Friday, August 26, 2005

I spent a couple of hours before biochem this morning reviewing notes for the day's classes. Things went smoothly. We had a biochem lecture on protein synthesis. I think we are about done with that section. All we have left to cover is gene mutations, etc. The next test will be a biggie. It'll cover around 15 lectures. The good news is that the final is a week later, so there won't be that much new material to study.

At 11am, we had a one hour lecture on Addison's disease. After lunch, we met again for Anatomy and reviewed the anatomy found in the mediastinum (the cavity that carries the heart, the great vessels, the trachea, and the esophagus to name a few). In the lab following lecture, we were able to identify and dissect out most of the structures. My group did a fantastic job of exposing the three arteries branching off the aortic arch.

Anyway, this brings week 8 or 9 to an end. The days are going by so quickly it's hard to keep track. In 3 more weeks, we'll have one quarter in the bag and 2 more to go until the toughest part of Pacific's program is history.