Thursday, August 16, 2007

formaldehyde

Formaldehyde based solutions are used in embalming to disinfect and temporarily preserve human remains pending final disposition.
for further information - refer lovely wikipedia.com =)...

so why am i telling you whats used in embalming cadavers? well we also squirt it all over the lovely cadavers to keep them usable all the time. i mean in our lab its called the "life" juice or "fountain of youth" ..

so today is the last time i went into anatomy lab to study before my final tomorrow. wow, last time i'll EVER take anatomy. YAY!!!!!!

here's my lovely bloopers:
so over the years of being in anatomy lab, one thing you learn is how to adjust things without touching your body. the scrubs you wear in, touch the formaldehyde, touch the cadavers skin, fat, muscles, organs. sometimes if too much formaldehyde is squirted on there, it splashes back at you, blah blah blah...
so like i said, you make sure your gloves done come in contact with ure face, hair, or rest of body. so how do you fix a bra strap falling? or hair in ure face? or a yes wedgie or if ure pants are falling and you can see ure undies??
all PRACTICAL PROBLEMS that you come across.. well duh silly ... its called the
anatomy dance off!!!
hahahahaha its the one butt cheek dance for the wedgie
the raise ure elbows and swing at 'em dance for the bra strap
shimmie down the wall corner to fix the falling pants and undies situation
blow at 'em face for blowing away the hair in ure face or shake it off dance to move all the hair in the back...

when u put it all together, its hilarious!!!!! something me and my friends came up with over time.

so here's the funny anatomy story, you guys might not even find it funny cause it might end up with one of those "gotta be there" kinda things, but whatever -
so we're studying anatomy as usual, im all serious, talking about the hip joint and trying to find a ligament.. all of a sudden my friends SLAPS ... OH YES
SLAPS MY HAND WITH THE CADAVERS EXPOSED RECTUS FEMORIS (part of your quads in the thigh)
i looked up like wtf just slapped my hand, it looked human --- i was soo confused because i knew where her hands were. she was on the other side of the table, i couldnt figure out how she could slap me.
omg -- then she slaps my hand with the exposed SARTORIUS...
oh lord.. i was sooo confused, then i figured out that my friend was using random cadaver muscles to slap my hand.
we laughed for about 10 minutes... obviously people starred at us like we were idiots, but hey, we had a good laugh.

wish me luck..

ohhh just an FYI: formaldehyde, something that smells soo pungent and put on cadavers so you would never think so - but IS ACTUALLY AN APPETITE STIMULANT. yesss... did you ever think when you smelled a nasty ass stinky cadaver that almost makes you puke, it would also make you want to eat??????

6 comments:

Aditi said...

eww i remember how it smells eww.. so the reason i ddint take up anything bio related...
good luck

Vik Rajagopalan said...

I would like to see the cheek dance [:)] sounds like fun your anatomy and with formaldehyde.

=)

Keshi said...

sounds so grossssssssss n freaky, eeeeeeeeeeeeks! :(

Good luck with ur exams hun! U'll do well I know.

Keshi.

Keshi said...

how did u go?

Keshi.

Rani said...

@aditi: lol.... u remember how it smells. it really ISNT THAT BAD. or i guess u get used to it.

@vik: perhaps u watched star wars.. "sounds like fun your anatomy and formaldehyde" -- hahahaha, and yes indeed it was, but super glad i never have to do it again.

@keshi: hehehe.. yes i guess it kinda gross. thanks!!

Unknown said...

So are you like done romancing with Formaldehyde? Does that mean we can never know the strange anatomy dances no more :-(

Cruel world smarty this...