So my cadaver lab is about as exciting as it gets around here and I thought I would tell you a little about what I am doing there. So for those of you who don't know a cadaver is a dead person and I have a group of 4 for my cadaver and we are doing a complete dissection of the human body. Let me just tell you that the human body is the most amazing creation on this earth. It is phenomenal how intricate it is and how something that looks like a little string can be a nerve that is completely responsible for all of your gastric functioning and more.
So far my group and I have dissected the back and all of the musculature (this involves skinning and removing each muscle layer by layer). The Chest's musculature and the thoracic cage (this involves cutting open the chest with a bone saw), the lungs (which are my favorite organ - like the way they feel), the heart, the entire abdominal cavity including the liver, stomach, etc... and one of the most fascinating and smelly organs of the body - THE INTESTINES. I'm sure you all know that the small intestine is actually 22 ft long (not small) and my classmates removed theirs and stretched it out along the room and you better believe that there was 22 ft in that little body. It is really funny because my teacher had to warn us NOT TO USE THE INTESTINES TO PLAY JUMP-ROPE. Of course we weren't doing that, but some previous class had and I guess that's just not cool, I was tempted though.
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Note to self: Do not spend the night at Kim's house. j/k ;)
When I saw the title of this post I thought...oh gee, do I really want to read this? But I must admit I was fascinated as I read on--it WOULD be pretty cool to see a human body in such a detailed experience. And I think it is funny that you have a "favorite" organ :) Miss you guys!
You are one tough girl! I don't think I could handle that - although it would be cool, my gag reflux works overtime. =)
Hehehe!!! Kim, you're blogging about the small intestines... that rocks!! :-) This is why we're good friends and Kyle and you understand eachother so well hehe :-) So I'm pretty sure I'd be the person who'd want to jump rope with it... sounds like a Friday night double-date to me! J/k!
Kim! your posts are grossing me out and making me never want to eat anything that looks like a noodle or play with a jump rope again! :) sounds fun! i would puke.
Wow! I learned something new today! :)
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