The Broken Stethoscope

Going in to observe a mastectomy and a knee prosthetic replacement.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope everybody can achieve their goals this year. This is E.Coli Christmas tree we made on a cows blood agar.

On the first day of our skeletal system module, my anatomy professor told the class that Sulcus tendinis musculi flexoris hallucis longi which is located on os calcaneus is one of his favorite go to anatomy practical exam questions. The intimidation factor is real in the beginning, but as you evolve through med school and delvei n to the world of latin, you get used to it. By the time a med student reaches the clinical years of his career, he/she sees the whole world in latin. A few anatomical structures is no match for med students that pull all nighters reading all of Guyton’s physiology and Robinson’s pathology