General anatomy
Anatomical position, planes, and the vocabulary the rest of the course is written in.
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ReadThe anatomical position, planes and axesThe reference posture every description in the course silently assumes, and the three planes cut through it.
4 min- ReadDirectional terms, in pairs
Superior and inferior, medial and lateral, proximal and distal — the vocabulary the rest of the course is written in.
5 min - ReadMovements at a joint
Flexion, abduction, rotation and the special movements that do not fit the three-plane scheme.
5 min - ReadCavities, serous membranes and regions
How the body is compartmented, what lines each compartment, and the surface landmarks used to find them.
5 min - Memo cardsGeneral anatomy: memo cards
The whole of general anatomy as a deck: prompt on the front, answer on the back.
4 min 
Multiple choiceGeneral anatomy: the vocabularyPosition, planes and directional terms, asked the way an oral examiner would.
5 min
Match pairsMatch the directional termsPair each term with the direction it names.
4 min- Match pairsMatch the movements
Pair each joint movement with what it actually does.
4 min - Multiple choiceGeneral anatomy: harder cases
Special movements, serous membranes and how a slice is actually read.
4 min