Studying Anatomy

Anatomy is suppose to be hard part for most of the medical students since it has a heck of things to remember and to recall at the exam and at vivas.
First of all i have to tell you that anatomy isn't something that have to remember but you have to UNDERSTAND.
But as medical students what we have to know is anatomy is essential for the practice of medicine.
Anatomy is easy when u study it little by little with a great understanding of related structures.
You must do the dissections and see the cadavers in order to gain a perfect three dimensional understanding of anatomy. No book in the world can do that for you.
Only the specimens will do it.
Surface marking is also important. As medical students you have to know about surface marking and identify the anomalies in surface marking.
Radiological studies are also important in understanding anatomy.

My golden rule in learning anatomy.
Don't study and by heart anatomy.
UNDERSTAND ANATOMY