Sunday, March 7, 2010

Drinking From A Fire Hose

People have asked me what it's like to take Anatomy and Physiology at the college level. Well, in three weeks (6 classes) we have to learn all of the senses from a macro and cellular perspective, all of the endocrine glands, hormones, target organ/tissues and cellular effects, the autonomic nervous system (including differences between parasympathetic and sympathetic systems) and innervations on target organs and structures, male and female reproductive systems, meiosis, and the cellular differences between spermatogenesis and oogenesis, and the reproductive hormones. We have to understand what cells are cholinergic, muscotinic, and nicotinic, and what that means/what difference it makes; understand the action potentials created by ligand-gated proteins and which are accomplished via G-proteins. Yadda-yadda-yadda.

Kind of like drinking water from a fire hose.

Hope some of it sticks in this ol' brainpan!!! Final exam the 16th.
Cheers!
Ima

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