testing

Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases

Neuroanatomy in Clinical Context: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, Systems, and Syndromes

Instead he/she labels the study (which is a work of conjecture) to be 100% factual and the authority on the matter and sees fit to then begin translating this information to another subject entirely. Much in the same way that a motorcycle enthusiastic might try to apply rocket science to his/her craft.

There is a world of difference between practicing science and claiming that you practice science. I was not dismissing a study because it was mentioned in a philosophy class- I was dismissing a study because it was mentioned 'By Philosophers'.

Netter's Atlas if you just want a big book with lots of great drawings of everything.

The text book has all the background information and clinical correlations, but often not as many, or smaller images. Netter's Clinical Anatomy is good if you want something a bit slimmer and simpler that still has all the basic anatomy. If you want something more beefy I highly recommend Moore's Clinical Oriented Anatomy. It's a big book, but it has everything in it you could want.

Netter's Atlas

Netter's Clinical

Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy

This was a great simple to read book about immunology http://www.amazon.com/Immunology-Ridiculously-Simple-Massoud-Mahmoudi/dp/0940780895/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450402418&sr=1-2&keywords=immunology

That exists!
https://www.amazon.com/Immunology-Ridiculously-Simple-Massoud-Mahmoudi/dp/0940780895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521044990&sr=8-1&keywords=immunology+made+simple

Also, I've been compiling an immunology deck. Obviously, don't wait around for it, but I'm hoping to finish it up in the next month, exam schedule permitting. It's mostly done, I just need to remove the notes to myself and racist rants before making it public.

THE standard textbook for Immunology is Janeway, it's what we used in grad school (neuropharm PhD) but it's waaaaaaay more detailed that what any medical student would need to know. Its well written and I guarantee you'll recommend the figures in the text from your plagiarizing professors!
https://www.amazon.com/Janeways-Immunobiology-Kenneth-Murphy/dp/0815345054/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521045088&sr=1-1&keywords=immunology+janeway

In addition to your current studies, I recommend utilizing Netter's Flash Cards and Rohen's Atlas.

http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Flash-Cards-Student/dp/143771675X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376404304&sr=8-1&keywords=netter%27s+anatomy+flash+cards

http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Anatomy-Photographic-Lippincott/dp/1582558566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376404399&sr=8-1&keywords=Rohen%27s

I used BRS Physio (read through it to get a general idea) and then the Guyton review book (http://www.amazon.com/Guyton-Hall-Physiology-Review/dp/072168307X) for questions to help me practice the little tricks.

On mobile, I studied specifically for the exam about 30 mins - 1 hour per day for 14 consequetive days then all day yesterday. I took a crap ton of practice tests that were way harder than the actual test. The test itself is not tricky. It follows the pattern of having only 1 good answer choice. I did a lot of elimination based on two answer choices describing the same thing so you've really gotta study your science vocabulary.

I also just retook AP I and II and microbio simultaneously for a higher GPA so I got a lot of work with the material.

All the chemistry stuff was simple identification. Didn't have to memorize the periodic table or anything. Know the vocab. All necessary formulas were provided.

The English section was my lowest section (91%) I was so anxious about science that I didn't really study English much. Know all the sentence types, punctuation, and capitalization rules. I was rusty on a lot of it.

Book I used (has mistakes but I enjoyed finding them and correcting them, I also dumped a glass of wine on it and it recovered like a champ)

Most accurate practice tests I took, very similar to the exam and it has lottttts of questions and full practice tests.

ATI TEAS 6 Full Study Guide: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949147169?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I worked through the science section cover to cover, took notes from it and all that.

Online tests I took
https://www.mometrix.com/academy/teas-practice-test/

https://uniontestprep.com/teas/practice-test
This one was difficult but gave explanations and a detailed score report.

Like the other commenter says, you don't really need to buy a book to get that information, but if you want to, Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy is probably closer to what you're looking for.

Netter's is great.

Also, as others have said, don't study, enjoy the summer.

When you ignore us, just try to limit it to going over Netter's Flashcards: http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Flash-Cards-Hansen/dp/143771675X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Now? Clinically Oriented Anatomy

I had this version and they were useless (for me) http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Flash-Cards-Student/dp/143771675X