The Bodies Exhibit

Upon entering the Bodies Exhibit, we intruded on a group of students who was just starting their tour. The tour guide was giving an explanation of the human skull that was fairly stretched out by rod like needles in between each cranial bone to deeply express all the bones of the skull. All the facial bones were still attached. The skull appeared abnormally large because of the stretch but the position of the ethmoid bone became more visible and recognizable than before, which was very helpful. The tour guide also stated that the skull was of an adult male and there were numerous ways to identify a male from a female skull. Features of an adult male skull are larger, rounder and robust than of female, which are lighter, smaller and smoother.

The skeleton of a human was the next gallery we visited. I really enjoyed this room because I knew most of the names of the bones that was displayed. I was like look at that scapula sitting next to that sacrum sitting next to that mandible. Ha! The bones were not sporadically arranged as I just mentioned but I was excited to be able to name bones left and right. The cervical, thoracic and the lumbar vertebrae showed the major differences between them. The body of the lumbar was clearly larger than the cervical or the thoracic vertebrae and the spinous process of the lumbar was less elevated than the other two. Basically, the functions of the vertebrae were easier at the exhibit. I thought this (the exhibit) would have been a good learning experience for the midterm because most of the bones on display were labeled.

As we approached the room with the muscular system gallery, I really regretted not bringing my book to study. This room was really interesting because there was an entire man wi...

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...gest internal organ weighing in 3.5 lbs.; however, the skin is overall the heaviest organ. The heart is the center of the circulatory system; it pumps blood in and out. Coronary arteries circulate blood to the heart and cardiac veins remove deoxygenated blood from the heart. This was represented in the exhibit by the arteries being red and the veins appearing blue. Every heart beat or thumb is your heart pumping blood to and from your lungs. Near the end of the visit, there was a pair of smoker’s lungs and non-smoker lungs on displayed. The smoker lungs were very black compared to the large healthier heart.

The exhibit was a great learning experience because everything was easy to take notice. Having the knowledge of some human anatomy & physiology under my belt help me go in without a blind eye. This is one of the best ways to learn outside of class and open lab.