It's Sunday

I promised a blog entry this weekend and somehow without me noticing sunday night has arrived. Quite without my permission I assure you.

I thought of a novel concept - typing an entry that doesn't consist of random anatomy terms that make my head spin in addition to being fairly incomprehensible to my poor readers. I mean, I would never just, say, list all the muscles of the forearm and hand as practice. Right. That wouldn't be very interesting. But it'd probably be helpful.... ok, I give in, just skip over it to the (hopefully) more amusing bits after my compulsive anatomy listing....

Anterior Compartment of the Forearm
-Superficial Layer-
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Palmaris longus
Flexor carpi radialis
Pronator teres
-Intermediate Layer-
Flexor digitorum superficialis
-Deep Layer-
Flexor digitum profundus
Flexor pollicis longus
Pronator Quadratus

Posterior Compartment of the Forearm
-Superficial Layer-
Brachioradialis
Extensor carpi radialis longus
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Extensor digitorum
Extensor digiti minimi
Extensor carpi ulnaris
Anconeus
-Deep Layer-
Supinator
Abductor pollicis longus
Extensor pollicis brevis
Extensor pollicis longus
Extensor indicis

Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand
Palmaris brevis
Dorsal interossei
Palmar interossei
Adductor pollicis
Lumbricals
-Thenar Muscles-
Opponens pollicis
Abductor pollicis brevis
Flexor pollicis brevis
-Hypothenar Muscles-
Opponens digiti minimi
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi brevis

Ok, I would say I feel better, but I actually think I feel worse. After studying many, many hours this week on anatomy I still feel like this:

...oh, and just in case there is any confusion as to what represents what... :P I am Zazu. Scar is like the beast that is Anatomy - genial one second and then *bam* there goes your head! >.>

Hm. I do believe that just created yet another entry about nothing but anatomy. I woke up this morning thinking about the cutaneous innervation of the hand. *sigh* No hope I tell you. None at all.

Ok, time for some SGU information decimation! That way I can still claim this blog is useful for incoming SGU students. We have approximately (and by approximately, I mean exactly) three grades for each class. A midterm, a final and this little thing called Unifieds. The Unified Quiz, as it deserves capital letters, is only worth 3-5% of the grade for each class. It is a three hour long 'quiz' (I use the term loosely because, really, who here has ever taken a three hour long quiz??) that consists of multiple choice questions from anatomy, biochemistry, histology and bioethics. The bioethics portion is actually the final for bioethics so then I can wash my hands of that particular time waster. I feel I should point out at this juncture that I am certainly not implying that ethics is an unnecessary attribute for medical students. Rather, it was a jab at the organization and teaching of the class which has caused me to regard the entire affair with derision and disdain (really, is showing Weird Al Like a Surgeon to 'cheer us up' after watching a video of a child dying of Tay Sachs appropriate?!). But I'll give a whole separate entry which will mainly consist of me complaining on the farce that is our bioethics class another time.

So, Unifieds are casting fear over the land (of term 1 students) and is casting more than a few shadows of apprehension over me personally. It's an absolutely excellent way to gauge how successful your chosen study methods are. And I fear if I do poorly I'll be demoralized almost beyond redemption. And add to that the fact that midterms are following closely on the heels of unifieds at a mere three weeks post and you can gain some form of appreciation of the definite noticeable increase in my relativistic stress level. @.@

Oookay. Time to break up this pity fest! Here is a soothing picture a two cute european starlings. Aww, aren't they cute? I can feel my blood pressure going down already.Oh, and if you can guess the exact location of where this picture was taken (hint: not Grenada) you get a prize. Note: you must actually know me in order to participate in this contest, not valid outside the continental 50 states LOL

Listening too: The absolute AWESOMENESS that is 屍姫 赫 オリジナル・サウンドトラック