First test down

Hi there; Birdie here!

As the title says, I finished my very first vet school exam. Technically a final, I guess, since that class is over. It wasn't too bad, especially since it was just for the problem solving course and not any heavy science material. It was a little trickier than I was expecting, and there was one term we were supposed to define that I'm pretty sure was never mentioned in class, but overall I think I did well. I even finished the extra, take-home library portion.

Now I need to study for the next exam, cell bio tomorrow. This one's more of a midterm, not a final. Apparently one specific teacher writes particularly bad/tricky questions, so I definitely need to look over his lectures again. And I want to look over it some more in general. Plus I need to learn the intrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb (that means muscles only on the limb itself, not attached to the trunk) AND the bones of the pelvic limb for an anatomy quiz Friday. I know I can do it, I'm just not sure how.

I did get to do something other than study this weekend, though. I went to my first wetlab with Diagnostic Imaging Club! I got to ultrasound a horse's distal limb with and without a plastic standoff. We haven't had any horse anatomy yet--that's next semester--but I had some idea what was going on from the lecture on Friday. And I got the muscle memory of the tiny shifts you need to make to try and find a good image. Ultrasound is pretty hard on the arm--you have to press hard, not to mention holding your arm out for whatever length of time you're looking for something. I feel more comfortable with ultrasound in general now, even if I'm not likely to be working with horses when I'm in practice. And it was really nice to see a live animal for once. I'm really glad I got to go...I wish I could afford to be in more clubs and go to their wetlabs, too! I did finally pay my VBMA dues, though.

Well, back to studying...