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I find these kind of representations fascinating too, all of the ones you’ve shown. As a guy who has been rather hard on his joints over the years, I’d love to see some visualization of what happens to bones as they react to stress and add protection, leading to osteoarthritis, which in turn chews through the cartilage. People love to say “bone of bone” when they talk about this, but what’s that really look like?

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That would be very interesting...why we don’t regenerate cartilage as a stress response but instead, we get bony growths that lead to pain and limited motion.

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It’s doesn’t seem like an evolutionarily well-adapted response, does it? But I suppose since it only occurs in post-reproductive age people, there is no benefit ... I’m venturing into lingo that I’m not terribly adept at, I better stop.

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The Purkinje cells are beautiful . I always loved studying the brain . The way bodies work to keep us alive, from the macro level to the cellular level, is truly amazing.

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It’s so humbling to see one, that this “lump” leads to such richness and complexity.

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It’s kindle of funny that I spend my days a handful of metres away from an entire shelf of anatomy books and have never opened any of them. Not because I’m not interested! But I think I’d be too interested.

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Like the original Googling of symptoms. It was sometimes too tempting 😬

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Studying anatomy for my discipline was fascinating. I recall a visit to Queen's University specimen room where all sorts of body parts were preserved in formaldehyde. Very odd to think that they were all living at one time. What was their life like? Did they donate willingly, or were John or Jane Does?

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We did a brain dissection for an undergrad neuropsych class (the prof had an in with the hospital) and it is weirdly humbling to find yourself in front of a donation (which it was) because it makes you realize how similar we all are, and also marvel at how lumps of meat can produce such wildly wonderful and complex existences.

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Wow, Bryn - such a fascinating post!

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Thanks Rebecca!! 💜

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