Pratik keeps my friends in group 4 busy at all times. Seems like very good theoretic revision.
Dissections today were a lot more hectic than last Friday. I don't know why it felt that way because it started off pretty quietly. Since half my group had retest in ligaments and joints they stayed in the big lecture hall and I actually got the whole limb for myself. I took my time and tried to apply some knowledge that I repeated during the weekend.
I knew we had to go through a small test during the day and since I was alone around the table with the best dissected specimens one of our demonstrating assistants came over and started to test me on the lower limb. I got questions on random muscles, topography such as the retromaleolar space, popliteal fossa and the nerves running along the spaces.
I did pretty good and the best thing is that I feel pretty confident with my knowledge so far.
Later on I got to know that I know far from enough, I got quizzed by different demonstrators and every time another detail came up that I didn't recognized - not to nice for the moment but it's a good way of filling the gaps.
The best thing about having the instructors around is that you can always drain them on information and I spent more time revising with them than dissecting which I guess is more important for passing the test on Friday.
I also have my skull test around the corner but I won't stress out about that just yet, there're still a lot to cover in the topography and pure anatomy of the structures on the cadavers.
Ever since we started to dissect I've been trying to keep a look out for the lymph vessels and the lymph nodes. It's a structure that we haven't touched yet which I don't understand since it's as important as every thing else. I finally got to see a lymph node today thou, but it wasn't as awesome as I'd imagine it to be - what a let down, right?!
Imagine a little boy hoping for an awesome TMNT-action figure for x-mas gift and finds out that the box contains... socks....
Still, the human body is pretty amazing and it sucks that I can't share the experience of seeing it with all of you.
Well, three more days to go before the big test and I hope that I'll be able to cover it all and feel somewhat confident to pull it off nicely.
I'll wake up early tomorrow for some breakfast and revision...
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