tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post2274378650421173251..comments2024-02-17T14:50:54.001-05:00Comments on Notes of an Anesthesioboist: Seven Wonders of the Anatomical World?T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-70697039877440569442008-03-25T11:14:00.000-04:002008-03-25T11:14:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure about the wonder of the Larynx and...I'm not so sure about the wonder of the Larynx and friends, but that may be because I'm sitting here between an ENT and a Gastroenterologist who are both pointing across the room at their colleague and crying "That's his problem" while every time I cough my airway closes up and I bruise the inside of my rib cage as the pressure in my chest seems to go from 1 atmosphere to 20. That would be an x-ray I'd like to see... a rib broken out from the inside.. Not to mention the occasional backwash of debris down into my lungs after a coughing fit. <BR/><BR/>There are some amazing structural marvels in our anatomy, and some downright phenomenal chemical computing structures... but this multiplexed breathing/eating thing lacks an elegant redundancy. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of asking for gills next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-2496111525681868312008-02-12T07:36:00.000-05:002008-02-12T07:36:00.000-05:00That video is scary. I have often wondered why the...That video is scary. I have often wondered why there weren't more gashes like that with the razor-like sharpness of the skates. The goalie was even more sad - no one was paying attention at first while he's exsanguinating. <BR/><BR/>7 is a hard number to come up with - but I think you have some good choices.MedStudentGod (MSG)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02670042423377931696noreply@blogger.com