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resemble those of heterosexual women more than they resemble those of heterosexual men. One highly publicized study that purported to demonstrate this was conducted in 1991 by former Salk Institute researcher Simon LeVay. LeVay studied the brains of cadavers or dead people, including 18 men known to be homosexual and one known to be bisexual. He compared them with the brains of another 16 men and six women whom he presumed to have been heterosexual. This is what LeVay claimed to have found: •…

The lumbar and sacrum articulates with each other to form lumbosacral region or in other words the “Low Back”. In the same study previously stated the author explains the movement of the sacrum when the ilia is immobilized. Alderink states, “Cadaver sacral mobility was measured with the hemi-pelvis immobilized. The sacrum appeared to follow the lumbar spine during trunk flexion, extension, side bending, and rotation. During lumbar rotation, the sacrum rotated to the same side and bent to the…

family prefers and apply cosmetics for enhancement on the outsides. They even apply makup and other cosmetics to enhance the appearance. These chemicals are applied when the funeral is due later than that is recommended by the doctor to preserve the cadaver. Burial This is done by the grave diggers working for the Funeral Directors Streatham. They dig the ground and then lay the coffin inside and concretize the outside with dates and epitaphs on the tombstone. The family members can request…

the help of a national genetic database, the FBI would be able to quickly identify missing persons, cadavers, and criminals. The intention of obtaining a genetic database is to solve murders and identify other victims that could only previously be identified as Jane or John Doe. The International Homicide Investigators Association claims that nationally there are more than 40,000 unidentified cadavers. Thomas Callaghan, director of the FBI 's national DNA database program stated that a genetic…

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H.Holmes, was known as one of the first serial killers in the states or some could even say he was one of the first killers that genuinely defined the word. Holmes was at large around the same time as Jack The Ripper. He committed his crimes on all people regardless of age, gender, relationship status or status in life. No one was safe from the acts he committed in the mid 1800’s. To give a little light on who Holmes is, He was born in New Hampshire in…

Transitioning into adulthood is hard for any gender but it was especially difficult during the 1950s, a socially conservative time. As a woman in the 1950s, transitioning to adulthood was difficult and for Esther it was nearly impossible. Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar provides the opportunity to view a young woman's journey into early adulthood during a period where gender roles, double standards, and social norms severely restricted the options and opportunities available to women. Further, when…

cautioned myself on that notion. It is often said “After joy is sorrow” and I needed to be on the lookout for anything that might become sorrowful to me. Got into work and set to my tasks and one of the tasks which I dreaded doing was cleaning the cadavers…

The many different subjects I have learned as part of the medical academy constantly interest me. I enjoy the thought of working on human cadavers. I am excited by the simple task of taking the pulse of another person. I am interested in the different stains that are performed on different types of cells to examine them. But what interests me the most, is the subject of Sports Medicine…

Medical simulation in the past According to any dictionary, simulation is defined as the representation of a process or a system. As far as medical simulation is concerned, it was utilized even in ancient times as it is revealed by the discovery of human figures made of stone and clay which are dated back to Antiquity and illustrate the clinical characteristics of some diseases. In the 17th century, legislation permitted the performance of necrotomies in order for medical students and doctors…

with an interest towards human sciences. It was after the results of my medical entrance examination, I chose to join a dental school. The first year of my freshmen year at the dental school was exciting. I had exercises on how to wax teeth, dissect cadavers, examine slides, and patient X-rays. I was pretty healthy and had no health issues. I also had exercises on how to make a perfect mix of the dental materials before using them on a patient’s tooth. Around the time I was exposed to those…