We have moved to:

http://vetschoolhaiku.tumblr.com/

Because I am bad.
Because I am a sell out.
Because it's stupid.

Hollow ball of cells.

Goosecoid transcription factor.

New identities

What's in CTD?

Tyr-Ser-Pro-Thr-Ser-Pro-Ser

Lots of OH groups.

Blood glucose is high. 
Beta cells of pancreas 
Insulin is made.

What is happening?

I used to love Biochem. 

And now I hate it.

Basically, a summary of the last week.

Enzyme Kinetics

Wow, too much substrate

Zero order reaction

Enzyme overwhelmed

This...only sort of is right

Type II Diabetes

Diabetes 2
Liver is an idiot
Keeps making glucose.

ATP Synthesis

ATP Synthase

Tight form can make ATP

But can't release it

RNA Processing

Add a 5 ' Cap,

A 3 ' Poly-A tail

Remove the introns

I am tangled up.

Toposiomerase 2

I am untangled

HGRPT

There is a deficiency:

Self-mutilation

Synthesis of Purine Nucleotides

Ribose-5-Phosphate

Plus pyrophosphokinase

Adds two phosphate groups

Now: PRPP

Take a piece off glutamine

The committed step

Brachial Plexus

C6 to T2

Ventral Rami intertwine

Brachial Plexus

Muscles.

Muscles are greedy
Why won't they share the glucose? 
Be more like liver.

This doesn't really count as one.

Eight cervical pairs

Thirteen thoracic pairs and,

Seven lumbar pairs

building bone

The osteoblasts

Now cornered in the matrix

Like poor floor moppers

just for funsies

Brachycephalic

Elongated soft palate

Where is your airway?

canine physical exam

Physical Exam

Please don't bite the nice doctor

Moist mucous membranes

anatomy lecture today

The Nervous System

Something about ganglia?

I still don't get it.

This is going to be a long, painful weekend :(

Teratomas

A bunch of lost cells.

Where is the genital ridge?

A teratoma.

This first post is dedicated to Jess, who wasn't paying attention during that part of the dev bio lecture, and didn't think that this was funny.