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  #651

i need motivation.i want to take exam jan or feb and still im on my first reading plz any good soul give me advice.thanks

  #652

hi folkssssssss!

sorry like always im late to come n join u all....but had some difficulties at my endsad
well friends sorry focus to diisappoint u i cud not come and hanks sweetie for the support and care ...i really need u all but sometimes things aroung u dont let us do what we actually want to do..sad anyways imhappy to see all are active and finally doing mcqsssssssssssss wow!amd im happy to inform hreee as well that its juz last 5th day lect left what a relief ....missed u all alot while i was there at farm house but cud not be there at time of discussions now i hope u wonmt mind if i join u inbetween...confused well good work keep it up!

and to tell u one more good news esp mytime before getting my tooth to be out i thot to have 2nd opinion and this time she(new dentist) examined my tooth and said i do not need any extraction ypppppeeeee!so my sweet tooth is with me....thanx mytime he(tooth)really behaved welll wink

thanx NNL for mcqs...

my ans---

1.b/c

2.d

3.a

?????


Edited by keepgoing on 12/01/06 - 05:10 AM

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  #653

Did u know that first cells to respond to antigens are DC cells? now they reside in bone marrow nad elsewhere.....so what cud the answer really be??????????grin NNL???????

  #654

Hi Guys,
NNL.......I agree answer to your question number 1 is :Lymph node . So now u are wondering as to why i picked E in the first place & my explaination is grinaydreamingsticking out tongue, i was working on things in mind & so i thought of the first place where lymphopoiesis takes place......thought of yolksac & fetal liver and then casually picked E.
So its actually C (or i agree Unique .....might be GALT depending on the route but since they didnt go into all these intricacies, we just pick Lymphnode smiling face


This time i am fully awake & my answers are:

387 B
388 C
389 A

  #655

My report:

I managed completing my GI (1st half yesterday). Today, i will complete the second
half and will do GI questions (with the help of Almighty).

Revised a little immuno yesterday.

I did 20 questions yesterday + 2 which NNL posted ,so 22......but i know Mytime wont be happy so i will do 50 questions as for today to make her happy.


  #656

What does DC stand for?confused
First cells involved in antigen response are antigen presenting cells i.e Macrophages, Dandritic cells, Langerhan's cells,B cells etc. Am I right ????

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  #657

Guys,

Back to u all :

gringrin......my group here is seriously so naughty & cute,they have found a way to cool me down when ever they do something wrong. So guys.....stop smiling......u all do that & you know it very well. They PM me cute msgs & make me love them again before they appear in front of us here.

So guys, i forgive u all this last time & everyone is more than welcome to pop up at the discussion. Guys, plz remember........never disappear on us again & u all have taken the scouts honour now , so u are there now.....just like Mytime said.......TILL THE ECFMG CERTIFICATION DO US APARTgrin

  #658

Immuno discussion will be the same time ......Saturday 2pm . The chapters will be 1-8 and we start from the beginning for all those who couldnt show up last time. Novak & Indidoc.....this time is scheduled accordingly, so you guys better be there . Keepgoing i hope the time works for you too else plz lemme know & we will figure out something else
because me & NNL are flexible ok........right now Zade is the only one missing and she has a reason so we will send her our discussion for the day(JUST HER).

Mytime.......i told mom about u r suggestions replacing chocolates & icecreams .......the 5 questions one and apples with water & she was laughing like anything......i have a feeling u can be my mom's best friend by the waygrin
Hey & take u r words back......because i have an instinct i am gonna meet Surya one daynod & i promise to give him just a few ok.

Unique..........u are ALWAYS WELCOME for anything. By the way sweetie.....how much did u do in patho yesterday?

Indidoc...........plzzzzzz report. Just write 1 line if u are busy but plz report because we didnt have u posting since 2 days & we all miss you sad

TC Everyone & plz confirm saturday.


  #659

Buddy......u have answered your question yourself, DC=Dendritic Cellsnod

  #660

DC is dendritic cells..It's even first of the APC to come into picture.nod

  #661

Ellen......What kindda help do you need buddy? You are welcome to join us if you want. We are all aiming for almost the same time. We are on our first read too,just started discussing the common subjects we have all done. But dont worry we all take an hour or maybe more to revise it everyday before we all come up to discuss.

GL & tell us how much have u done so we might be able to help morenod


  #662

Zade......Thanks for the immuno questions.

Mytime & Unique.......if u need them too lemme know, i think Zade doesnt have u r e-mail addresses. By the way Unique, need u r e-mail too if u need the questions.

  #663

Hey focus,thanks for your offer. Please check your pm .

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  #664

Yup u r right abt that DC is the most potent APC Cell present but it does not have the ability to induce an immune reaction here wht i found on the net

"MATURATION AND FUNCTION OF DENDRITIC CELLS

In most tissues, DCs are present in a so-called ‘immature’ state and are unable to stimulate T cells. Although these DCs lack the requisite accessory signals for T cell activation, such as CD40, CD54, CD80 and CD86, they are extremely well equipped to capture Ags in peripheral sites. Once they have acquired and processed the foreign Ags, they migrate to the T cell areas of lymph nodes (LNs) and the spleen, undergo maturation and stimulate an immune response. " http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/journal/vol46_1/4610003.ht...

Now i guess the universal answer wud be Lymph Node


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  #665

THe ans for the next r

387. B
388. B
389. A

Ahhh..........Wht struck me the most was that we all missed the most crucial part in the question n it was the minutest point of All even i made it wrong then i had to scratch my head then curse myself for being dumb( hey i KNOW i ADMIT it so dont Rub it in ) n then whack my brains to find the y the choice B was the Answer . i came up witha reference n a table. the Table is attached n the rf.pg . link is http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/ghaffar/hyper00.htm

Could u believe that they actually managed to bring out one of the most imp yet so minute point under a discussion. LOL i know u guys must be saying damn we need to study more but as Focus said WIDE AWAKE is the key we all have read the stuff we just need it to be put in perspective Thats all.



Attached Files:
table.wps (21 KB, 7 downloads)

Edited by new_n_lost on 11/30/06 - 05:14 PM

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  #666

the Questions r good hey anyone can u tell me when we shud match n compare the answers.

Indi.............. How's ur love life with the She Devil ? IS she treating u fine ? Cmon admit it u were looking for some spanking................................ hehehehehehe..........Just kidding She can t be that horrible that she has forbidden u from Talking or even on Posting ur MLE friends.

Zade if u r in for a Discussion on Pathology on the Days u specified then do lemme know or if its in the night then also btw good questions.


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FORUM RULES-- Those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. I get enough exercise just by pushing my luck --P4U World.." The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."

  #667

Thanks NNL for the answers and yes I know , all of us and especially me need to study a lot more sticking out tongue but hey, remember this is only my 1st read and I am not at Immuno right now.wink
BTW , I cannot open the attached file .Any help please ????

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  #668

Well Guys Unfortunately I dont have microsoft Word i have Works so u might need a Works Pg viewer So if any one can go to the Link n Download the Table 5 n attach it here in Word then i wud be grateful




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FORUM RULES-- Those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. I get enough exercise just by pushing my luck --P4U World.." The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."

  #669

First of all BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NOVAK

sorry sweetie i missed to wish u on time hope u will accept my belated wishes...smiling face

a)juz read all posts i was in hurry last time and saw no one welcomed me disapproval anyways i deserved taht i was very iregular well focusmle--i dont have problem with this sat and 2pm time but that means it will be almost 1am here in india i doubt if i can be coz i dont feel active at that time but will try to be there but i wud preffer mondays for discussion as on mondays we all feel active or may be tuesday r wed cos in weekends feel so hectic after whole 5working days of struggling....plzz dont take me wrong i juz want if we can change time before 12am(indian time)if not the day we can change...its a request!

b)happy to see u all are doing an awesome job :thumps up:

c)i typed two ans instead one so its "b" not c for question #1

d)sorry NNLi didnt understand

e)where is my supportor---NOVAK

well here is everyones report:-
zade wrote:
1st read:
biochemistry and genetics
micro

Finishing immuno and bsci -- 1st read.

Path
physio
pharma
anatomy
are left

Was planning to do path and anatomy next.





fosusmle wrote:

The first reading done:
Beh Sciences
Micro
Immuno
Physio
Biochem
Anatomy

Remaining:
Pathology
Pharma




novak75 wrote:

First read immuno upto chapter 14,
Read a couple of chapters of biochem, not many, didn't finish



indidoc wrote:

Its my 1st read.. n so far i have done..

Biochem n genetics (kinda 2 reads in 1)
micro+immuno (2reads in 1 again)
Histology&embryology

and here is mine

1st raed so far---->

anatomy,neuro,embro,histo(not properly)

biochem

immuno

physio

micro

half done---pharma,patho,bs

present situation--->doing pathology

future plan--->start system wise(cross fingers)nod

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it





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  #670

Hey Guys,

Keepgoing......A BIGGG BEAR HUG FOR U sweetiesmiling face & though u werent showing up for sometime but the fact is u ARE a part of us and we didnt ever let u go to welcome u back again.......here's A SECOND BIG BEAR HUG FOR YOUgrin But plz dont disappear on us again, we all need u just as u need us & if something troubles,just let us know & we might find a way out together ok.

Thank you for the amazing words u quoted.......Love ya!

As far as saturday's schedule is concerned,plz just do it this time because its just the weekend getting u , the rest is fine right. I hope Indidoc & Novak show up because the schedule was based on their voting.......u know majority wins.But if u & Zade make up 2 votes in the ballot box, we might need to divide the group among 3.The 3 going in for saturday & the 3 going in for Monday or Wednesday(these are the only available days that work for Zade).

Indidoc & Novak..........we have our big discussion tomorrow so plz report. You guys HAVE TO BE THERE TOMORROW because its a new start based on u guys.

To remind u all..........its chapters 1-8 immuno., same time 2:00 pm Saturday

new_n_lost wrote:
Zade if u r in for a Discussion on Pathology on the Days u specified then do lemme know or if its in the night then also


Guys can u plz wait till we finish immuno, or if u really need to start it right now plz let everyone know, so we can all chip in & avoid forming subgroups. We work together & we are all one ok, so plz take care.
Zade, now u get to decide the day & topic here. Little topic or big (goljan 1 lecture or more) or i am not sure if u want chapter wise......you take the lead here ok . Guys this is because she is just starting & we need to pull her up & do whatever she feels comfortable with ok, i hope u all agree.By the way Zade, if we start after immuno,Indidoc might join us too because he will be able to complete anatomy by then. Rest is all upto u guys to decide........all suggestions are more than welcomenod

Indidoc.........yaar you are too precious to be left alone, so can u plz do anatomy & pharma ( which is about to be started by me from monday following Mytime's schedule. I know u havent done Pharma so we can stick together & do pharma?........just a mere suggestion, the rest is all up to you dear, i am happy with any subject u feel like working with because no matter we start counting from the right or from left, all will be done in the endgrin

Rest of the group TC & Happy studying!



  #671

Honey, I'm going to be doing some serious butt whipping and make them read all subjects. They just won't know what hit them.grin Don't tell them yet. wink . Anyone can follow with even reporting since I am not getting a patent yet.sticking out tongue. afterall it's not about just groupism the idea is to study.....but let them live in the illusion of what fun we are having!!!!!!!!!!!!nod

  #672

Mytime, Unique and my other sweet friends ......here comes my report now.

I did GI 2 nd part too and revised this crazy immuno in which i freak out whenever i realise i got NNL question wrong. See so u are right guys, we need to practice questions to get this scary feeling out.
I am planning to do 50 questions today( the ones Zade send), so will post all the answers when i finish them(they are 200 altogether) & we can all compare our answers.

Would be nice if everyone can finish them in the comming week & we will post all our answers on saturday then.

By the way Unique, i think u are doing really good mashALLAH. Saw u r post & know u managed completing GI yesterday. Even u r immuno is good honey, because u still remember things nicely & get most of the stuff correct.

I have mailed u & Mytime immuno's questions today. Mytime, can u plz confirm ur e-mail too because i just got an error. I know i have u at msng but donno why this is giving an error.

By the way whats up Mytime......were u able to achieve yesterdays target?

Rest is fine........TC & Happy Studying

  #673

Lets start with stuff assigned for today .......okay hepatobiliary system........here we come!!

1 thing.......gotta finish GI's question from yesterday too. God plz help & make things easier plz.


  #674

hi there PPL

Keepgoing............. d)sorry NNLi didnt understand wht didnt u understand ?/

Focus.............. Dont worry Buddy there is no subgroup being formed. Zade will the Only one who is gonna do Patho on 1st read in our Grp so i thought i lend her a helping hand.

Mytime.................. Who r u talking abt whose gonna get some serious spanking n butt whooping that they wwont know wht hit them I sincerely hope I aint one of them becos i wudnt be definitely not in the PAth of Mytime N Focus butt whipping Tornado.




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  #675

cwbhat@yahoo.co.in that's y!

About the Target what do u think?????????? wink Slept at 2. Today is my kindabreak day as i have been working pretty hard. Actually ws meant to be dicussion day at BORDERS but got cancelled at last minute..so.sticking out tongue

Over the weekend I got bacterias to deal with.confused

Thanks for the qs. in adv.nod








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