Hello Everyone,
Some background: I love taking baths. Nice long 2 hour baths with bubbles and chocolate and a good book. Mike does not like baths. He has a love/hate relationship with the bathroom. The bathroom is where his litter box is. When he uses his litter box, he gets treats. It's also where the shower is. But, he gets lonely when I'm in the bath and will sit outside the door to wait for me. And he does the cute "stick the paw under the door" and meows pathetically.
So, when I take a bath, I bring Mike into the bathroom with me. Once the door is shut, he meow constantly as if his world has ended. Sometimes he'll get distracted by bubbles but he'll pace back and forth until I get out and let him escape - which is when he'll be back outside the door.
I have a weird cat.
Anyways, last week I brought my Anatomy & Physiology book in to study while in the bath. I brought Mike in. The routine started per usual.
I started reading the chapter out loud to help me study.
Mike calmed down, curled up on the mat and listened.
I was shocked.
I read for a little bit and then let him out but kept the door open enough that he could come back in. He scurried to the door but stayed outside the doorway. I started reading again and by his own free will came back inside, curled up on the mat, and learned about cell tissue.
I thought maybe he just wanted to hang out to have Mommy time without Whiskers.
So, I tried this again a couple days ago. He learned about joints.
Have a great day!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The head bone's connect to the...
Hello everyone,
I've been memorizing bones. I never learned the proper names of them so it's a slow process. I'm lucky though that Jerry is a willing assistant lol.
Bones are classified lots of different ways. For study purposes, I'm working on axial bones and apendicular bones. Axial bones are the ones found in your head and main torso. Apendicular bones are found in your arms and legs. This is to help me study and I'm still working on proper spelling.
Apendicular bones:
Starting at the pectoral girdle.
The pectoral girdle consists of the clavical (collar bone) and the scapula (shoulder blade). The clavical attaches to the sternum at the front and the scapula at the back. Clavicals are also more prominent in males than females. Jerry's looks funny because he broke his right clavical and instead of being straight, it goes straight and then disappears. The broken piece goes into his body rather than continuing near the surface across.
From the pectoral girdle,
The humerus is the long bone at the top. There is no elbow bone (or funny bone ha ha! although that's why I remember the humerus). In your lower arm you have the ulna and the radial. The ulna is larger and is found on your pinky finger side. This can be remembered by "pull my finger" PU! Next are your wrist bones, the carpals. They are "short" bones and I think there are 8 of them. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Next are 5 metacarpals. Then 14 phalanges. These are the bones in your fingers (3 on each finger) and thumb (2).
Now down to the pelvic girdle.
The pelvic cradle has 5 bones but I don't remember them all yet. There are two large ones on each side and then the pubus bone in the middle.
The leg is connected to the pelvic girdle through a ball and socket joint. The femur is the largest bone in the body. Next is the patella (knee). The lower body has two bones, which I was not aware of until the weekend. The large bone is called the tibia (your shin) and the smaller one is the fibula. Your ankles and feet are similar to your wrists and hands, The ankle bones are called the tarsus. Next are the 5 metatarsus and then you have 14 phalanges.
Ok, onto the axial bones. The skull has a whole bunch of bones that I don't know yet. Anyways, the spine...
The spine consists of vertebrae, which are classified as "irregular" shaped bones. Starting from the top:
Cervical 7 - the top one is called Atlas and the next one is called Axis. These are the smallest and weakest vertebrae.
Thoracic 12 - they are attached to the ribs
Lumbar 5 - they are the largest of the unfused vertebrae
Sacrum 5 - they are fused
Cocyx 4 - they are also fused (the tail bone)
Heading to the ribs. There are 7 true ribs, 3 false ribs and 2 floating ribs. The top ribs (true) are attached directly to the sternum via cartilage. The next 3 are also connected but the cartilage from each rib meet and then join up rather than connecting directly. The floating ribs do not connect at all.
So, I'm missing the bones of the sternum, the skull and the pelvic girdle. But, I did all this from memory and I'll need to keep practising while walking to work. And I haven't learned the individual names of the carpals and the tarsus yet.
I hope you enjoyed your anatomy class. And if you are like me, you were wiggling your body or feeling around when I was going through it all. It's rather interesting.
Have a great day!
I've been memorizing bones. I never learned the proper names of them so it's a slow process. I'm lucky though that Jerry is a willing assistant lol.
Bones are classified lots of different ways. For study purposes, I'm working on axial bones and apendicular bones. Axial bones are the ones found in your head and main torso. Apendicular bones are found in your arms and legs. This is to help me study and I'm still working on proper spelling.
Apendicular bones:
Starting at the pectoral girdle.
The pectoral girdle consists of the clavical (collar bone) and the scapula (shoulder blade). The clavical attaches to the sternum at the front and the scapula at the back. Clavicals are also more prominent in males than females. Jerry's looks funny because he broke his right clavical and instead of being straight, it goes straight and then disappears. The broken piece goes into his body rather than continuing near the surface across.
From the pectoral girdle,
The humerus is the long bone at the top. There is no elbow bone (or funny bone ha ha! although that's why I remember the humerus). In your lower arm you have the ulna and the radial. The ulna is larger and is found on your pinky finger side. This can be remembered by "pull my finger" PU! Next are your wrist bones, the carpals. They are "short" bones and I think there are 8 of them. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Next are 5 metacarpals. Then 14 phalanges. These are the bones in your fingers (3 on each finger) and thumb (2).
Now down to the pelvic girdle.
The pelvic cradle has 5 bones but I don't remember them all yet. There are two large ones on each side and then the pubus bone in the middle.
The leg is connected to the pelvic girdle through a ball and socket joint. The femur is the largest bone in the body. Next is the patella (knee). The lower body has two bones, which I was not aware of until the weekend. The large bone is called the tibia (your shin) and the smaller one is the fibula. Your ankles and feet are similar to your wrists and hands, The ankle bones are called the tarsus. Next are the 5 metatarsus and then you have 14 phalanges.
Ok, onto the axial bones. The skull has a whole bunch of bones that I don't know yet. Anyways, the spine...
The spine consists of vertebrae, which are classified as "irregular" shaped bones. Starting from the top:
Cervical 7 - the top one is called Atlas and the next one is called Axis. These are the smallest and weakest vertebrae.
Thoracic 12 - they are attached to the ribs
Lumbar 5 - they are the largest of the unfused vertebrae
Sacrum 5 - they are fused
Cocyx 4 - they are also fused (the tail bone)
Heading to the ribs. There are 7 true ribs, 3 false ribs and 2 floating ribs. The top ribs (true) are attached directly to the sternum via cartilage. The next 3 are also connected but the cartilage from each rib meet and then join up rather than connecting directly. The floating ribs do not connect at all.
So, I'm missing the bones of the sternum, the skull and the pelvic girdle. But, I did all this from memory and I'll need to keep practising while walking to work. And I haven't learned the individual names of the carpals and the tarsus yet.
I hope you enjoyed your anatomy class. And if you are like me, you were wiggling your body or feeling around when I was going through it all. It's rather interesting.
Have a great day!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Where is November going?
Hello Everyone,
It's crazy that November is in its later half. Time has flown by so quickly that I have trouble processing next Sunday is Advent 1. Time to start putting up decorations. I'll do just the wreath and some candles and then do more decorating over the next following Sundays. We're celebrating Christmas the weekend before in Lethbridge so we're going to get a real tree. The deal is I put up with the mess of a real tree this year and we get to buy one of the super nice trees from The Bay when they go on sale after Christmas. I showed Jerry another ecologically friendly option, but he flat out refused.
http://boutique.cascades.com/ca/en/catalog/christmas-trees
I tried embedding the link without success so you'll need to copy/paste it in your address bar.
I ended up with a B- (70%) on my quiz, which I was a bit disappointed with but that's how it goes. I did find it hard and I wasn't feeling well but at the same time, I studied quite a bit for it. The material was much harder than the stuff they recommended we use to study with and at least now I know what level of detail is needed. It's not that I find the material hard but it's that there is so much of it and it's all new to me.
Had a relaxing weekend with Jerry. He was suppose to go snowboarding on Saturday but it fell through. We went to a friend's place on Sunday and Lara & I went to a big craft fair at Spruce Meadows (the horse jumping venue you often see on CBC). It was a lot of fun and there were some beautiful things. I picked up a pair of felted earmuffs made by a woman who not only dyed and felted them, she also helped raise the sheep.
It was very cold last week but there's a chinook today. For example, yesterday's high was -16. Oh, and it was -20 when I bought groceries in the morning. This afternoon it's +2.
Have a great day!
It's crazy that November is in its later half. Time has flown by so quickly that I have trouble processing next Sunday is Advent 1. Time to start putting up decorations. I'll do just the wreath and some candles and then do more decorating over the next following Sundays. We're celebrating Christmas the weekend before in Lethbridge so we're going to get a real tree. The deal is I put up with the mess of a real tree this year and we get to buy one of the super nice trees from The Bay when they go on sale after Christmas. I showed Jerry another ecologically friendly option, but he flat out refused.
http://boutique.cascades.com/ca/en/catalog/christmas-trees
I tried embedding the link without success so you'll need to copy/paste it in your address bar.
I ended up with a B- (70%) on my quiz, which I was a bit disappointed with but that's how it goes. I did find it hard and I wasn't feeling well but at the same time, I studied quite a bit for it. The material was much harder than the stuff they recommended we use to study with and at least now I know what level of detail is needed. It's not that I find the material hard but it's that there is so much of it and it's all new to me.
Had a relaxing weekend with Jerry. He was suppose to go snowboarding on Saturday but it fell through. We went to a friend's place on Sunday and Lara & I went to a big craft fair at Spruce Meadows (the horse jumping venue you often see on CBC). It was a lot of fun and there were some beautiful things. I picked up a pair of felted earmuffs made by a woman who not only dyed and felted them, she also helped raise the sheep.
It was very cold last week but there's a chinook today. For example, yesterday's high was -16. Oh, and it was -20 when I bought groceries in the morning. This afternoon it's +2.
Have a great day!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Stupid Cold
Hello Everyone,
I've fought it all weekend but finally my cold won and I'm stuck with sexy secretary voice - between coughs, that is. Oh well, it's managable.
It was Jerry's first day of work at Canada Post. He has a manual to learn and he's going to head in to his shifts early to practise sorting. From talking with him on the phone, it seemed to go well.
First winter wonderland of the season. We had snow falling for a couple hours and there is a little bit accummuated on the roof I can see from my office window. I also got a new monitor stand today and I rather like it. It has two extra arms that stick out where I can put my plant and a few little things. So far, I'm enjoying the monitor being slighty higher.
I have my first quiz on Thursday. I am finding the Anatomy & Physiology class very interesting so far. Lots of info. Now, when I go pee, I think our bodies are pretty cool. We've so far been working our way up from molecules to cells to tissue. Tomorrow night is our first system - the integumentary system (skin, hair, nails etc). I am looking forward to the quiz as it will give me a good idea of what depth of knowledge the school is looking for. And it's all multiple choice.
Have a great day!
I've fought it all weekend but finally my cold won and I'm stuck with sexy secretary voice - between coughs, that is. Oh well, it's managable.
It was Jerry's first day of work at Canada Post. He has a manual to learn and he's going to head in to his shifts early to practise sorting. From talking with him on the phone, it seemed to go well.
First winter wonderland of the season. We had snow falling for a couple hours and there is a little bit accummuated on the roof I can see from my office window. I also got a new monitor stand today and I rather like it. It has two extra arms that stick out where I can put my plant and a few little things. So far, I'm enjoying the monitor being slighty higher.
I have my first quiz on Thursday. I am finding the Anatomy & Physiology class very interesting so far. Lots of info. Now, when I go pee, I think our bodies are pretty cool. We've so far been working our way up from molecules to cells to tissue. Tomorrow night is our first system - the integumentary system (skin, hair, nails etc). I am looking forward to the quiz as it will give me a good idea of what depth of knowledge the school is looking for. And it's all multiple choice.
Have a great day!
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