5 November 2006
- “Sonya [character from Mortal Kombat 2] would kiss you then you’d explode.”
“Yeah, that sounds about right.”
—conversation at lunch
- “The cardiovascular system ain’t like dusting crops, boy. Without precise calculations you could have a stroke or bleed out, and that would end your life real quick, wouldn’t it?”
—Dr. Han Solo
- “I’m in love, I’m in love, and I don’t care who knows it”
—Will Ferrell, Elf
- “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
—C.S. Lewis, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
- “There is no life without carotid artery.”
—Courtesy of Sloganizer.net
- Hirsutism – Abnormal hairiness, especially in women
Shout-out to my friend, RR:
- Plantar Fasciitis – Straining and inflammation of the plantar aponeurosis, often caused by running and high-impact aerobics, especially when inappropriate footware such as worn-out shoes are worn. Plantar fasciitis causes pain on the plantar surface of the heel and on the medial aspect of the foot. The pain is often most severe after sitting and when beginning to walk in the morning. Point tenderness is located at the proximal attachment of the aponeurosis to the medial tubercle of the calcaneus and on the medial surface of the bone. The pain increases with passive dorsiflexion of the great toe.
Shout-out to my friend, The Danger:
- Gilbert Disease (also known as familial nonhemolytic jaundice) – Mild form of the hepathic disorder due to increased amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma without evidence of liver damage, biliary obstruction, or hemolysis; thought to be due to an inborn error of metabolism in which the excretion of bilirubin by the liver is defective.
Shout-out to my friend AD:
- Porphyria – The deleterious accumulation of porphyrin intermediates due to the defect of one of the eight enzymes used to biosynthetically make heme. Symptoms may include photosensitivity/blistering in the skin, anemia, and eventual liver and skin damage. There is a genetic factor to this disease, though because this is actually a classification of a large family of diseases, clinical presentations are often varied, based on the specific defects found in the biosynthetic pathway and on the structure of heme.
Preparation for Exam Block 1:
- Teres Major muscle
Origin: Dorsal surface of inferior angle of scapula
Insertion: Medial lip of bicipital (intertubercular) groove of humerus
Nerve: Lower subscapular nerve (C5-C6, branch of posterior cord of the brachial plexus)
Artery: Circumflex scapular artery
Action: Adducts, medially rotates, and extends the arm
- Intermediomedial frontal branch of callosomarginal artery – Branch of middle portion of callosomarginal artery to anterosuperior portion of medial aspect of frontal lobe of cerebrum.
- Psammomatous meningioma – A firm cellular neoplasm derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges, choroid plexus, and certain other structures associated with the brain, and characterized by the formation of multiple, discrete, concentrically laminated, calcareous bodies (psammoma bodies); most of these neoplasms are histologically benign, but may lead to severe symptoms as a result of compressing the brain.
- Uranostaphyloschisis – Cleft of the soft and hard palates.
- Mesosigmoidopexy – Surgical fixation of the mesosigmoid.
- Cecoureterocele – A utererocele that extends far along the urethra, sometimes even through the urethral meatus.
- Metacarpophalangeal joint – the joint between a metacarpal bone and proximal phalangeal bone. This joint forms the knuckle at the base of your hand.