The HUBS essays don't require anything particularly insightful or complex (as a general rule). Start off by stating the obvious (even if it seems bloody obvious), and then focus on ensuring you've explicitly covered all the basic points the lecturer may have made. Once you've done this (and if you have time) you can then try to put in extra stuff to impress the marker (if you want).
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Nimbus2000
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oh god haha, i don't know how I managed to miss this whole page when replying with my good luck message ><
I haven't done this question yet (due to laziness), all I did was plan out a response - what I have down is:
- when the ligaments (extracapsular) are 'locked' or in stretch as far as they will go (which is what happens when knee is fully extended - heel strike), they are in there most stable positions (this is from one of the last few lectures in Musculoskeletal lectures, she said it)
- intracapsular ligaments - anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate stop anterior and posterior displacement of the tibia respectively
- fibrocartilaginous menisci between the femur and tibia/fibula. The menisci deepen the _____(forgot the word for it - it makes the articulation and the "fit" of the bones better) and thus results in better stability in that area
- i guessed about the muscle attachments - i said that the quadriceps femoris attaches onto the patellar tendon which runs over the tibia and attaches at the tibial tuberosity, which effectively means that the muscle itself is holding the femur and the tibia together = joint stability at knee (yes I fudged this one :L which is why it sounds so crap lol)
So yes, that is what I had down
Hope that helps buddy, all the best for tomorrow!
EDIT: YAY. >.> I should have been faster lol. and I managed to miss another whole page of replies whilst i replied.
I haven't done this question yet (due to laziness), all I did was plan out a response - what I have down is:
- when the ligaments (extracapsular) are 'locked' or in stretch as far as they will go (which is what happens when knee is fully extended - heel strike), they are in there most stable positions (this is from one of the last few lectures in Musculoskeletal lectures, she said it)
- intracapsular ligaments - anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate stop anterior and posterior displacement of the tibia respectively
- fibrocartilaginous menisci between the femur and tibia/fibula. The menisci deepen the _____(forgot the word for it - it makes the articulation and the "fit" of the bones better) and thus results in better stability in that area
- i guessed about the muscle attachments - i said that the quadriceps femoris attaches onto the patellar tendon which runs over the tibia and attaches at the tibial tuberosity, which effectively means that the muscle itself is holding the femur and the tibia together = joint stability at knee (yes I fudged this one :L which is why it sounds so crap lol)
So yes, that is what I had down
Hope that helps buddy, all the best for tomorrow!
EDIT: YAY. >.> I should have been faster lol. and I managed to miss another whole page of replies whilst i replied.
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Thanks Nimbus good luck tomorrow aswell mateoh god haha, i don't know how I managed to miss this whole page when replying with my good luck message ><
I haven't done this question yet (due to laziness), all I did was plan out a response - what I have down is:
- when the ligaments (extracapsular) are 'locked' or in stretch as far as they will go (which is what happens when knee is fully extended - heel strike), they are in there most stable positions (this is from one of the last few lectures in Musculoskeletal lectures, she said it)
- intracapsular ligaments - anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate stop posterior and anterior displacement of the tibia? (i can't remember exactly, I'll check this right after I post this, and edit it if its wrong
- fibrocartilaginous menisci between the femur and tibia/fibula. The menisci deepen the _____(forgot the word for it - it makes the articulation and the "fit" of the bones better) and thus results in better stability in that area
- i guessed about the muscle attachments - i said that the quadriceps femoris attaches onto the patellar tendon which runs over the tibia and attaches at the tibial tuberosity, which effectively means that the muscle itself is holding the femur and the tibia together = joint stability at knee (yes I fudged this one :L which is why it sounds so crap lol)
So yes, that is what I had down
Hope that helps buddy, all the best for tomorrow!
EDIT: YAY. >.> I should have been faster lol.
Hope everyone went okay
Congrats on getting your first exam done and dusted!
What? You guys have to write essays?
Good and luck and well done guys.
Haha, Campus Watch? XD
I agree with you on that, SAQ was a bit ambiguous for meI actually found the SAQ to be a lot more difficult than the past years
But other than that I think all went ok...hopefully...
Profiterole
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Yea, I found the SAQ a lot harder and more ambiguous than previous years. The penicillin questions was not good, our whole row in chem lab hated it x.x
Was it just me or did it seem that viral immunity to antigens wasn't really covered in the lectures/covered really badly?
Was it just me or did it seem that viral immunity to antigens wasn't really covered in the lectures/covered really badly?
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Profiterole
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Iirc it was one of two or three questions that were just worded really funny.. weren't very clear. Another one like that was where it asked for two physical mechanisms of heat loss or whatever, presumably they were talking about radiation, conduction, etc..how else does it cause an allergic reaction then?
I actually found the SAQ to be a lot more difficult than the past years
I agree with you on that, SAQ was a bit ambiguous for me
And you lot didn't listen when I told you the SAQ section was hard
Always a lot harder to work out single-word answers in the exam (for me, at least), because you're not given any cues like you are with MCQ, and so any exam stress --> SAQ mind-blanks. Hope you all went well, and even if you didn't, nothing you can do about it now, so time for CELS!
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