April 2012
The tiniest muscle, the stapedius of the middle...
Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat... →
aliapie:
fathappyandcaffeinated:
aatombomb:
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I...
Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils:... →
biomedicalephemera:
There are four primary classes of Lethal Agents that are produced as weapons. There are also two classes of Non-Lethal Harassing Agents.
Lethal Agents Lethal agents are classified by the affect that they have on the body, as all have the capacity to cause death.
Blood Agents: Phosgene,…
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E is for EEEP! It's exam time! (29/4/12)
I now have 2 days left of revision before my exams start. Jheez I’m nervous - these exams decide whether of not I go to medical school in September =S I’m revising and all that jazz, but it still doesn’t quite feel enough. I want to do so much -revision, past papers, exercises/questions to build up skills - but there just isn’t enough time. On the one hand, I’m...
10% of human dry weight is made up of bacteria.
The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood...
humananatomyfacts:
That’s enough to fill more than 3 super tankers.
The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is...
“A normal scalp has 100,000 hair follicles. On average, a single strand of hair...”
– A dermatologist impresses upon us the wonder of hair and our ability to grow it. (via medicalstate)
The amount of carbon in the human body is enough...
The surface area of a human lung is equal to that...
