another life blog

Dental Anatomy
- Dr. Exarchos
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Overview of Dental Anatomy
Summary: We talked about caries, periodontal diseases, and teeth anatomy today. It was a really great lecture, and I was able to stay awake through it all even though he didn’t stop at all! Remember to bring teeth form next week.
Physiology
- Dr. […]

I don’t understand why so many reviewers love L4yer Cake! It’s such poop of a film that they had to use a sex symbol in order to sell the DVD.
The story started with Mr. X talking about life of a drug dealer, and how he survived in the business. Staying low keyed, deal […]

BioChem
- Dr. Tornheim
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Cori Cycle, Glucagon synthesis and regulation
Physiology
- Dr. Salide
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Blood flow and pressure, vasodilation
Anatomy
- Dr. Blatt
- Notes on Forum
- Topic: Gastrointestinal tract

Didn’t have radiology or IDP assisting today, so short day!
BioChem
- Dr. Tornheim
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Fatty Acid Metabolism, Beta-Oxidation of FAT, Gluconeogenesis (formation of sugar via other macromolecules)
Physiology
- Dr. Moore
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Norepinephrine control of muscular contractions, preload, afterload, contractility, Cardiovascular system exchange, edema

Lotsa people skipped class today to get extra sleep (or extra study time in). Ricky and I, with only 3 hours of sleep, still trudged to school =)
Anatomy
- Dr. Pessina
- Notes on Forum
- Topic: Oral Histology
Summary: We covered the oral cavity, and the histological components, then the oral mucosa with lips and gingiva. […]

Ten Dental School Commandments:
1) Thou shall not read the daily news while attending lecture
2) Thou shall not instant message friends while attending lecture
3) Thou shall not play flash games while attending lecture
4) Thou shall not check emails while attending lecture
5) Thou shall not browse youtube while attending lectures
6) Thou shall not giggle while attending lectures
7) […]

Dental Anatomy
- Dr. Exarchos
- No Notes, only got syllabus
- Topic: Syllabus and Expectations
BioChem
- Dr. Tornheim
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: ATP Synthase, Chemioosmotic Theory, Purple Membrane, bongkrekick acid, Exam Review
Anatomy
- Dr. McManama
- Lectures Notes + Supplemental
- Topic: Dental Histology
Physiology
- Dr. Moore
- Lecture Notes + Supplemental
- Topic: CVS Flow Calculations, Mechanical Events of Cardiac Output, Controlling CO, etc

Due to TB Clinic Visit, I missed the beginning of Physiology… and never quite caught up.
Physiology
- Dr. Levy
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Ventricular Action Potential
Anatomy
- Exam 01
- Topic: Everything up until now

Ahh, it’s not right to be laughing, but I am.

BioChem
- Dr. Tornheim
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Oxidative Phosphorylation Uncouplers, Carriers for ETC, Shuttles for Substrates
Physiology
- Dr. Moore
- Notes on Forum
- Topic: Cardiovascular System Overview
Intro to Dental Practice
- Dr. Spencer Kemp
- Notes on CourseInfo
- Topic: Intra/Extra Oral Examination with some definitions

BioChem
- Dr. Tornheim
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Pyruvate dehydrogenase, Citric Acid Cycle, Oxidative Phosphorylation
Physiology
- Dr. Lehman
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Skeletal Muscle Contraction Mechanism
Anatomy
- Dr. Pessina
- Review Session, no notes
Intro to Dental Practice
- Professor Held
- Notes on CourseInfo
- Topic: Principles of 4-handed dentistry

It’s funny how the wife rejected the penis transplant … short stubby penis vs no penis.

There had been no signs of the 10-centimetre (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient’s body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.
“The patient finally decided to […]

Just one class this morning ~ myself and few others don’t have to go to IDP clinic rotation this afternoon due to us having assisting + infection control last week. Wonderful, isn’t it?
Anatomy
- Dr. Pessina
- Notes on Forum
- Topic: Endocrine System
Summary: Name all the different glands & organs of endocrine system, and know what […]

Today was our first REALLY REAL Exam in Physiology. A lot of people were pumped… so pumped, they were ready to flip out and kill people! I could feel the crazy energy in the air, it was madness! Anyway, Kevin mentioned to me that some lecture notes from the blog are unreadable […]