Hair. The stuff that we wash, condition, style, blow dry, cut, curl, straighten, dye, shave, braid, well, let’s just say that it keeps us busy. Did you ever stop to think how much we have of it or how fast it grows? A blonde, a natural blonde, that is, has an average of 150,000 hairs. …
In November of 2017, my mother was hospitalized for a urinary tract infection and the medications prescribed to combat the infection accelerated her dementia, and she is now living full time in an assisted living facility. Nearly at the same time, Michele’s father was hospitalized for a heart arrhythmia and was prescribed medications that caused …
Here’s something to chew on: The hardest substance anywhere in your body is found in your teeth. No surprise though, when you stop to think how much these hard and bony things do for you. Your tooth is made up of four main parts. The enamel, the dentin, the pulp and the root. The enamel …
Did you know that you can “speak” without speaking? You can! Well…sort of. Up above your eyes are two rows of hairs called your eyebrows. Though not serving as vital of functions as your liver, heart, kidney, lungs and other internal organs, they do have a purpose. Your eyebrows are placed on your face in …
Inside your rib cage, on the left side of your body is…your stomach. Located behind the top part of your stomach is another organ. That organ is your Spleen, and the subject of this discussion. Your spleen is a rather large organ: about 5 inches long, 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick. It plays …
How galling would it be…if you didn’t have a gallbladder? Right beneath your liver, in a small space just perfect for its keeping, is your gallbladder. Your gallbladder stores gall, also known as bile. Bile is made by your liver, and is passed on to the gall bladder, where it is concentrated and made 5 …
You have very important and delicate organs that are essential for you to live. These organs, like your heart, lungs and liver, must be protected from harm. And so, they are…in a cage, your rib cage, that is. Your rib cage is made up of your ribs, your sternum and twelve of your vertebrae. The …
You have about 10,000 different taste buds. Most of them are located on your tongue. And they are completely replaced every 10-14 days. But did you know that a lot of your “taste” has nothing to do with your taste buds? Much of your taste is determined by your nose! The scent of food is …
In the front of your eye, covering the iris (the colored part) and the pupil (the little black part,) is your cornea. This is where light enters your eyes. Your cornea is curved so as to “bend” the light, so it can pass through the pupil. The pupil is increased or decreased in size by …
That’s right, your skin is an organ. And as an organ, it is classified as everything that covers your body, including hair and fingernails. Your skin is rather heavy…about 16% of your entire body weight. Even though it’s heavy, your skin is very thin. At its thickest point, which is on the bottom of your …
Hello Liver! This is the reddish-brown, wedge shaped organ located in your abdomen. It is the largest internal organ of your body, weighing over 3 pounds in an adult. Your liver is a very important organ. So important in fact, that it would be impossible for you to live without it for more than one, …
Your ear has three parts: the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The outer ear is the part of your ear that can be seen. It goes by some rather fancy names that we don’t usually hear, the pinna or the auricle. This part of your ear is designed to bounce sound waves into …
