Insomniac Anatomy Academy! 🧪 I don't know what day it is anymore I cannot.
Anyway. Bones. You know the way we think of bones they're as very solid, rockish objects, you know?
We often forget that they have LAYERS, they're living things! It boggles me sometimes when I think about it.
Anyway. Bones. You know the way we think of bones they're as very solid, rockish objects, you know?
We often forget that they have LAYERS, they're living things! It boggles me sometimes when I think about it.
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But it also means because the bones are living THEY NEED BLOOD of their own. For the oxygen and nutrients and vibes.
So there are tiny arteries that go INTO YOUR vertebrae
All that and those things are supporting HUNDREDS OF POUNDS at any one time.
Bones! Iconic.
Some new moms can lactate in their axilla.
That's your ARMPIT.
Yes. Breastmilk, from your pits. How does this happen?
https://www.livescience.com/armpit-lactate-accessory-breast-tissue.html
Nope. But milk will out. It will find a hold. Like the pores you have to express sweat.
It's...kinda like a zit. But breast milk. And very big. 🧪
Because you see, there are other mammals that lactate without nipples: The Monotremes! Echidnas and Platypuses. Yup. Those weirdos. https://www.science.org/content/article/got-milk-even-first-mammals-knew-how-suckle