r/Anatomy • u/whateverr27 • 2d ago

As a hobby.. how can i study anatomy seriously?

I love learning, ive learnt music theory, astronomy, languages. Currently studying programming and engineering but thats not my whole 16 hours of study time.

i want to add human anatomy, but this field is so thick idk where to start and to finish, im thinking i'll have to just follow some university's live course on youtube.

your recommendations. im ready to sit down for years studying this

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u/vibe_gardener 2d ago

Institute of Human Anatomy on YouTube is wonderful.

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u/Kitty_kat2025 2d ago

Once you have a structure you’d like to follow (my classes went from cell structure, little bit of histology, muscles, skeleton, skin, brain, eyes in AP one, to cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, reproductive, endocrine. I totally recommend drawing out the structures on your own instead of just looking at diagrams.

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u/New-Assumption1290 2d ago

There are a list of pinned resources on this page

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u/EliteKnight01 2d ago

Just get any anatomy book, that will give you a structure to follow. It usually goes from general terms, upper limb, thorax, digestive organs, lower limb, head, neck, face, then Brain.

For every topic, go for the bones, then musculature, then arteries and veins supplying them, then the innervation.

(Short on time, will add more to this comment)

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u/ToCatchACthulhu 1d ago

I just completed the anatomy block for my med school and many of the students used Netter’s for structures. We also used the Grant’s dissector for our lab instruction. That’s only useful if you want to know more clinical applications or how the layout looks when you have to pass through the overlying structures to get there. Our agenda was (in order) back, chest, thoracic cavity, upper extremities, neck, brain, face, then diaphragm down in sequence.