<p>that midterm was a lot tougher than i expected :(</p>
<p>Really? In what way? </p>
<p>I thought it would have been a lot harder.</p>
<p>i guess it was just me then, didn’t study as much as i woulda liked.</p>
<p>how did you draw the graded and action potentials for the second to last page?</p>
<p>Similarly to the slides.</p>
<p>It was important to emphasize that the amplitude of the AP remains the same, whereas it’s frequency increases. </p>
<p>Also, the amplitude of the GP increases with a stornger stimulus.</p>
<p>yeah i made sure to show those 2 points, but was the frequency of the second one supposed to be 10x the first one? i think i drew it 5x by accident.</p>
<p>Not necessarily. With each AP activated during the relative refractory period, fewer and fewer voltage gated ion channels are available to fire an additional action potential. </p>
<p>In short, even if the GP was 100x greater, the frequency won’t necessarily increase 100x.</p>
<p>do good bebop? i actually ended up doing really well, 95/100. **** my pants when i saw the score lol.</p>
<p>Nice job. As for myself, I am very happy with my grade. : ) </p>
<p>Did any one do badly in this exam? An average of 84% is kind of high for a MCB class.</p>
<p>i think 40% of people get A’s at the end.</p>
<p>@MechRocket: how did you like the class and was it manageable? 40% got A’s? that seems really high for an MCB class.</p>
<p>ugh, this class was hell for me because for some reason, i didn’t feel like studying for the 2nd midterm until the day before the test. true story, i went 16 hours straight without food or sleep trying to cram a month worth of lectures into that one night. ended up with a C+ on that test. good times. pulled out an A only cuz i studied ****loads for the final to make up for it.</p>
<p>i assume you’ll be taking it with bautista, machen, and crothers.</p>
<p>first part of the course is neurons, action potentials, that kind of stuff. really easy. the concepts can actually get quite complicated but bautista gives you creampuff questions that just tests basic concepts. the average was very high. everyone did well even if no one studied.</p>
<p>second part of the course is cardiovascular & respiratory stuff, muscles, that stuff. this requires more work than the first part of the course because you have to memorize a lot more details and there’s also quite a few pathways you have to remember (i.e. steps that go into activating skeletal or smooth muscles). however, it’s pretty straight-forward if you just put in the work. machen’s test was pretty fair, no tricky questions. </p>
<p>third part of the course is kidneys, GI tract, errrrr can’t remember lol. there’s some other stuff though. anyways, crother’s test is just dumb. the material itself isn’t so bad other than the kidney stuff, which is really complicated (i still don’t get *** is going on down there, lulz). but anyways, crothers will test on excruciatingly miniscule details from his slides. it’s really ridiculous. these are things that are more like random facts than concepts. you have to know EVERYTHING he talks about for his part of the course. if you don’t have a recorder, buy it, lol. every single thing that is on the slides is fair game.</p>
<p>all in all, this is just one of those classes where if you put the work in, you’ll do well. most of the concepts are easy to grasp. i learned a lot, probably a really useful class for med school.</p>
<p>Thanks dude this is good stuff. I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>sure, if you need more tips when you take it, PM me.</p>
<p>@MechRocket: I am currently taking it this semester. I heard this course is very hard no matter how hard you try. I’m just so worried about this course. How should I study this course? I mean, should I read through the textbook or should I focus on her PPT? Thank you!</p>