Human brain and spinal cord

Elbaston

Ever get freaked out about how delicate the human brain and spinal cord are.

Its like a thin thread right (material kind)? And if it should break - well its tubes, drinking straws and ready-brek time for the rest of your days.
As far as I know they dont have that replacement part in stock today - so the only in-out you'll be seeing ever again is the sign on the terminal ward door.

The brain too, weird, some people can get bounced around in accidents/incidents and walk away with a headache - others take a hit the wrong way and lose their lives memory. (ibf ram/rom)

No one else freaked by how delicate their body is ?

/ strange rant.


(yes yes - ibf did you hit your head etc etc)

_Redzer_

No. I'm normal

Hi there 0/

constance tench

Elbaston wrote: »

Ever get freaked out about how delicate the human brain and spinal cord are.

Its like a thin thread right (material kind)? And if it should break - well its tubes, drinking straws and ready-brek time for the rest of your days.
As far as I know they dont have that replacement part in stock today - so the only in-out you'll be seeing ever again is the sign on the terminal ward door.

The brain too, weird, some people can get bounced around in accidents/incidents and walk away with a headache - others take a hit the wrong way and lose their lives memory. (ibf ram/rom)

No one else freaked by how delicate their body is ?

/ strange rant.


(yes yes - ibf did you hit your head etc etc)

...dropped on your head as a child?

Captain Chaos

The ol brain is strange alright. There is the pictures of the guy that tried to kill himself with a nail gun and shot himself at least 8 times with 6 inch nails. All went through his skull and into his brain, the doctors pulled them out and he was ok other than the fact he want to kill himself.

Then a US soldier in Iraq got shot in the head, lost half of his brain and is still alive and walking around, docs had to reconstruct half his head with metal plates to graft shin back around it. Makes you wonder.

Elbaston

Indeed it does .... may-hap I should make it into a question on boards.

Sauve

Elbaston wrote: »

Indeed it does .... may-hap I should make it into a question on boards.

Go to bed will ya :pac:

Bullchomper

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The ol brain is strange alright. There is the pictures of the guy that tried to kill himself with a nail gun and shot himself at least 8 times with 6 inch nails. All went through his skull and into his brain, the doctors pulled them out and he was ok other than the fact he want to kill himself.

He what! Eight times! Dear sweet jesus, how the hell did he do that? With six inch nails! JESUS!

The Backwards Man

Sauve wrote: »

Go to bed will ya :pac:

Is that a threat or a promise?

Bepolite

Given the way people drive, I don't think you'll find people with the same fear.

Sauve

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is that a threat or a promise?

That's some solid advice

The Backwards Man

Sauve wrote: »

That's some solid advice

Yeah. . advice. . .yeah!

wretcheddomain

Louis Walsh is spineless and doesn't have a brain, but yet he lives on. Explain that?

Elbaston

Thread incapable of surviving.

Switch off life support mod.

Call it.

Artful_Badger

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The ol brain is strange alright. There is the pictures of the guy that tried to kill himself with a nail gun and shot himself at least 8 times with 6 inch nails. All went through his skull and into his brain, the doctors pulled them out and he was ok other than the fact he want to kill himself.

Then a US soldier in Iraq got shot in the head, lost half of his brain and is still alive and walking around, docs had to reconstruct half his head with metal plates to graft shin back around it. Makes you wonder.

Heard a story of Phineas Gage before (probably QI) and its a strange one. Had a spike shot through his head mangling his brain. He survived but his personality changed so much after the accident people who knew him said he was like a completely different person.

IM0

In terms of the brain it all about how fast the sudden stop is that decides what damage is done usually, they don't just pick speed limits out of their arse you know

Karl Stein

Bags of offal with snap, crackle, and pop, bones flying about the place in four wheeled metal boxes?

kneemos

I've seen animal spinal cords and they are a lot like cooked spagetti in consistancy,except white and thicker.
You can pick them up and and there is a certain strength to them but press on them a little and it turns to mush.

Banjo String

According to my wife, I'm a "brain dead, spineless prick" so I'm not worried about it.

CruelCoin

@OP: Nope.

Was in a head on collision lately.

Other than a few bruises and scars, all is well.

oldyouth

I have a spinal cord that splits for around 4 inches and rejoins at the base.

I'm special

TerrorFirmer

That Phineas Gage incident is an amazing read.

aidan24326

The brain is really strange in that sometimes what appears to be only a minor injury can have drastic effects (personality change, total memory loss etc) and other times a person can get shot in the head or take a spike through the head and make almost a full recovery.

anncoates

Elbaston wrote: »

Ever get freaked out about how delicate the human brain and spinal cord are.

Mine are encased in bone so thankfully I should be OK, barring any major accidents.

Mr Benevolent

Elbaston wrote: »

Ever get freaked out about how delicate the human brain and spinal cord are.

Its like a thin thread right (material kind)? And if it should break - well its tubes, drinking straws and ready-brek time for the rest of your days.
As far as I know they dont have that replacement part in stock today - so the only in-out you'll be seeing ever again is the sign on the terminal ward door.

The brain too, weird, some people can get bounced around in accidents/incidents and walk away with a headache - others take a hit the wrong way and lose their lives memory. (ibf ram/rom)

No one else freaked by how delicate their body is ?

/ strange rant.


(yes yes - ibf did you hit your head etc etc)

The spinal cord has a strange design. Some people have 4 arteries supplying it, others only have one. That's the difference between a minor motor deficit and quadriplegia. It's one of the few developmental variabilities that can make a huge difference in a major accident. In terms of the brain, it depends on what direction the impact comes from. The brain is most resilient to impacts from behind, then in front, and the most dangerous is side impacts as they tend to tear stuff. Other problems relating to head on impacts are the heart's aortas tearing under impact forces, the most common cause of death in high speed crashes.

Moral: Be careful when moving, you're mortal. Driving, walking, cycling... pay attention all the time.

Nforce

Speaking of brain injuries...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)

I remember seeing this guy interviewed on the TV in the late 80's. He lost 43% of his brain when he was shot by a sniper. The BBC made a tv drama about the incident, "Tumbledown".

TerrorFirmer

Nforce wrote: »

Speaking of brain injuries...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)

I remember seeing this guy interviewed on the TV in the late 80's. He lost 43% of his brain when he was shot by a sniper. The BBC made a tv drama about the incident, "Tumbledown".

That was an amazing book. The whole story left me speechless.

aujopimur

I often wondered if you end up with tubes and straws, can you still get a stiffy?.

anncoates

aujopimur wrote: »

I often wondered if you end up with tubes and straws, can you still get a stiffy?.

If The World According To Garp is to be believed: yes.

wil

Hemispherectomy - removal of one half of the brain is a treatment for certain otherwise untreatable severe seisures eg Ramussens syndrome.
People usually recover well with relatively few side effects - loss of sight in one eye or use of one hand. Memory, personality and intellignce unaffected.
There was a child on the Temple street hospital TV series who had this.

aidan24326

aujopimur wrote: »

I often wondered if you end up with tubes and straws, can you still get a stiffy?.

If the spinal cord is completely severed then no, there won't be much happening down there ever again.