The "Curious about anatomy" thread

[Reply #80 on:]

That dollar is so coming as a roll of pennies, if at all.   

...I figured that deal was sort of like what less mature folks than yours truly do in a diner: mix a load of foods, beverages, and condiments in a glass and dare one another to drink it for "a dollar". Of course someone eventually drinks it, but no one ever pays up.

Top of the page "I Got a Dollar" dance!

[Reply #81 on:]

   

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
Enough of your longing for penis, I want to know what's the deal with skin...
Couldn't we all do without it?

No we can't!

The skin is the biggest organ in our body. It keeps all the other organs in their places (especially in the abdomen) and protects them against outer influences like sunlight, acids and other fluids, gasses, viruses and bacteria, impacts and so on. Also your body needs it to control its temperature, by sweating.

Without it, your body wouldn't be in the form it is, because your skelton has not enough power to hold the joints and muscles in their position.

[Reply #82 on:]

 

Originally posted by Mr.MastodonFarm:
That dollar is so coming as a roll of pennies, if at all.   

paying a lot in postage would really show him!

[Reply #83 on:]

I was at a male strip bar this weekend. I was waiting for ILTWAL=wanker to be there.

[Reply #84 on:]

 

Originally posted by germanfryfan:
   No we can't!

He says: "No we can't!"

I say: "HE'S NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH!!"   

I think skin would be cooler if it was transparent!!
Come on people! There'd be no more slagging of skin problems at the beach, instead there would be:
"Ha ha, I can see your liver!!"
or
"False hip!! False hip!! Nyah nyah nyah!!"   

[Reply #85 on:]

and imagine seeing someone throwing up... 

[Reply #86 on:]

Skin prevents us from puking whenever we see eachother.

[Reply #87 on:]

And women would think twice about getting implants!

And I'd have to find an alternative to that balloon I had transplanted into my....
Eh, nevermind.   

[Reply #88 on:]

ZJ: Yeah, skin is nice. Clothes also help - I mean that is why wear clothes, right? (that's my reason anyway)

[Reply #89 on:]

Yeah clothes would be soiled all the time because of the blood and other leaks prevented by skin.

[Reply #90 on:]

So are we still posting size or what? I think I measured 8 last time, using the blokes measuring system of going from the very end to the furthest possible point away that could still be considered penis, then rounding up.

[Reply #91 on:]

From underbelly over upper side to top of glans. Haven't tried another way yet. Maybe I could artificially add size then    Meh next time maybe.

[Reply #92 on:]

I go away for awhile and this is what happens?  What is this?  Livejournal?

[Reply #93 on:]

...Yes. Yes it is.
"So what's up with the uvula? It's hangin' around all the time, too lazy to get a job. Am I right? Is this thing on?"
[:waits for an "Actually, the uvula has an important..." post:]

[Reply #94 on:]

Actually, the uvula isn't important at all...or is it?

From   http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/muvula.html 

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  The fact is that there isn't any general consensus on the purpose of the uvula, that little flap of skin visible at the back of your mouth. Many physicians feel that the uvula is a vestigial anatomic structure without a significant function, while others feel that it has a role in speech and swallowing in that it participates in the sealing off of the nasopharynx during these activities [...] The uvula is often surgically removed in treatments for snoring and sleep apnea.
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Pretty inconclusive...

[Reply #95 on:]

Sounds kinda like a penis.

[Reply #96 on:]

Kinda, but I wouldn't want to have my penis removed to treat snoring and sleep apnea.

[Reply #97 on:]

 

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
   

Originally posted by germanfryfan:
   No we can't!

He says: "No we can't!"

I say: "HE'S NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH!!"   

I think skin would be cooler if it was transparent!!
Come on people! There'd be no more slagging of skin problems at the beach, instead there would be:
"Ha ha, I can see your liver!!"
or
"False hip!! False hip!! Nyah nyah nyah!!"   

Faze, you have too much spare time on your hands....remove it now....!

[Reply #98 on:]

anyone else pack on some extra weight since the start of summer vacation?

if only Dairy Queen wern't right down the street.

[Reply #99 on:]

I inherited my skinniness from my dad so I'm sorted for another few years until my young metabolism conks out and I'll have to actually start watching what I eat.... maybe! 

Pot bellies are still sexy, right?

[Reply #100 on:]

 

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:

Pot bellies are still sexy, right?

I do hope they are or I'll have to tighten my belt more 

[Reply #101 on:]

I’ve regained half a stone this year: willpower shortage...

[Reply #102 on:]

 

Originally posted by EvilLunch:
...Yes. Yes it is.
"So what's up with the uvula? It's hangin' around all the time, too lazy to get a job. Am I right? Is this thing on?"
[:waits for an "Actually, the uvula has an important..." post:]

The uvula serves one purpose and one purpose only:
 

Two gay guys are sitting at a bar one guy asks the other "What do you call that hang-down thing in the back of your throat?"  The other guy says "Tickleish."

That joke.

[Reply #103 on:]

About the testicles, I believe they are supposed to hang asymmetrically to avoid having them banging together when you move around.
So Teral, perhaps you should consider getting some padding to tuck in between? :P

[Reply #104 on:]

Nu-uh!
The body is asymmetrical full stop.
Heart on the left, liver on the right, one kidney higher than the other etc.

There were a few recorded cases of people with complete mirror image internal organs through history, with their heart on the right and so on, doctors can't figure out why!

In fact, the whole Universe is asymmetrical if you look close enough, right down to cells and atoms.

[Reply #105 on:]

 

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
In fact, the whole Universe is asymmetrical if you look close enough, right down to cells and atoms.

It seems more logical that everything would be symmetrical if you looked close enough...
I bet you can't prove it anyway... In fact, I know you can't prove it.

Symmetry is beautiful.

[Reply #106 on:]

Read this book.
 

Right Hand Left Hand is a wonderful read, reaching from the fundamental depths of atomic structure (sub-atomic particles called neutrinos are left-handed) and the stuff we are all made of (the DNA double helix has a right-handed twist, although one of its co-discoverers Jim Watson is left-handed)...

HA! 

[Reply #107 on:]

Stop hurting my assymetric brain.

So for a righthanded person, which side are maths skills on and logical thinking ? Needed for accounting, maths, etc.

I have a suspicion I damaged it in a backwards tumble, top of the head on gravel, falling from a garden chair.

[Reply #108 on:]

Ha? But it doesn't prove anything! Remember that you wrote "if you look close enough".

Edit: I know I'm just being pedantic but that's what I'm best at.

[Reply #109 on:]

I rather like people with their clothes on...

That way you can imagine them coming off 

[Reply #110 on:]

I've packed on about half a stone too... damn working in a bakery...

[Reply #111 on:]

I've put on a stone in 6 months. Not good.

[Reply #112 on:]

I'm now constantly hovering in between 13 stone 6 to 13 stone 14. I got it down to 13 4 once, but seem to be getting progressively heavier again. I've inherited a fairly tall and trim figure from my dad - but he also has a bit of a beer belly, and I've inherited that too without drinking any beer... 

[Reply #113 on:]

I think everybody is finding the weight that I lost, I'm now 2 stone lighter than I was this time last year   

[Reply #114 on:]

Heh, since I moved to Iceland a few months ago, I'm eating more, moving less and losing weight. It just doesn't add up.

[Reply #115 on:]

 

Originally posted by termos:
Ha? But it doesn't prove anything!

"HA!" proves everything!! 

[Reply #116 on:]

4 bunnycat - you're welcome

oh, and so this doesn't get automatically closed...

i've got 34C boobs. it sux when your wait fluctuates, cuz then so do those things. periods suck too but i wont get into that 

[Reply #117 on:]

So, back to my no-skin conversation...

It'd be cool, you could stand up in front of one of those "inside the body" charts in doctors offices and he wouln't know you're there!

You could hear all sorts of peoples ailments, like when I found out Sammy had an outie...   

[Reply #118 on:]

Boy, you is so wrong. My bellybutton is akin to a delightfully small fleshy cave, in which perhaps one day miniature fleshy woodland creatures may care to live.

I'm not the one who doesn't have a bellybutton at all!

*gasps*

[Reply #119 on:]

Yes! A place where I can talk about sex freely and no one is stopping me. I love sex even when it's bad. I'll have to admit that I hate anal sex. It hurts and one time it made me bleed. Do you think Nurbot is a virgin?

thanks, futurefreak. you're awesexome