The Human Body
It is too fascinating for words. It just blows me away. Today I was studying about immunoglobulins, the little molecules that are crucial for the recognition of foreign material in the body. Well, actually I lie. The body also has the complement system, a collection of protein molecules that ALSO recognise foreign material in the body and act in perfect synchrony with all the other parts of the immune system to kill whatever is not supposed to be inside you. I haven't even gotten to the bit about the B-cells and the T-cells, or the neutrophils and monocytes... just trying to imagine how it all works together is enough to make my head explode! And this is just one system in the bajillions of harmonised processes that make up a fully functional human being! Do not even get me started on respiration. Do you realise how ridiculously complicated the process is just to make energy to do all the other ridiculously complicated things any given cell in your body is doing RIGHT NOW?? In other medical related funny-news: The America vs England video RT put up yesterday had me practically rolling with laughter, and at the same time a little stunned by the education system. What really amused me was the following thought: As part of the abbreviated mini-mental test to assess a patient's level of confusion/dementia, we ask 10 questions, one of which is "What year did World War 2 start?" It never occurred to me that maybe they were getting it wrong because they never knew in the first place! When this generation gets old, we might have to make sure that question is no longer on the test... |
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