One Semester in Visual Form

Semester 1: Done

The semester's over AND I passed all my classes. Hooray! I'm really excited to be leaving behind it all, especially since I didn't enjoy 3 of my 5 classes at all. Apparently my promise to myself that "everything will at least be relevant from this point on" was a total lie, as I had to wade through biochemistry, which all doctors say they barely remember, cell biology, which I'm not even sure some of professors knew, and genetics, which was an awful, awful class. Anatomy was great, though, and I'm better for knowing it. So at least one good experience. Naomi has assured me that next semester is better. We take a huge class called Human Organ Systems, which goes through all the organs and functions while simultaneously in another class we learn how to do clinical tests for each organ. A useful class? Unbelievable! I'll be taking a break from my blog, too, since the copious amounts of writing I do in it take up too much of my free time. :)

Anatomy Down

It's Wednesday morning and I'm about to engage in one of two of my last full days of studying before the semester is done. Hooray! This is the test I need to do the best on but I'm pleasantly optimistic. Time to hit the books and learn about cholesterol, DNA chemical synthesis, and pain (just regular pain, not in any sort of biochemical sense).

Another Class Down!

Cell bio has bit the dust. It's on to Anatomy and Biochemistry, the two hard classes. Not too excited about either test, but hopefully they will treat me with some respect. :) Exciting news? No, not really. I've been studying for a ridiculous number of hours. Something like 14 a day, all told. I'm ready for a little break, I think, and some new classes.

That awkward three weeks of pain

Coming out of a break and nearly going into another one creates a really difficult atmosphere for studying. However, I have a semester to finish up here. :) Anatomy is going out like a lion with a huge test of over the head and neck, which is riddled with nerves, arteries, veins, and muscles. Everybody knows about the big hole in the skull where the spinal cord enters, but there are so many other tiny holes where nerves come and go. We learned about the orbit of the eye, for example. There are so many interesting little things about the eye. There is a surprising amount of fat behind the eye. This is why peoples eyes look sunken in when they are really malnourished; the fat keeps the back of the eye in place and insulates the muscles and nerves. Another fun fact about the eye is that the inside of your eyelid folds over and actually covers the front of your eye. This is the tissue that actually has all the capillaries that turn red when your eyes are irritated. This also means that, without some sort of a puncture wound, you are never at risk of getting something in your eye and having it go all the way around to the back of your eye and get stuck in your head. Hooray!