Category: Anatomy

  • Neuroscience podcast 4: autonomic nervous system

    Phil & I recorded another neuroscience podcast. Number 4 covers the autonomic nervous system and we talk about the anatomy, the wiring of the neurones, and the neurotransmitters involved. I might have to listen to that neurotransmitters section a few more times. MP3: Neuroscience podcast 4 – autonomic nervous system. iTunes: Neuroscience podcast 4 –…

  • Anatomy & embryology podcast 24

    OK, I finally finished the latest podcast in which Rhiannon and I talk about what we think are the important aspects of the anatomy of the lower limb. This is the first part of two, and is 45 minutes long. We talk about the bones of the foot and ankle, the knee, the sciatic nerve,…

  • Learning

    Here’s a great blog entry about learning for educators and lurners alike: Donald Clark Plan B: 10 techniques to massively increase retention There’s a lot of really good stuff in there, hopefully stuff we’re already trying to do in Swansea. Note number 9: mobile technology. The author talks about drip feeding assessment via those mobile…

  • Anatomy: the lumbosacral plexus and the lower limb

    On Monday we started looking at the structure of the hip, the muscles there and the nerves involved in motor and sensory innervation. In my station we talked about the lumbosacral plexus. Lots of nerves! A nerve plexus is merely a lot of separate nerves (it’s probably best to think of long, individual nerve cells)…

  • Anatomy: the orbit & superior orbital fissure

    On Monday we went through the bones of the orbit, what the superior orbital fissure (and inferior orbital fissure and optic canal) were, and what went through it (and them). To review the bones of the orbit look at these images. Hover over the bones to be reminded of their names. We also noted that…

  • Podcast episode 23

    A new podcast is up on iTunes and the medicine page of my blog. Rhi and I finish talking about our list of things med students really should know about the anatomy of the pelvis. We include the vas deferens and the urethra, the os, the organs of the female pelvis and their ligaments, and…

  • Spiral fracture of the distal shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone of my left foot

    After a very brief assessment in fracture clinic this morning (and all that was needed) I had a load bearing cast wrapped around my leg, ankle and foot to replace the weekend’s temporary backslap plaster cast. The verdict: 6 weeks in a cast, no load bearing for 2 weeks, expect 8-12 weeks before walking with…

  • X-ray

    Well, there it is.

  • Broken

    Oh dear. I broke my foot this morning. I foolishly left too much crap in the hall downstairs, and when I ran downstairs to answer the door I was looking at the stuff instead of where I was placing my feet. I missed the bottom step, landed heavily and inverted my left foot. I couldn’t…