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28 - 05 - 21

biochem today~

i’ve been meaning to tackle this fella for a while now, and today i’ve decided to suck it up and get down to it! so i’ll be getting into enzymology today and while i usually make notes by hand, i’ll be choosing to make slides instead. less time wasted!

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27 - 05 - 21

today we tackle physiology!

on the agenda we have:

going through the slides of ‘introduction to physiology’

reading up on gastrointestinal hormones

studying hours: open

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anterior compartment of leg tidbit

*slaps top of the leg like a car salesman* roight what’ve we got here, laddies? 

the shin, that’s right. 

did you know that there’s a condition dedicated to us medico first years? ‘Fresher’s Syndrome’ is so named bc it tends to occur in new med students or army recruits: bottom of the food chain, made to run around at the beck and call of any and everyone with even the tiniest bit of seniority.

all that running makes us overuse the muscles of our anterior compartment (namely -- in order of medial to lateral --  tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus, peroneus tertius) causing them to swell up in the tight compartment.

 venous return is disrupted

accumulation of fluid in compartment occurs

pressure in the compartment increases and anterior tibial artery gets compressed

reduces blood flow to the muscles

causes ischaemia (lack of blood supply) and pain

so expect pain -- the emotional and physical kind -- sooner or later :)