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Should I take an Anatomy class in high school if I’m going into biochemistry in college?

I have most of my courses set but one thing’s still kind of not decided yet: what about anatomy if I want to go into biochem? I’m not even that good with basic anatomy but I’ve been told by a high school teacher (who doesn’t teach at my own high school) that I should take it. Is this true or would it simply be like one of those bonus courses on my college transcript?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Anatomy is a challenging, yet interesting course of study. If you’re interested in the human body, how it works, what makes it tick, etc. then take the class. If you’re not, then don’t.

The average biochemistry major doesn’t really use much anatomy, so it’s not going to significantly help you with your major if that’s what you’re asking. At best, I forsee it helping you with the cardiology or muscle section in General/Introductory Biology. However, it’s definitely not going to be usefull in P-Chem, O-Chem, and Gen-Chem, and it probably won’t be that useful in many of your upper-division Biology courses (Unless, of course, you elect to take Anatomy in college). To be honest, a biochemist focuses a lot more on enzymes, structural proteins, DNA/RNA, etc. than they do on basic human anatomy. These subjects might be covered in an Anatomy course, but they’re certainly not the focus.

In my own experience, I was a Biology major in college and never even considered taking Anatomy. I’m not even entirely sure if my college offered it. I ended up taking Physiology, which I think is very interesting and might end up being more useful in your studies. One of my best friends in college was a Biochem guy, and I’m sure he also didn’t take anatomy. His major essentially had him take most of the classes I took with some extra chemsitry added on.

Thus, must you take Anatomy to do well in college? No. Should you take it if it interests you and you feel you will learn something useful and practical? Yes. Good luck!

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A few days ago
Matt B
my sister was a biochemistry major and she never had to take anything anatomy related at UT (other than biology classes). However, you could learn some stuff in Anatomy that might help your transition into college be a WHOLE lot smoother.
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5 years ago
Anonymous
It won’t shorten the time as med school has very definite pre-reqs and they are what they are and most are not easily skipped , although you may be able to get out of some of the lower division classes. The biggest payoff is that you may have a better understanding of biological systems and that is a HUGE benefit.
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A few days ago
cadegoat
Any sciences classes that you take in high school will help you in college. My anatomy class in college was insane!!!! it was one of the harder classes i have taken. but when i got into the field i was going into (radiology) I had an easy time with a lot of things because of that anatomy class. also the college courses are much more advanced at least you will have a basic knowledge going into it. PLus if you want to go into biochem then you will have to have an anatomy class in college anyway.
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A few days ago
Fly On The Wall
Anatomy is a lot more interesting than you think it’s going to be. The structure of the parts of the body are linked very strongly to their function. Down the line if you become a professional biochemist you’ll be surprised, I bet, by how much you use this knowledge.
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A few days ago
Mark
You should know as much as possible about math, chemistry, and physics before getting hit with it in college. You should already own an anatomy book.
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A few days ago
laughalot
i think you should because even if you don’t get credit for it in college you will at least be way ahead of the game when you take an intro anat class whereas your classmates will be clueless. you can’t go wrong really! good luck
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A few days ago
Anonymous
i think you should because anatomy is not only good if you want to do bio chemistry in college, but if you want to be a doctor it would prove to be of good use, as well as the fact that it would teach you a lot.
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