Summary of Today's Classes
1. PATHOLOGY - We had our 2nd test today in pathology and the grades have already been posted - for now, it looks like I'll probably end up with a C in this class... Lot of darned work for a C. I did score one point higher than I did on the first test. I'm sure the next test will be even better. No big worries about not passing this class and it's one of the most failed classes in Tri-3 so I'm in pretty good shape.
2. ORTHOPEDICS - We went over some more ortho test today and were reminded to do our test more slowly and to fully stress the joints when practicing on each other. Here are the test we covered today;
- Well Leg Raise, Fajerstan's Test
- Laquerres Test
- Goldthwait Test
- Gaenslen Test
- Cox Test
- Laseque Differential Test
- Milgram's Test
- Linder's Test
- Soto Hall Test - This test is similar to Linder's test except we hold the pt's chest down. If we see an immediate reaction of the knees buckling up then it could be due to Spinal Meningitus and would need to follow up by taking the pt's temperature and sending them to ER if temp is elevated
- We are supposed to look up the Kering Test on our own and note it's similarities to Linder's and the Soto Test.
3. DIVERSIFIED - We learned a technique for correcting Lateral displacement of a vertebrae – usually happens at L3 or L4
- Patient is on their side and the lateral displacement of the spionous process is up – ie, a lateral discplacement to the left would mean the pt would be on their right side and the well adducted thumb would be superior to the midline and line of drive would be towards the floor.
4. EMBRYOLOGY - We went over Lecture 10 today...we have our 2nd test in this class tomorrow (Thursday). This will probably be my best grade of the week. Today we were learning more about the development of the embryo from around days 18 to 22. Of interest, we learned that pregnant mothers should not use any products containing Retin-A because it kills neural crest cells in developing embryos and also learned of a disease/anomaly called Di George Anomaly which is a deficit in chromosome 22 which can cause defects in the heart.
5. PHYSIOLOGY II - We finished up some work on Hormonal Interactions and then started our section on the Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland. Rather interesting - I was already aware that the pituitary had anterior and posterior regions but didn't know where they came from. During embryological development, the posterior pituitary comes from the diencephalon which means it's actually part of the brain but the anterior portion comes from the roof of our mouth! wow - didn't see that one coming :) Here are the more scientific terms we have to use when refering to the pituitary.
- Pituitary gland = hypophysis
- Rathke's pouch = roof of the mouth (where anterior part comes from)
- Anterior pituitary = adenohypophysis
- Posterior pituitary = neurohypophysis
- ADH is made in the Supra-Optic Nucleus
- Oxytocin is made in the Paraventricular Nucleus
I need to spend some time with my physiology book this weekend...
6. Microbiology II, Lab C - Staph Aureus, E. Coli and other such microbes just STINK! We just checked the results of our last lab then threw our stinky petri dishes & test tubes away.
7. Microbiology II, Lecture - We got two handouts today in Microbiology, one covering Diphtheria (corynebacterium diphtheriae) and another covering tuberculosis which I believe is mycobacteriaceae tuberculosis.
8. Professional Development - We heard presentations today from two groups of people who are acting as if they were presenting a business proposal to a bank in order to get a $200,000 loan. I present with my group either next Tuesday or the following Tuesday after that.
1:20 a.m. - I need some coffee and need to get to studying - I can improve these entries and this stuff may be useful academically.
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