Thursday, August 6, 2009

We're all unique

It’s strange how different people are and yet still the same. Every time I’m working on a body I notice things that are a little out-of-the-ordinary. Some of the more common differences are things like third nipples and such, but then there are things like glass eyes or both sex organs that one just doesn’t get to see regularly. Some of the differences are internal, like the size of arteries or the location of them, or like a case I embalmed last week that I had the hardest time getting a drain tube (from the jugular vein to the heart) in, probably because of an abnormal bifurcation or something. I think I find these differences amusing (except when they’re a pain in the ass, like when I can’t find an artery), which is nice since everyone seems to have something about them that’s different, and then I start to wonder what differences I have that I’ve never noticed, or what other people have that I will never know about. Also, now that I know how common some of the things are I wonder who I know that have those same quirks. Very interesting, dontcha think??

4 comments:

Ivan Toblog said...

I think that what's amusing to some is a pain in the @ss to others.

BJ said...

I can tell you whats different about you :-)

Anonymous said...

abnormal bifurcation WBAGNFARB

thecheckoutgirl said...

I absolutely adore the two nipples with which I was born, and had NO idea that an extra was an option. like it, love it, gotta have it.