1. Last week was rough - hence no blog post during class on Friday. I had three tests on Friday: Gross Anatomy lecture, Gross Anatomy lab, and Etymology and Cognates (Veterinary Medicine Vocabulary). Overall the scores didn't turn out awful -- let's just say all three averaged out to a B -- but definitely learned some about time management and balancing my studying when I have so much in one week.
2. Our lab test last week was over all of the muscles in the dog - this week we have moved on to dissecting more internal structures. Coming into school, I thought that dissections and the more "hands-on" things were going to be the hardest part of school for me - I'm learning that this (weirdly) is my favorite part of the day. I find gross anatomy lab the most interesting and most applicable class I'm taking. The smell of formaldehyde no longer makes me nauseous and I have now used bolt cutters to cut things other than bolts (use your imaginations). This week we are learning about the thorax - the heart, lungs, and veins and arteries that lead to and from them.
3. Physiology is the worst class ever. For some reason glycolysis and lipid synthesis and all the microscopic things I can see just don't really interest me whatsoever :)
4. The test coming up tomorrow is Microanatomy lab and lecture test (200 points total). It's a little overwhelming, with 6 weeks of material in one test. The organs/tissues we're supposed to be capable of identifying in the microscope are endocrine glands (adrenal gland, thyroid gland, pituitary gland, etc.), muscle types (skeletal, cardiac, smooth), lymphatic tissues (lymph nodes, spleen, thymus), and digestive tract (salivary glands, teeth, stomach, large and small intestines, rectum, etc). We are to know all of the types of cells in these organs, what their functions are, what hormones they secrete, etc. Basically, it's not fun stuff.
5. I mentioned in my last post, I joined Food For Thought. Check out their blog -- bloggingfoodforthought.blogspot.com
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