Author: akshay

Gave up last night. Stopped studying after doing mammary gland alone, slept peacefully.Went inside exam hall expecting sure failure. But! Long essay – breast.Short essays – fertilization!, femoral sheath, obturator nerve, long saphenous vein, lumbricals!All of them, i had faint memories of. Started the serious studying with biochemistry. Gerrad's quadret is alkaptonuria, cystinuria, pentosuria, and…

Was feeling less tense than ever going to physiology test. Went for jogging in the morning. Was ready with A4 size paper and all to write. But special notebooks were being provided.And though 'blood' wasn't given the prominent status as we thought it'd be, i guess i did well. Running to Biochem practical hall from…

Just out of biochemistry exam hall. The questions were not all unexpected. And the answers were meager as expected. Lesson learned: Don't study for an exam, study for life

These are two of the various byproducts of preparation for exam 1. How is antibiotic resistance formed? There are some resistant bacteria, and a lot of non resistant. Then the weaker ones are killed by tablet. Stronger by lymphocytes or macrophages. If tab stopped halfway, immunity can't wipe out all those rest, and they'll start…

Here's the resolution that's doing its round: "I'll study systematically after this exam" well I've been telling that ever since 9th standard. Let's see, how the habits formed during stress conform during relief. Not to forget the "6 pack abs before human experiments in physiology" resolution. As a part of it I've been jogging 6…

It was very tough for me to close one eye alone, without using my hand. But turns out that when you're viewing even a monolocular microscope, professionals prefer to keep both their eyes open! www.labessentials.com/Microscope_Compound_Basics.htmland luckily this was easier for me.Here's how to view a single eye piece microscope with both eyes open.In the beginnings,1.…

The magazine of year '10-11 was just released from the auditorium.. Plus, the secretaries, committees, etc have rolled over to the new one.. All sports and cultural achievements were recognized. And we're now waitin for cultural activities

Here's what we learn in the first year of MBBS… Touch any point on your body, we're gonna be able to tell what structures lie underneath (anatomy), what reactions occur in the microscopic picture beneath it (biochem) and what the implication of these reactions are, in other parts of the body (physiology)…that is knowing every…

The very first internal exam's gonna happen on 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November, as it was put up in biochem lab.New general secretary, coordinating secretary and magazine secretary talked to us after dissection (during which we disarticulated the lower limb, bathing in fat and blood doing the adduction) mentioning the magazine (of 10-11 batch)…

If you had the power to change one thing about India, what'd you choose? Corruption, inequality, injustice are all issues that need to be given a death knell as soon as possible. But our journey towards a better India needs a start from elsewhere – better education."But we already have quality schools!?" is the question…