Nope even though I was previously warned. They simply asked us what was the centre responsible for circadian rhythm or something like that. I've already forgotten all the Neuro I learned this term.

Total memory dump today.

Thanks goodness I knew this before. I don't remember being taught that. May have been in one of the many lectures I skipped.

I said it many times today and I'll say it again - "DAMN THOSE MONKEYS!!" Seriously, why were there like 3 questions on development of the eye? I could only remember the one about the cataracts.

Bah, that development packet was a chore! About the only thing I agree with is that sonic hedgehog gene really is a stupid name. It's also the only thing I got out of it. That and NGF...

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Heh, I was at the mall after the final getting some soup and when I was leaving, I saw Dr. House waiting in line there for something. Someone asked me how I found the final, so I looked over at him and said in a loud enough voice that he'd hear that, "I didn't like Dr. House's questions." Of course, I was kidding (even though I really didn't cause I still have no idea what he was going on about in the lecture about memory and plasticity) and he knew that, cause he laughed and said, "I didn't like them either".

Thought that was pretty funny.

But still nowhere as funny as Kolbinger fluttering around the stage demonstrating silk moths and attraction to pheromones or Burkhardt saying his wife had a hard head and telling us to get our minds out of the gutter when he demonstrated Cheyne-Stokes breathing.

yes, u're right...that test was very fair....much better than the midterm, which, in my opinion was extremely poorly written w/ a lot of ambiguous question and answer choices...but for the final, it was as if it was written by an entirely different department altogether

all in all...those sleepless nights paid off and i personally cudn't have asked for a better outcome myself

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I guess its a matter of opinion. Even though I did really well on the final, I really did think it was hard; it wasnt the fairest of exams, there were a lot of things that just werent taught. An example of a fair exam was maybe the Parasitology final. But I guess thats just my opinion

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there were some things that were not taught in class, but there were things (like the diabetes question) that could be worked out based on what was presented.....for example, the diabetes question revolved around the myotactic reflex and even though they might not have said how reflexes present in diabetics, we still had to know which fibers made up the reflexes and that diabetics exhibit peripheral neuropathy so we had to put 2 and 2 together. medicine is just not about memorizing what is put in front of us in class or our books. we also need to be able to problem solve and i notice a lack of that in my class especially (and i by no means are accusing anyone here or mean to offend anyone -i just notice it in general. i remember last term after the anatomy final people were complaining about problems that could have been solved if they just applied some basic knowledge like physics-which i thought were prerequistes to get into medical school) oh well its all over....now if only i could get motivated to do physio

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oh and ditto on the neurodevelopment.....i really thought i was taking a vet school exam for a minute there because everything seemed to be about monkeys!

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Where does it say (and you can tell me the next I see you) that diabetes can cause loss of myotatic reflex? Seriously. I'll sleep better knowing that info was available to me and that I have alexia or something.

Let me know!

But I'm glad you did well in the class. You rocked the mid so I'm not surprised.

i think it's there somewhere in one of the premidterm lectures (one of the last 6 lectures on motor systems) about the peripheral nerve diseases, if i'm not mistaken.

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oops, started to post in the wrong thread and can't seem to delete this sucker...

I'd like to happily announce that I've passed Neuro with a horribly low C. But I passed and that's all that matters. Just have to get an A in Physio to make up for it.

At first, I looked at my grade and nearly had a heart attack cause I forgot how many points I needed but all is well. While I agree that the final wasn't nearly as tough as the midterm (probably cause I studied more than 2 days this time around) I did make many, many horrible mistakes that I realized afterwards. Oh well, all is good now and thank goodness I don't have to repeat this horrible, horrible class.

I do feel I learned a lot though. Was pretty cool all the tests we know now. My favourite is still the glabellar reflex.