Well, I don’t know what you all were doing Friday but I had another excellent day in the anatomy lab with Dr. Bohn. Pretty much any day we hang out I do something awesome. Guess what we were doing? Slicing brain. Guess what the best tool for brain slicing is? A deli slicer. Yep! Your … Continue reading →

    Or as Dr. Blatt puts it: A fat man sitting on a power cord   Thanks to Krysten for her inspiration.  Take care of your spine and avoid the fat man!

Happy Weekend Friends! Wishing you all many alpha waves and much zen     Unless of course you are studying, then I suggest you get your BETA on. The EEG (electroencephalogram) is used to measure brain waves, of which we have several.  Alpha waves have been shown to increase when relaxed, meditating, and even exercising. … Continue reading →

As student physical therapists we are learning to screen cranial nerves. The CN VIII test involves whispering certain words into your patient’s ear and having them repeat it back you. These are acceptable: “Red, dog, Arizona” “Blue, snow, Colorado” This is not: Purple, monkey, cowboy PS: Monkey cowboys? Totally exists: ……….giddy-up…….. YOU. ARE. WELCOME.

How much do the functional areas of the cerebellum look like a Pokemon? OMG, SOOO MUCH. Beware his vicious Flocculonodular Lobe attack –> it will give you a serious case of truncal ataxia and nystagmus!

Hippocampus means seahorse…actually is it the genus for seahorse if you really want to get your biology on. ( W00t taxonomic ranks! ) your hippocampus is responsible for memory. I’m going to need my brain’s seahorse pretty hard this weekend. I hope mine is this cute 🙂

You can look and look E.T……but area 51 is only in monkeys! Inspired by my lovely classmate Cait and our awesome neuro class. The original Brodmann areas: Now fire up your Hippocampus and perhaps areas 46, 20 & 45 and start studying for that patho quiz! (Don’t let 25 take over and fall asleep)

It has been a whirlwind start to July. Much of NOVA and I have been living sans power for the last 5 days. It has been hot, dark, and everything just seems to be the tiniest bit harder with out the modern convenience of electricity. Yet, despite all of this, wouldn’t trade the last few … Continue reading →

I mean come on people…just look at the brainstem !  Set your MIDBRAIN phasers to stun and …..pew – pew-pew…..nail that CN III & IV Don’t let the PONS-MONSTER gobble up V, VI, VII & VIII !!!! IX, X, XI, & XII are really just the tongue of the ferocious MEDULLAsaurusrex