Just Kidding!

Looks like you're going to be getting multiple small posts leading up to midterms. ^_^ Today, I just wanted to say: Sometimes attending SGU is just like my undergrad back in the states.

Sometimes, however, it's not:When I was going to check my mailbox this afternoon I ran into a herd of five cows just randomly trotting through campus! You could tell who was a term 1 student because we all just stopped and stared. I mean, cows! On campus! Bizarre.

I didn't have my camera on me (although, now I feel I should be carrying it everywhere) but I found a pic on flickr someone had taken of a cow on our campus.(http://flickr.com/photos/sravishankar/4512973/)

At any rate, I had better get back to my studying!

Random anatomy tidbit of the day: The first part of your duodenum is suspended in the hepatoduodenal ligament where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts are retroperitoneal (behind the peritoneum). The ligament is also important in that the portal triad (hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein and bile duct) runs through it as it goes to the liver. This is very significant clinically as you can put your finger under this ligament through the epiploic foramen which easily allows to access to the lesser sac or to clamp off the portal triad and also gives you direct access to the inferior vena cava posteriorly. All in all, a very important little place.