Final Unit
May 3rd, 2004Today was the first day of our Muskuloskeletal unit…the last unit of the year. Which means neuro is done. Which also means year one of medical school is almost done. This seems like it will be a quick and relatively easy unit, although we are tripling up on the number of gross anatomy dissections we do per week.
On a sort of related note, it seems that when it comes to the words “abduct” and “adduct” all physicians can’t just pronounce them as would normal people. Instead, to avoid confusion between these similar sounding words, they distinctly say the first two letters of each word in an attempt to distinguish it. So…instead of pronouncing the whole words, they say “A-B-duct” or “A-D-duct”. Personally, I find that retarded. Or should I say “R-E-tarded”.