My son passed away in a car accident his senior year of high school and I was able to donate him to the anatomy program at the university he was enrolled in for the following fall. It was a blessing in the most difficult time in my life to know that he was still making a difference in this world for the time they had him. They had a Legacy of Life ceremony to thank the families of donors about a year later and many students and instructors approached me to tell me what an impact his donation had on them. I'll be handing over my carcass as well, when the time comes.
I nearly became one of those cadavers after that jump scare... I swear my sole left my body for a moment lol... Would still love a video on the complaxity of the thyroid and what happens when like it goes under active
The "appearance" of hair and nail growth is due to skin retraction after death. Did he say that and I missed it? Damn *Jonathan is SO handsome,* distracting, and in my field of study. Edit: stupid google pixel autocorrect.
My guess in the old old days whenever they had to dig someone up, if they did it at, 'the right time' for this. The skin would have broken down and receded on the head and fingers. The nails and hair would still be there and it gave the illusion that they grew longer when actually the skin drew back.
Thank you for all the information you give us. I've heard of actinic acid and troponin is one thing doctors test for if they think you had a heart attack. Thankfully my heart was just fine and I was only dehydrated.
I would like to catch these guys off guard. Quicky tell them something is in their teeth after they been holding these bodies. See if they quickly dig in their mouth before they take those gloves off...
Thrilled with your teaching, 🤗 And I would like to give my body after death to the institute of human anatomy, firstly because of science secondly because with that I will not burden my family financially, life is expensive but death is too expensive. I need a lawyer because in my state we only have 3 such institutes for human anatomy and they are all full, I will write my last wish in my will, even though I am still young - I don't know what will happen tomorrow.
My worst fear is dying it’s inevitable I don’t know how or when it will happen but every day I live I am another day closer to the date of my death I’ve learned to except I will die one day but I am still very afraid
Think of Ambroise Paré, Royal physician of the French court, who eventhough he was a Huguenot, dissected his co-religionary citizens after the St.Bartholomew massacre. All for medical science & humanity.
My mother donated her body. She had multiple heart problems and wanted med students to study her heart and maybe be able to develop other treatments for others with similar heart problems.
4:53 gave me a mini heart attack 😳, but it was fun learning through your videos, and thnks to all those souls who selflessly gave their precious bodies to science ♥
I at the age of 15 I watched my grandma pass away. Fully flat line. The nurse's and doctors came in and cleaned up her vomit and we were all very emotional. She 8 minutes later just snapped back to life. With a huge deep breath and heart monitor started showing signs of life again. She later lived for a handful of months latter on. It was definitely a life altering moment. She was in her late 80s. It was very trippy. Well anyways, love you Grandma Bert ❤️
As a former Forensic Pathologist and medical examiner, I would get asked these things from friends and family all the time!! You guys are rock stars ✨⭐
@@kate-cq3eh lots of school. Medical school and added degrees in forensics and biology. I did both. Went to crime scenes and did autopsies. Fascinating field. Never the same case twice. Go for it! Have a strong knowledge in science and all the fields involved. Pathology, toxicology, chemistry, pshsyology. It's no cake walk but very rewarding! You got this. Do well on your MCAT score and you'll be fine. It was 12 years of school and residency. Good luck!! ☺️🙏
So if I were to donate my body to science, could I request that it be used to study a rare diagnosed condition that medical science knows very little about? Because I would do it if it could save someone else from it.
I’m 13 and I want to do medical research when I grow up, specifically in the brain, relating to incurable disorders and diseases. I recently felt like I was losing my passion and had trouble choosing my subjects for CXC.This channel has reminded me of how much I loveeee research and learning new things. Thanks so much. Also Happy New Year and Happy Sabbath for those who celebrate
💜 BLESS YOUR HEART & BEST WISHES FOR ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS! SO AMAZING, THAT AT YOUR AGE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE. I TRULY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST 😊🙏💜
As someone who was treated for epilepsy, you have my respect. Both my grandmas were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; one died before I was even a thought, and the other is rapidly going downhill. It is heartbreaking to watch. The brain is a complex organ, and I hope you continue with that drive because I’m sure it is not an easy path to follow.
Wherever your passion leads you (and I hope it is in medical research because we need brilliance in that field), your 5 sentences here demonstrate to me an extraordinary young women with insight, self reflection and care for others. It may be a big call based on one TH-cam post, but I have every confidence that whatever road you take, you will excel! I wish you a happy, productive and insanely satisfying long life.
I never wanted to donate my body, but this channel has actually caused me to rethink that decision. I never enjoyed science, but this is fascinating. Thank you!!
💜 I HAVE MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES. I'M DONATING MY BODY TO SCIENCE IN THE HOPES THAT SOMEONE MAY LEARN TO CURE ONE OR MANY OF MY CHRONIC DISEASE. I'M UNABLE TO DONATE MY ORGANS, SO I PRAY THIS WILL HELP SOMEONE SOMEDAY. THAT IS MY WISH 😊🕉️🙏💜💜💜
@@hafizatulsufiahyaacob5186 💜 BLESS YOUR HEART, YOU'RE STILL DOING A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING TO HELP OTHERS 💜 MY WISH WAS TO ALWAYS DONATE MY ORGANS, SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE ABLE. YOU'RE SUCH A GIVING SOUL. THINK OF ALL THE LIVES YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE ☺️ YOU ARE SO AMAZING, STAY BLESSED 😊🕉️💜💜💜
My grandfather DID sit up in a morgue, and indeed walked out leaving his shroud behind on the stone slab. Fortunately he was still dressed and he walked home, covered in blood and scared grandma. He kept his toe tag. This was in the 1930s and he was run over by a fire truck pulled by horses. He was pronounced dead of a head wound, and put in city morgue in Toronto, Canada. He lived till age 96.
@@baranorak4080 I explained what happened in my post and he was about 27. He had served in WW-1 at age 17 x2yrs. Moved to Canada with my grandmother at 21yrs of age.
So I was listening to this passively but when I began paying attention, you did the jump scare at the beginning of myth #2 and made me scream (I was wearing earphones) I have to explain myself to my coworkers now, lol. Thanks for the educational video.
My mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away 2 weeks ago from cardiac arrest. It has been the hardest thing in my life I have ever had to go through. She was only 68 and had been married to my dad for 50 years. Her wishes were to be donated to science, since she was born would double clubbed feet, she had hopes that maybe she would be of some help if any when it came to her feet. She lived with pain her whole life, but never complained until arthritis started to set in, which at times made it difficult for her to even leave the house. I want to thank you, and this channel. Although I am grieving and my heart is broken, your videos have actually helped me know that her body donation to science was a great choice. My dad also has planned to donate his body. I am so sorry for anyone who has ever lost someone they have loved. I dont even know how I will survive this heart break.
So very sorry for your loss. My son died 4 years ago and I don’t know how I have survived. I did get cancer, which was a freak thing, but they took a lung out and here I am, still freaking alive. I was a nurse for 35 years so I know a lot of this but find it interesting. Strangely though I’m having trouble watching this particular one. I watch all kinds of stuff on TH-cam now about death. I like Ask a Mortician a lot, but as much as I enjoy Caitlin’s channel I couldn’t watch the one on cremation,because we had our son cremated. You will never “get over” your loss, and anyone who says you will or should is full of it. I found my son dead and as a nurse it gutted me to know he was dead with no hope of being resuscitated. I just fell on the floor next to him screaming the most primal, blood curdling screams I’ve ever heard. Peace be with you.
@@Darbysmommy I am so sorry for your loss. In the 1950's my father lost a cousin to a ruptured aortic aneurysm. When he went to his wake, he said his cousin's widow let out a cry that sounded like an animal.
As a college student in 1974, I did an ethnography of enucleators at an eye bank. The med student I joined was a friend of mine. We had to enucleate the eyes ASAP post-mortem. In those days, the hospitals had orderlies and a morgue. While enucleating eyes, other recently deceased bodies would moan, burp, fart and move ever so slightly. The orderly who escorted us into the morgue told us not to mind the deceased. He said they don't know they're dead yet. If they get rambunctious, remind them that they're dead and it's time to move on to the next world. Nevertheless, it was unnerving for two young guys to listen to the sounds of supposedly silent dead people.
@@j7ndominica051 In the 1970s, eyes were removed from fresh cadavers for the purposes of research mostly, but also for cornea transplants. Beyond that, I have no idea what they were used for. Today, I am sure things are much more advanced. The eye bank was merely the clinic responsible for the collection, storage and shipment of eyes or corneas to whichever medical facility or institution that required them.
God in heaven, I'm sure I'd have dropped dead myself if a corpse was twitching near me. Respect to all of you who work with cadavers to further our knowledge of disease and indeed any cause of death.
@@GSPDUKE I was in ROTC. After the Vietnam war was clearly over, I quit ROTC. Later, I quit college. I entered and graduated a trade school. The classes were accredited, but the school could not grant degrees because it did not offer the soft courses such as literature, history, social studies, etc. I was an officer in the US Merchant Marine for almost 40 years. I've travelled all over the world. Visiting my wife's offices, I can guarantee you that I could not do it.
My dad (age 99) wanted to die at home when he was told he had terminal cancer. He absolutely refused using a catheter so we had to assist him to the bathroom. At one point it was like he had rigor mortis; he couldn't bend any of his arms or legs & it took 4 of us to move him! Another time he was like a wet noodle. Our bodies are complicated and amazing. I learned so much while caring for him during this time.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you from all of us to this channel. As a med student this helps so much and our bodies are just amazing, constantly surprising me. Thank you 😃
i'm not a med student. bodies are scary and the more i learn about them the more they are scary. i'm a programmer, and the principle is the same - the more i know about how komplex (and botched) a complex system is, the less I trust it - so the programs i trust the least to perform correctly is the ones i made myself. ...and what i'm learning in here is basically that i can have ZERO trust of my own body. which is terrifying. utterly terrifying. at the same time i can't stop watching because learning about how complex systems, however botched, work, is fascinating. utterly fascinating.
It’s great when people make this information accessible to laypeople. The only reason I passed college biology, earth and environmental sciences was because I read the original Magic School Bus series to my kids. My daughter had me read all the charts and labels, and had them memorized before she could read. She’s now in astrophysics! My son said, “Can you just read the story?” He learned enough to become a nurse, though! He’s more into working with people (like me) than a mad scientist, like my daughter. We all need and use science!
After my mom died, the home nurse asked me if I wanted to help her bathe my mom, for the last time. I did. When we raised her to lift her nightly over her head, the very last breath came out, and very sad, confused me said “mama!?!”, but the nurse quickly informed me what had happened. By the way, I’m so glad the nurse asked me to do this with her. It was my way of saying my final goodbye to my mama. I have to say, the word “cadaver” always rubs me the wrong way. Am I the only one?
Not the only one. They were people once and are remembered as such and it feels dehumanizing towards the person, even though their soul left their body.
The reason people think hair and nails continue to grow comes from the fact that a rotting corpse's skin tends to shrink and tighten as it dries out, which can reveal more of the follicles and hairs that were beneath the surface of that skin. Modern embalming methods and cadaver preparation tends not to have that effect so much.
You're right. When I was just 13, my great aunt encouraged me to kiss my grandpa's corpse in his coffin saying I'd regret it if not. The sight of those long finger nails on the blue/purple hands terrified me even though I loved him very much. Kids should never be put through this, people should be remembered as they were in life.
Yup exactly right. Back in the day people would lay their dead out for a number of days in their homes (to be sure they were definitely dead before burial). Quiet often they would notice what they believed was hair, beard, nail growth. But as you say it was just the skin drying out and tightening. Thus the Mitch began.
Thanks! You ,guys, gave me a lot of motivation to be a medic and for wanting to go and learn at nurse school and who knows if I will want more. all I know because of you guys I want to be involved with world of medicine and scissors. I apologize about the small donation but this what I can do now , I hope for donat more later 😅. In the future when I'll visit the US , first station is THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN ANATOMY.
Made me so happy that I have decided to donate my body. All the paperwork done and dusted. My reason for doing so is I have multiple upon multiple medical problems, and it will be great learning for students on some unusual diagnosis I have. It the last thinking I can contribute to my fellow man or woman. I would encourage to seriously consider it.
I already have it in my will to donate any useable part of my body and cremate the rest. These videos made me want to donate my body to science but I thought with all the surgeries and health issues that there wouldn’t be much of use. Your post has me rethinking that. Course the person who gets my body will likely fail any tests. Find the gall bladder… not there. Find the appendix..not there. Plus a few more parts are missing. 🤣
I am a 60 year old nurse, I love this site videos. I am hoping to start med school within the next 5 years in Mexico City. Your videos are vital information for my goal. Thank you. 😊
I am freaking obsessed with this channel. As a person that finds our human body and anatomy amazing, I appreciate the time that you take to make these videos to explain in great detail and easy way to understand, how our body functions.
@@theanatomylab I found these videos and can't quit watching them. They are so understandable for the layman. I'm just loving them. Also, you are so darn intelligent I'm blown away. It seems like you are so knowledgeable of all the parts of the body. Thank you for your time teaching us and sharing all you have worked so hard to learn! God bless you. For the life of me, pun intended, I don't understand how you can remember all the names of everything!!! Remarkable! Thank you again. You have opened up something to me I never knew I would love so much! I'm 66 but I guess you are never too old to learn!! ❤️
Exactly. Plus, more people would be become doctors if all anatomy classes were as easy to ingest like these great videos are. You guys don't suffer from "Doctor Arrogance'.
@@Adam-qv2bdAbsolutely! My daughter loved the original Magic School Bus books, with all the charts and labels. Science was presented in a friendly, fun format. She’s now an Astrophysicist. I went back to school when my kids started school, and those books are the only read I passed Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science. I pursued Addictions Treatment, but am not afraid to take neurobiology classes, which have helped me understand patients more than anything.
@@theanatomylab How do you get those parts from the dead bodies are there people's jobs to skin the body up and each of every part of the body? Sounds traumatizing if I'm right
Congratulations! Many old people, like me (70) use to say that youth is lost, have no interest in sciences and so on. People are always the same. Some enjoy learning, some not. I'm still learning, and it will be like this until I die.
I’m not afraid of dying but am scared of not being here to see how the world survives. Watching your vids are fascinating. I’m worried the world doesn’t have much longer, what you do is commendable but i fear that us as a human race are selfish and will not do what it takes to prolong us.
I have an agreement with Wayne state university that my body will go to them upon my death for study. As a science nerd, I'm excited that my body will be used to teach others. This channel is great. I was wondering how the cadavers were kept "fresh" for such a long time. The process of signing up for donation was so easy that I encourage others to consider it. My family will get my cremains back at the end of the study at zero cost to my family! A total win/win!
Could u do a video on enlarged heart and why it’s bad. I’ve always struggled to understand why a bigger heart muscle is bad but bigger muscles everywhere else are good. Thanks:)
When my brother died (age 63), my sister and his wife were with him. He had been declared dead, including his brain. They were speaking with his surgeon and physician. About 20 min. after he was pronounced deceased, they all saw him sit straight up and he had his arms out in front of him. They were shocked. He was helped back down onto the bed in which he was (post surgery for LVA device). The physicians told them it was from something called "Lazarus Syndrome" but he was not alive when it happened.
Can you do any videos explaining and showing the damages of endometriosis? I’m not sure where to formally request a video idea ❤️ would greatly appreciate it!
I work in aged care. Part of my job is to look after the dead. It’s hard sometimes. The personality of the person is gone. During the moving of the person from their bed to the funeral homes trolley there must have been air in the persons lungs as the air past the vocal cords. Not loud but it was enough for us to double take.
I don't know why, and I didn't think it would, but seeing those fingers and finger nails still well preserved made me feel slightly uncomfortable. That doesn't usually happen with other parts of the body i see in these videos
My guess is that basically only humans and primates have hands like that so it reminds you and makes you realize thats it's actually a person and not just a random limb from something
The only part that I didn't like we're the teeth. One of the cadavers we had in our Pro-Section class was a elderly woman that had her dentures in and it looked like she never cleaned them. That was gross!!!🤢🤢🤢
I totally understand. Hands are so much a part of being human. I remember at my grandmother’s viewing, her face didn’t look like her but her hands sure did and seeing her hands brought tears.
A question about rigor mortis: I watch some content from Caitlin Doughty and other friendly morticians here on TH-cam, and they talk about how in order to move corpses into the position they will be shown and buried in (e.g. crossing the arms, fixing the features of the face) they have to massage and flex/extend the muscles vigorously in order to loosen that muscle contraction and "break" rigor mortis. What are they accomplishing by massaging the muscles? Is it directly causing the actin and myosin to release, or are they doing something at some other level (e.g. causing sarcomere units to come apart from each other or causing muscle cells/fibers to break down and loosen)?
What an astonishing complexity(the sarcomere)! I could not help myself but contracting my arm muscles while watching this video, hits differently when you get the process in details. Jonathan is amazing in explaining and teaching! Would love to know more about the ATP molecule synthesis.
Even fighting through my depression I probably would have passed my anatomy classes in college if this was my teacher. He's so engaging and clearly into what he's teaching about. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😔😔😔😔
Why don't you remove the finger tip/finger nail of the cadaver? Do they remain on all cadavers or just the ones you want to gross us out with? Also, are cramps caused by a poor ATC/calcium transition rate?
Haha, not to gross people out. It depends on the dissection. Some we remove, others we don't, again it depends on the relationships we are trying to show. Cramps are usually not an ATP issue as much as an electrolyte issue with the nerve that is controlling the muscle.
Plz no judgement on my comment it's taken me a lot of nerve to even say this, especially on a medical channel. I'm 33f and have had two pregnancies, one live birth, she's now 6, turning 7 on the 16th of this month. I have been a smoker (gross I know I hate it so much and regret ever even trying it) since I was 15. I am also a DV survivor and my abuser is the reason for my first lost pregnancy at 20-21 weeks. Bc of this trauma my mental health took a massive hit and I tried what I thought was some kind of opiate pain pills as I was very sheltered as a kid and never experienced any drug or drug use except for pot till I turned 19/20. I found out I was doing heroin for two weeks before I knew what it was. Its a lot to type so of anyone sees this and wants the full story I can share it. But needless to say when my brain realized that I didn't dream while nodded out on heroin nor did I feel anything, good or bad, I was off to he races, as they say. I actively used from 19/20-24/25ish and I got clean with my fiance. After like 11 months of being clean I got pregnant with my little miracle baby and she was born healthy and perfect and completely gorgeous. I have stayed clean somehow since. Even thru losing her daddy, the love of my life, when our girl was only 3mths old. He went missing and his remains weren't found til 2 years later with no definite COD able to be proven, just total speculation. I lost my mom and step dad less than a year later. I've basically raised my babygirl alone. And bc I'm the only addict in my entire family, I plan to donate my body to science. Mostly for my brain and to understand someday why this happens, esp in those who aren't genetically predisposed to addiction. And I pray that one day, with more ppl like myself who plan to donate their bodies that maybe and hopefully in my daughter's lifetime they can find out more of the cause, the prevention on a medical side of things and maybe even a full cure. I hate that this is the route I took but if I hadn't I wouldn't have ever met my love, had our precious little girl and I wouldn't have experienced all the amazing things I have experienced in spite of the addiction that wanted to take my life. And even tho it hurts like hell that my fiance isnt here with us, I get to wake up everyday and see the most beautiful parts of him in our daughter. And when it gets hard and I get so low that I think maybe I'd feel better, if I picked up, I know that I wouldn't be feeling the pain and grief of losing him if it didn't love him and loving him gave me the best parts of us in this tiny human who needs me. It truly has come full circle in a lot of ways and I feel like donating my body to science and allowing the study of my brain and body, that that is my contribution to a bigger picture. Anyways, if any recovering or still struggling addicts see this, know my love is with u, stranger or not, u are bigger than this addiction and even tho it may not feel or seem like it, u ARE stronger than it too. U got this and I support u and send u so much love! -Tina from MD 🖤🖤🖤
I work with the dead too, I believe the "dead can move" comes by the fact that when they are in rigor mortis, and they were sitting, you can easily maintain them seated... they seem "alive" by not having limbs loose... then someone misunderstands it and the "misinformation" propagates...
I once heard a story from my gf's aunt who worked at a morgue. She would say that sometimes, the bodies would actually talk and ask where they were. Some moving too. But she would simply tell them everything was alr, and to go on.
As a once Funeral Director and working in the funeral profession. I’ve been asked these questions. People are just curious and afraid of the deceased. Very nice video 😊
Began watching because of my daughter’s interest in pathology and her beginning PA School. She is heavy into anatomy lab this semester. I only hope the professors take the time to explain the embalming process and the gifts these people/cadavers bring beyond learning simple anatomy. This video provided me a valuable and unexpected education. Excellent work.
Did you share this video to her? I bet she’d watch and appreciate it. I’m just suggesting it because I’m a fossil, and many simple things I can do on a computer don’t occur to me, so forgive me if you’re far beyond that. It’s a great way to connect with my college age kids, when I can figure out how to do it! 😂❤
there are shampoos and creams that can help, but they require daily application. There's also hair transplants. As for actually re-growing hair, they're still working on it unfortunately.
Expensive hair transplants. Way back in the day Trump had a scalp turn done, hence the strange hair do. I saw it on a TV show back before he did the Apprentice
Regulate thyroid hormones for hair growth (selenium helps) as it releases a hormone called FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) then you need to feed and improve blood flow and nutrient availabilities to the area to support the growth (niacin helps) but it's also down to genetics where follicles get stimulated
Your explanation of rigor mortis helped me to understand the way calcium works in muscles. I am currently dealing with bone spurs (calcific tendinitis?). I know it happens from an injury, but it's nice to have further information on how it all works together. Thanks!
I’m dealing with the same condition, and dystonia, and it helped me too. I look up information on these conditions all the time, but it’s hard to find good sources that explains things in layman’s terms. I know more medical terms than the average healthy, non-disabled person due to slogging through academic journals, looking everything up. It’s hard to have time to look up five words per sentence and put it all together, though! I should have gone to medical school, instead of pursuing social science! It’s a blessing when someone makes the information accessible. ❤
I'm 16 years old and I am interested in the human body alot. Thank you guys alot for spreading knowledge to me and everyone in the world and it means alot to us!
A little info to help you in your education……a lot is two words. I’m not trying to be mean or rude. You seem interested in learning. Just trying to help you.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, 30 years ago we embalmed a black fella who was ripped and was the father of a friend...he did move alot when we started injecting..not raising up but muscles doing waves like the ocean..freaked me out... dealt with thousands since then.. keep up the good work
It's crazy that someone who had died from almost 10 years ago still have hair growth, while a bald person who is still alive can't grow any hair. Things that make you go hmmmmmm......
They didn’t have hair growth though, their skin retracted and ‘shrunk’ over time due to gradual dehydration. That hair was there when they died, just below the skin surface.
He put himself in a bag 😂😂 Oh my goodness 🤣 All the hard work he does for us! (Also the amount of hard work that must've gone into the sarcomere depiction drawing 😳😳)
I've always been a guy with a huge resect to Medical Science than superstitions and myths. You guys are a boost to that in this world! I will donate my body because I have everything working fine, no alcohol, no smoking in my life. Hail Science! 💪🔥
💜 BLESS YOUR HEART, GUY UNKNOWN 💜 I'M SURE THAT YOUR OFFER TO DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE IS APPRECIATED! I'M DONATING MY BODY WHEN I PASS ON 😊 IF I MAY SAY, SINCE YOU ARE SO HEALTHY, DON'T ABUSE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF DONATING YOUR ORGANS? YOU CAN SAVE UP TO AT LEAST FIVE LIVES (I'M SURE MORE, HELP ME OUT SOMEONE WHO KNOWS?) ALSO DONATE YOUR CORNEA'S (FOR EYESIGHT) SKIN (FOR BURN VICTIMS) BONES (FOR SURGERY) I WOULD IF I COULD, MY CHRONIC DISEASE IS WHY I'M UNABLE. YOU CAN SAVE SO MANY PEOPLE! WHAT A GREAT LEGACY THAT WOULD BE. I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YOUR DECISION, GOD BLESS & TAKE CARE 😊🙏💜💜💜
What I’d like to know is, hair on your body that stops growing at a certain length, such as armpits ect.., will usually only grow a few inches at most and stop, but if you cut or trim that hair in half, it will grow back to the original length, how does this happen? I’m not talking about shaving the hair to the level of the skin surface, just cut in half and it will grow back.
I have thought about this too. Each hair must be preprogrammed to a certain length in the genes and stops growing at that length. Our bodies our wonderfully made
good question! Since the hair is dead, it can't send a signal when it finally grows to a certain length. I wonder if different hairs are designed to last a certain amount of time (thus certain length) before the connections holding the dead cells together breakdown?
I started listening to a lot of Thriller Audio Books while working and at first it was shocking and somehow disgusting how detailed they described the corpses but as I continued, it became more and more interesting to me. The human body is absolutely fascinating even after death
I cannot fall sleep without background noise. I love your videos not only for the educational content, but because you both have nice, soothing voices. Except when you sit up out of a body bag. 😂 This video will not be in my bedtime rotation. Funny as heck, though! Keep the videos coming!
My son passed away in a car accident his senior year of high school and I was able to donate him to the anatomy program at the university he was enrolled in for the following fall. It was a blessing in the most difficult time in my life to know that he was still making a difference in this world for the time they had him. They had a Legacy of Life ceremony to thank the families of donors about a year later and many students and instructors approached me to tell me what an impact his donation had on them. I'll be handing over my carcass as well, when the time comes.
Thank you for your generous act 💕💕 even at the trying moment...God bless
Your son is watching you from above🕊
i hope he gave you consent before he died...
Thank you for your wonderful act. Sorry to hear of your loss ❤
god bless you
This is a better description and diagram of the sarcomere than I've gotten from any of my actual lecturers, or text books.
Right? My jaw dropped at the talent it took to put that diagram on the board.
If you become a nerd the books are better.
You are fantastic guy so easy to understand. I used to pass out in school I find this amazing xx
Loved the analogy in the skeletal muscle contraction in the whiteboard session. 👏👏👏
Glad you liked it!
I love the way you sharing this but when you jump you got me. Please keep sharing thank you
I nearly became one of those cadavers after that jump scare... I swear my sole left my body for a moment lol... Would still love a video on the complaxity of the thyroid and what happens when like it goes under active
Please make this topic into a mini series! I love how informative these debunked myths were.
Thank you for all information, excellent 👏
The "appearance" of hair and nail growth is due to skin retraction after death. Did he say that and I missed it?
Damn *Jonathan is SO handsome,* distracting, and in my field of study.
Edit: stupid google pixel autocorrect.
HELLO SIR AM A BIOLOGY STUDENT , AND I REALLY LOVE TO WATCH YOUR INFORMATIVE VIDEOS , tysm for the free knowledge...LOVE FROM INDIA
Thank you, this channel is so informative, but scary at the same time
My guess in the old old days whenever they had to dig someone up, if they did it at, 'the right time' for this. The skin would have broken down and receded on the head and fingers. The nails and hair would still be there and it gave the illusion that they grew longer when actually the skin drew back.
Thank you for all the information you give us. I've heard of actinic acid and troponin is one thing doctors test for if they think you had a heart attack. Thankfully my heart was just fine and I was only dehydrated.
Glad to hear your heart was ok!
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NAHHH BROO YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT😭😭 FOUL
Sir can you feature feet bone lessions and what causes bones lession, thus some foods causes bones lessions, thank you, from 🇵🇭
I almost became a corpse when you sat upright!! That scared the crap out of me!
4:55 I’ll be double tapping your arse ☠️🤣🤣🤣
OMG. If you guys were here 50 years ago, I would have been a doctor of human anatomy. this is so interesting. thanks.
4:51... How the heck i'm not in cardiac arrest after watching that!?
My Bio teacher drew this exact diagram on his chalkboard back in highschool.
I get so sick Watchin this my body does weird things super annoying. Super fascinating though
Thought the tumbnail was JD from scrubs lol seems like a situation he'd be in.
Bro the start of myth 2 spooked me..
Myth #2 scared the hell out of me 😭 😂
I would like to catch these guys off guard. Quicky tell them something is in their teeth after they been holding these bodies. See if they quickly dig in their mouth before they take those gloves off...
Thrilled with your teaching, 🤗
And I would like to give my body after death to the institute of human anatomy, firstly because of science secondly because with that I will not burden my family financially, life is expensive but death is too expensive. I need a lawyer because in my state we only have 3 such institutes for human anatomy and they are all full, I will write my last wish in my will, even though I am still young - I don't know what will happen tomorrow.
Thank you!
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4:52 That got me! 😂
My worst fear is dying it’s inevitable I don’t know how or when it will happen but every day I live I am another day closer to the date of my death I’ve learned to except I will die one day but I am still very afraid
Watching this out of curiosity at midnight, was already scared of looking at the body parts, and the jumpscare almost gave me a heart attack 😮💨
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there's a jumpscare? thanks for the warning. it probably won't work, but thanks anyway
What jump scare
I literally was reading your comment the moment he jumped😂
Those selfless beautiful souls who have donated their bodies for science... Thank you.. And you are the unsung heroes
I'm sure they appreciate your kind words
The guys forehead thanks you
Bet you're there heros 😊
Think of Ambroise Paré, Royal physician of the French court, who eventhough he was a Huguenot, dissected his co-religionary citizens after the St.Bartholomew massacre. All for medical science & humanity.
My mother donated her body. She had multiple heart problems and wanted med students to study her heart and maybe be able to develop other treatments for others with similar heart problems.
4:53 gave me a mini heart attack 😳, but it was fun learning through your videos, and thnks to all those souls who selflessly gave their precious bodies to science ♥
i fckn broked my god damn desk my good :(
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Mee too bro but even after reading ur comment.
My body took a screenshot. I had to sit up a bit after clicking on the time stamp on your comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I purposely watched this first. It was hilarious but due to my preparedness.
I at the age of 15 I watched my grandma pass away. Fully flat line. The nurse's and doctors came in and cleaned up her vomit and we were all very emotional. She 8 minutes later just snapped back to life. With a huge deep breath and heart monitor started showing signs of life again. She later lived for a handful of months latter on. It was definitely a life altering moment. She was in her late 80s. It was very trippy. Well anyways, love you Grandma Bert ❤️
Wow, that's amazing. I wonder what caused that
It's all fun and game until a body stand up
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That’s what the ankle bell is for
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As a former Forensic Pathologist and medical examiner, I would get asked these things from friends and family all the time!! You guys are rock stars ✨⭐
Thank you!
@@theanatomylab , you're very welcome!! Keep those awesome lessons coming!! ☺️
@@kate-cq3eh lots of school. Medical school and added degrees in forensics and biology. I did both. Went to crime scenes and did autopsies. Fascinating field. Never the same case twice. Go for it! Have a strong knowledge in science and all the fields involved. Pathology, toxicology, chemistry, pshsyology. It's no cake walk but very rewarding! You got this. Do well on your MCAT score and you'll be fine. It was 12 years of school and residency. Good luck!! ☺️🙏
So if I were to donate my body to science, could I request that it be used to study a rare diagnosed condition that medical science knows very little about? Because I would do it if it could save someone else from it.
@@leesashriber5097 wow you must be paid
Can we please appreciate the oddly satisfying white board art.
Most beautiful rendition of a sarcomere I have ever seen.
I bet it took hours
Makes me want to swipe my sleeve over it. Must be really satisfying
@@jeremysearle7634 Its the ONLY rendition of a sarcomere I've ever seen lol
I’m 13 and I want to do medical research when I grow up, specifically in the brain, relating to incurable disorders and diseases. I recently felt like I was losing my passion and had trouble choosing my subjects for CXC.This channel has reminded me of how much I loveeee research and learning new things. Thanks so much. Also Happy New Year and Happy Sabbath for those who celebrate
💜 BLESS YOUR HEART & BEST WISHES FOR ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS! SO AMAZING, THAT AT YOUR AGE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE. I TRULY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST 😊🙏💜
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As someone who was treated for epilepsy, you have my respect. Both my grandmas were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; one died before I was even a thought, and the other is rapidly going downhill. It is heartbreaking to watch. The brain is a complex organ, and I hope you continue with that drive because I’m sure it is not an easy path to follow.
Wherever your passion leads you (and I hope it is in medical research because we need brilliance in that field), your 5 sentences here demonstrate to me an extraordinary young women with insight, self reflection and care for others. It may be a big call based on one TH-cam post, but I have every confidence that whatever road you take, you will excel! I wish you a happy, productive and insanely satisfying long life.
@@mattbarneveld815 thank you so much❤️have a great year & stay safe!
I never wanted to donate my body, but this channel has actually caused me to rethink that decision. I never enjoyed science, but this is fascinating. Thank you!!
Science gets addictive lol
💜 I HAVE MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES. I'M DONATING MY BODY TO SCIENCE IN THE HOPES THAT SOMEONE MAY LEARN TO CURE ONE OR MANY OF MY CHRONIC DISEASE. I'M UNABLE TO DONATE MY ORGANS, SO I PRAY THIS WILL HELP SOMEONE SOMEDAY. THAT IS MY WISH 😊🕉️🙏💜💜💜
I can't donate my body due to religion issues so I went to the next option, which is organs donation
@@katymcginn4644 I'm the exact opposite case from you.. so yeah, I'm opted to donate my organs after I die
@@hafizatulsufiahyaacob5186 💜 BLESS YOUR HEART, YOU'RE STILL DOING A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING TO HELP OTHERS 💜 MY WISH WAS TO ALWAYS DONATE MY ORGANS, SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE ABLE. YOU'RE SUCH A GIVING SOUL. THINK OF ALL THE LIVES YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE ☺️ YOU ARE SO AMAZING, STAY BLESSED 😊🕉️💜💜💜
My grandfather DID sit up in a morgue, and indeed walked out leaving his shroud behind on the stone slab. Fortunately he was still dressed and he walked home, covered in blood and scared grandma. He kept his toe tag. This was in the 1930s and he was run over by a fire truck pulled by horses. He was pronounced dead of a head wound, and put in city morgue in Toronto, Canada. He lived till age 96.
Out of curiosity, how old was he when he was sent to the morgue the first time and what got him there?
@Chelle Bright wow!
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Oh my gosh! What a story!
@@baranorak4080 I explained what happened in my post and he was about 27. He had served in WW-1 at age 17 x2yrs. Moved to Canada with my grandmother at 21yrs of age.
So I was listening to this passively but when I began paying attention, you did the jump scare at the beginning of myth #2 and made me scream (I was wearing earphones) I have to explain myself to my coworkers now, lol. Thanks for the educational video.
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Happy Halloween lmao
So glad I saw this before the video started 😂 now I can be prepared!!
My mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away 2 weeks ago from cardiac arrest. It has been the hardest thing in my life I have ever had to go through. She was only 68 and had been married to my dad for 50 years. Her wishes were to be donated to science, since she was born would double clubbed feet, she had hopes that maybe she would be of some help if any when it came to her feet. She lived with pain her whole life, but never complained until arthritis started to set in, which at times made it difficult for her to even leave the house. I want to thank you, and this channel. Although I am grieving and my heart is broken, your videos have actually helped me know that her body donation to science was a great choice. My dad also has planned to donate his body. I am so sorry for anyone who has ever lost someone they have loved. I dont even know how I will survive this heart break.
God bless you and your family.
So very sorry for your loss. My son died 4 years ago and I don’t know how I have survived. I did get cancer, which was a freak thing, but they took a lung out and here I am, still freaking alive. I was a nurse for 35 years so I know a lot of this but find it interesting. Strangely though I’m having trouble watching this particular one. I watch all kinds of stuff on TH-cam now about death. I like Ask a Mortician a lot, but as much as I enjoy Caitlin’s channel I couldn’t watch the one on cremation,because we had our son cremated. You will never “get over” your loss, and anyone who says you will or should is full of it. I found my son dead and as a nurse it gutted me to know he was dead with no hope of being resuscitated. I just fell on the floor next to him screaming the most primal, blood curdling screams I’ve ever heard. Peace be with you.
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Let me guess, she was vaccinated
@@Darbysmommy I am so sorry for your loss. In the 1950's my father lost a cousin to a ruptured aortic aneurysm. When he went to his wake, he said his cousin's widow let out a cry that sounded like an animal.
As a college student in 1974, I did an ethnography of enucleators at an eye bank. The med student I joined was a friend of mine. We had to enucleate the eyes ASAP post-mortem. In those days, the hospitals had orderlies and a morgue. While enucleating eyes, other recently deceased bodies would moan, burp, fart and move ever so slightly. The orderly who escorted us into the morgue told us not to mind the deceased. He said they don't know they're dead yet. If they get rambunctious, remind them that they're dead and it's time to move on to the next world. Nevertheless, it was unnerving for two young guys to listen to the sounds of supposedly silent dead people.
What on earth is an eye bank, and what do they do with dead eyes?
@@j7ndominica051 In the 1970s, eyes were removed from fresh cadavers for the purposes of research mostly, but also for cornea transplants. Beyond that, I have no idea what they were used for. Today, I am sure things are much more advanced. The eye bank was merely the clinic responsible for the collection, storage and shipment of eyes or corneas to whichever medical facility or institution that required them.
God in heaven, I'm sure I'd have dropped dead myself if a corpse was twitching near me. Respect to all of you who work with cadavers to further our knowledge of disease and indeed any cause of death.
And you had a pass from the draft in what manner?
Have you ever left Academia?
@@GSPDUKE I was in ROTC. After the Vietnam war was clearly over, I quit ROTC. Later, I quit college. I entered and graduated a trade school. The classes were accredited, but the school could not grant degrees because it did not offer the soft courses such as literature, history, social studies, etc. I was an officer in the US Merchant Marine for almost 40 years. I've travelled all over the world. Visiting my wife's offices, I can guarantee you that I could not do it.
My dad (age 99) wanted to die at home when he was told he had terminal cancer. He absolutely refused using a catheter so we had to assist him to the bathroom. At one point it was like he had rigor mortis; he couldn't bend any of his arms or legs & it took 4 of us to move him! Another time he was like a wet noodle. Our bodies are complicated and amazing. I learned so much while caring for him during this time.
I've decided to donate my body to science as I want to help people learn and to creep them out at the same time.
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@@andytheawesomeness somebody of the cadaver lab is using his hand to type this
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As a mortician, I get these questions almost daily. I might just start directing people to this video to save myself some time! 😂
What a very commendable Job you have, God bless you. I don't even like to buy dead fish.
💜 BLESS YOUR HEART SAVANNAH EVANS 😊🙏💜
Yeah humans are stupid they really don’t understand humans at all
@@Rebecca57097ssss I to like to eat live meat at the grocery store I don’t like to eat dead meat
@@katymcginn4644 I mean corpses aren’t that bad if you don’t care about human life’s
Or if your a cannibal
Just wanted to say a huge thank you from all of us to this channel. As a med student this helps so much and our bodies are just amazing, constantly surprising me. Thank you 😃
Thank you for the comment!
This is very informative
i'm not a med student.
bodies are scary and the more i learn about them the more they are scary. i'm a programmer, and the principle is the same - the more i know about how komplex (and botched) a complex system is, the less I trust it - so the programs i trust the least to perform correctly is the ones i made myself.
...and what i'm learning in here is basically that i can have ZERO trust of my own body.
which is terrifying. utterly terrifying.
at the same time i can't stop watching because learning about how complex systems, however botched, work, is fascinating. utterly fascinating.
@@MidnightSt Very interesting perspective man! I like that, thanks for sharing :)
Jonathan educated me just in one day more than my entire Biology class for three years. Kudos to Jonathan !!!!
It’s great when people make this information accessible to laypeople. The only reason I passed college biology, earth and environmental sciences was because I read the original Magic School Bus series to my kids. My daughter had me read all the charts and labels, and had them memorized before she could read. She’s now in astrophysics! My son said, “Can you just read the story?” He learned enough to become a nurse, though! He’s more into working with people (like me) than a mad scientist, like my daughter. We all need and use science!
After my mom died, the home nurse asked me if I wanted to help her bathe my mom, for the last time. I did. When we raised her to lift her nightly over her head, the very last breath came out, and very sad, confused me said “mama!?!”, but the nurse quickly informed me what had happened.
By the way, I’m so glad the nurse asked me to do this with her. It was my way of saying my final goodbye to my mama.
I have to say, the word “cadaver” always rubs me the wrong way. Am I the only one?
Not the only one.
They were people once and are remembered as such and it feels dehumanizing towards the person, even though their soul left their body.
The reason people think hair and nails continue to grow comes from the fact that a rotting corpse's skin tends to shrink and tighten as it dries out, which can reveal more of the follicles and hairs that were beneath the surface of that skin. Modern embalming methods and cadaver preparation tends not to have that effect so much.
Thanks retro man!
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You're right. When I was just 13, my great aunt encouraged me to kiss my grandpa's corpse in his coffin saying I'd regret it if not. The sight of those long finger nails on the blue/purple hands terrified me even though I loved him very much. Kids should never be put through this, people should be remembered as they were in life.
@@teddyroon ah yeah, the dead relative trauma programme. I graduated also
Yup exactly right. Back in the day people would lay their dead out for a number of days in their homes (to be sure they were definitely dead before burial). Quiet often they would notice what they believed was hair, beard, nail growth. But as you say it was just the skin drying out and tightening. Thus the Mitch began.
lol im 15 and i learn more from this channel than what i learn in school. the way u spread info is just interesting and keeps me engaged
Thank you! Glad you learn from our videos!
Congrats for your great interest in sciences. (and next month I'll turn 71 ! Some 60 years interested in sciences).
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Go to college you will learn actual knowledge school dosent teach you anything important or useful for real life
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Thanks! You ,guys, gave me a lot of motivation to be a medic and for wanting to go and learn at nurse school and who knows if I will want more. all I know because of you guys I want to be involved with world of medicine and scissors.
I apologize about the small donation but this what I can do now , I hope for donat more later 😅.
In the future when I'll visit the US , first station is THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN ANATOMY.
The donation is much appreciated! We're glad to hear you're enjoying out videos, and a career as a medic is highly admirable! Thank you!
I'm a cadaver donor,its a priviledge to add to knowledge.This program is wonderful.
Thank you! Body donation is an amazing thing for education!
Hopefully not for a while yet though 😊
When someone says they're a blood donor, it implies they've donated blood.
Mam, what kind of business you're running if you don't mind me asking?
@@VivekYadav-ds8oz ha ha, so although cadavers can't grow hair or nails, they may be able to comment on TH-cam!
My mom donated her body. I have already told my husband I wish to do the same
Made me so happy that I have decided to donate my body. All the paperwork done and dusted. My reason for doing so is I have multiple upon multiple medical problems, and it will be great learning for students on some unusual diagnosis I have. It the last thinking I can contribute to my fellow man or woman. I would encourage to seriously consider it.
Body donation is an amazing thing for education!
Where do you get the paperwork? I don't know who to contact to have my body donated.
I already have it in my will to donate any useable part of my body and cremate the rest. These videos made me want to donate my body to science but I thought with all the surgeries and health issues that there wouldn’t be much of use. Your post has me rethinking that. Course the person who gets my body will likely fail any tests. Find the gall bladder… not there. Find the appendix..not there. Plus a few more parts are missing. 🤣
What does it mean for funeral and grave plans for you lestki?
@@05labtech goggle body donation and the form will be there.
I am a 60 year old nurse, I love this site videos. I am hoping to start med school within the next 5 years in Mexico City. Your videos are vital information for my goal. Thank you. 😊
I am freaking obsessed with this channel. As a person that finds our human body and anatomy amazing, I appreciate the time that you take to make these videos to explain in great detail and easy way to understand, how our body functions.
Glad you enjoy it!
@@theanatomylab I found these videos and can't quit watching them. They are so understandable for the layman. I'm just loving them. Also, you are so darn intelligent I'm blown away. It seems like you are so knowledgeable of all the parts of the body. Thank you for your time teaching us and sharing all you have worked so hard to learn! God bless you. For the life of me, pun intended, I don't understand how you can remember all the names of everything!!! Remarkable! Thank you again. You have opened up something to me I never knew I would love so much! I'm 66 but I guess you are never too old to learn!! ❤️
Exactly. Plus, more people would be become doctors if all anatomy classes were as easy to ingest like these great videos are. You guys don't suffer from "Doctor Arrogance'.
@@Adam-qv2bdAbsolutely! My daughter loved the original Magic School Bus books, with all the charts and labels. Science was presented in a friendly, fun format. She’s now an Astrophysicist. I went back to school when my kids started school, and those books are the only read I passed Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science. I pursued Addictions Treatment, but am not afraid to take neurobiology classes, which have helped me understand patients more than anything.
I'm 14 years old and I love watching you're videos and learning about the human body... So thank you so much for these amazing video ❤️☺️
You are so welcome!
@@theanatomylab How do you get those parts from the dead bodies are there people's jobs to skin the body up and each of every part of the body? Sounds traumatizing if I'm right
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@@Plixotrippin You will be surprised how resilient the human mind is.It might seem icky but people do dissect cadavers
Congratulations! Many old people, like me (70) use to say that youth is lost, have no interest in sciences and so on. People are always the same. Some enjoy learning, some not. I'm still learning, and it will be like this until I die.
Am not a student but getting addicted to these videos, perhaps in the end I'll stop fearing the dead. Thanks very much
It's the living that can hurt you. The dead cannot.
@Chelle Bright I died while reading this
I’m not afraid of dying but am scared of not being here to see how the world survives. Watching your vids are fascinating. I’m worried the world doesn’t have much longer, what you do is commendable but i fear that us as a human race are selfish and will not do what it takes to prolong us.
Is anyone else watching this and twitching their bicep and trying to somehow comprehend all the chemical and electrical stuff going on?
I would work in an anatomy lab *just* to be the jumps care "cadaver."
That is evil but a great story for the students
These are excellent presentations, and really benefit the learner. Thank you to The Anatomy Institute lecturers. Amazing series..
I have an agreement with Wayne state university that my body will go to them upon my death for study. As a science nerd, I'm excited that my body will be used to teach others. This channel is great. I was wondering how the cadavers were kept "fresh" for such a long time. The process of signing up for donation was so easy that I encourage others to consider it. My family will get my cremains back at the end of the study at zero cost to my family! A total win/win!
It's scary when you imagine it being a part of a real body of a real person. 😱
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Could u do a video on enlarged heart and why it’s bad. I’ve always struggled to understand why a bigger heart muscle is bad but bigger muscles everywhere else are good. Thanks:)
Here's what I'm curious about: would you (the guys of the institute for human anatomy) donate your bodies to science?
When my brother died (age 63), my sister and his wife were with him. He had been declared dead, including his brain. They were speaking with his surgeon and physician. About 20 min. after he was pronounced deceased, they all saw him sit straight up and he had his arms out in front of him. They were shocked. He was helped back down onto the bed in which he was (post surgery for LVA device). The physicians told them it was from something called "Lazarus Syndrome" but he was not alive when it happened.
Can you do any videos explaining and showing the damages of endometriosis? I’m not sure where to formally request a video idea ❤️ would greatly appreciate it!
Yes they have already done one. Just check back in their library.
I work in aged care. Part of my job is to look after the dead. It’s hard sometimes. The personality of the person is gone. During the moving of the person from their bed to the funeral homes trolley there must have been air in the persons lungs as the air past the vocal cords. Not loud but it was enough for us to double take.
I don't know why, and I didn't think it would, but seeing those fingers and finger nails still well preserved made me feel slightly uncomfortable. That doesn't usually happen with other parts of the body i see in these videos
Yeah... The hands and the face sometimes get to people...
My guess is that basically only humans and primates have hands like that so it reminds you and makes you realize thats it's actually a person and not just a random limb from something
It's called Tripophoblia
The only part that I didn't like we're the teeth. One of the cadavers we had in our Pro-Section class was a elderly woman that had her dentures in and it looked like she never cleaned them. That was gross!!!🤢🤢🤢
I totally understand. Hands are so much a part of being human. I remember at my grandmother’s viewing, her face didn’t look like her but her hands sure did and seeing her hands brought tears.
I'm jealous of his students, How lucky they're to have him as a teacher.
He isn't a teacher. The institute hired this model for the videos. He's basically an actor and got a job because he's perfect looking.
@@w.k.7277 your confidently incorrect he’s literally the Co-founder, and an anatomist. Proof? Their website.
@ W.K model? what? because he is good looking? that is stupid thinking!
I wish i was one of his people so that i could play with dead peoples scalp skins 😅 looks really fun
A question about rigor mortis: I watch some content from Caitlin Doughty and other friendly morticians here on TH-cam, and they talk about how in order to move corpses into the position they will be shown and buried in (e.g. crossing the arms, fixing the features of the face) they have to massage and flex/extend the muscles vigorously in order to loosen that muscle contraction and "break" rigor mortis. What are they accomplishing by massaging the muscles? Is it directly causing the actin and myosin to release, or are they doing something at some other level (e.g. causing sarcomere units to come apart from each other or causing muscle cells/fibers to break down and loosen)?
I would also like to know please.
Dead people are just really tense and nervous about their funeral so a nice massage helps them relax and loosen up. I think we've all been there.
What an astonishing complexity(the sarcomere)! I could not help myself but contracting my arm muscles while watching this video, hits differently when you get the process in details. Jonathan is amazing in explaining and teaching! Would love to know more about the ATP molecule synthesis.
You guys are inspiring me to pursue anatomy
Love to hear things like that!
Do it!!! A and P classes were my personal favorites in college.
I was actually counting the bodies when yours came back from the dead 😆 good to know there is humor in death.
4:55 actually got me. My heart almost jump outside my rib cage 😂😂😂 didn’t expect that 🙈🙈
😂It also scared Justin when he was editing it the first time!
@@theanatomylab I accidentally woke up my cat. Now Justin and I shared the same nightmare 😂
@@theanatomylab it was terrifying! 🤣🤣
@@theanatomylab oh sweet Justin 🤣🤣🤣
@@theanatomylab Please, don't make screamers in your videos cuz then i can't recommend old people to watch em.
I am always blown away by the breadth of knowledge. I wish I'd had teachers more like him.
Im a nail technitian. I have a strange craving to do a manicure on those nails.😅
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And I was thinking what if the fingers start moving 🙄
Is it related to the fact they won't grow anymore and your masterpiece would actually last long? 😅
Even fighting through my depression I probably would have passed my anatomy classes in college if this was my teacher. He's so engaging and clearly into what he's teaching about. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😔😔😔😔
Why don't you remove the finger tip/finger nail of the cadaver? Do they remain on all cadavers or just the ones you want to gross us out with?
Also, are cramps caused by a poor ATC/calcium transition rate?
Haha, not to gross people out. It depends on the dissection. Some we remove, others we don't, again it depends on the relationships we are trying to show. Cramps are usually not an ATP issue as much as an electrolyte issue with the nerve that is controlling the muscle.
You scared the soul out of me when you sit up between the bodies 😂 I can imagine the fun on doing it to the students every time 😂😂
It took me time to calm down after that 😂
Plz no judgement on my comment it's taken me a lot of nerve to even say this, especially on a medical channel. I'm 33f and have had two pregnancies, one live birth, she's now 6, turning 7 on the 16th of this month. I have been a smoker (gross I know I hate it so much and regret ever even trying it) since I was 15. I am also a DV survivor and my abuser is the reason for my first lost pregnancy at 20-21 weeks. Bc of this trauma my mental health took a massive hit and I tried what I thought was some kind of opiate pain pills as I was very sheltered as a kid and never experienced any drug or drug use except for pot till I turned 19/20. I found out I was doing heroin for two weeks before I knew what it was. Its a lot to type so of anyone sees this and wants the full story I can share it. But needless to say when my brain realized that I didn't dream while nodded out on heroin nor did I feel anything, good or bad, I was off to he races, as they say. I actively used from 19/20-24/25ish and I got clean with my fiance. After like 11 months of being clean I got pregnant with my little miracle baby and she was born healthy and perfect and completely gorgeous. I have stayed clean somehow since. Even thru losing her daddy, the love of my life, when our girl was only 3mths old. He went missing and his remains weren't found til 2 years later with no definite COD able to be proven, just total speculation. I lost my mom and step dad less than a year later. I've basically raised my babygirl alone. And bc I'm the only addict in my entire family, I plan to donate my body to science. Mostly for my brain and to understand someday why this happens, esp in those who aren't genetically predisposed to addiction. And I pray that one day, with more ppl like myself who plan to donate their bodies that maybe and hopefully in my daughter's lifetime they can find out more of the cause, the prevention on a medical side of things and maybe even a full cure. I hate that this is the route I took but if I hadn't I wouldn't have ever met my love, had our precious little girl and I wouldn't have experienced all the amazing things I have experienced in spite of the addiction that wanted to take my life. And even tho it hurts like hell that my fiance isnt here with us, I get to wake up everyday and see the most beautiful parts of him in our daughter. And when it gets hard and I get so low that I think maybe I'd feel better, if I picked up, I know that I wouldn't be feeling the pain and grief of losing him if it didn't love him and loving him gave me the best parts of us in this tiny human who needs me. It truly has come full circle in a lot of ways and I feel like donating my body to science and allowing the study of my brain and body, that that is my contribution to a bigger picture.
Anyways, if any recovering or still struggling addicts see this, know my love is with u, stranger or not, u are bigger than this addiction and even tho it may not feel or seem like it, u ARE stronger than it too. U got this and I support u and send u so much love!
-Tina from MD 🖤🖤🖤
I work with the dead too, I believe the "dead can move" comes by the fact that when they are in rigor mortis, and they were sitting, you can easily maintain them seated... they seem "alive" by not having limbs loose...
then someone misunderstands it and the "misinformation" propagates...
I once heard a story from my gf's aunt who worked at a morgue. She would say that sometimes, the bodies would actually talk and ask where they were. Some moving too. But she would simply tell them everything was alr, and to go on.
Have you ever showed a full Cadaver in a video? If Not, is it possible to do so?
We have certain things that we keep out of public videos. Essentially anything that could be identifying to that body.
As a once Funeral Director and working in the funeral profession. I’ve been asked these questions. People are just curious and afraid of the deceased. Very nice video 😊
Began watching because of my daughter’s interest in pathology and her beginning PA School. She is heavy into anatomy lab this semester. I only hope the professors take the time to explain the embalming process and the gifts these people/cadavers bring beyond learning simple anatomy. This video provided me a valuable and unexpected education. Excellent work.
Did you share this video to her? I bet she’d watch and appreciate it. I’m just suggesting it because I’m a fossil, and many simple things I can do on a computer don’t occur to me, so forgive me if you’re far beyond that. It’s a great way to connect with my college age kids, when I can figure out how to do it! 😂❤
Wow….. you just explained the whole concept of sarcomeres better than my professors lecture class this Tuesday. 😭😂
So. Is there any actual way to regrow hair in balding spots or "thicken" hair
there are shampoos and creams that can help, but they require daily application. There's also hair transplants. As for actually re-growing hair, they're still working on it unfortunately.
Basically no because there’s no cells to multiply to make the hair again in that area it’s like a chicken that can’t lay an egg - kinda lol
Expensive hair transplants. Way back in the day Trump had a scalp turn done, hence the strange hair do. I saw it on a TV show back before he did the Apprentice
@@Jolenesmart1980 LOL That was a great response!
Regulate thyroid hormones for hair growth (selenium helps) as it releases a hormone called FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) then you need to feed and improve blood flow and nutrient availabilities to the area to support the growth (niacin helps) but it's also down to genetics where follicles get stimulated
it’s crazy to think that these body parts belonged to people, with dreams, phobias, families, and desires.. life is so weird
Ask a Mortician or the institute? Gah, 2 death related videos at the same time. So spoilt :-)
Has Caitlin just done one too?
Your explanation of rigor mortis helped me to understand the way calcium works in muscles. I am currently dealing with bone spurs (calcific tendinitis?). I know it happens from an injury, but it's nice to have further information on how it all works together. Thanks!
I’m dealing with the same condition, and dystonia, and it helped me too. I look up information on these conditions all the time, but it’s hard to find good sources that explains things in layman’s terms. I know more medical terms than the average healthy, non-disabled person due to slogging through academic journals, looking everything up. It’s hard to have time to look up five words per sentence and put it all together, though! I should have gone to medical school, instead of pursuing social science! It’s a blessing when someone makes the information accessible. ❤
I'm 16 years old and I am interested in the human body alot. Thank you guys alot for spreading knowledge to me and everyone in the world and it means alot to us!
Same here dude!!
A little info to help you in your education……a lot is two words. I’m not trying to be mean or rude. You seem interested in learning. Just trying to help you.
@@ntamny 💜 *a lot. That is very polite how you tried to teach this young teen this is two words. 😊💜
A lot is two words
I'm always careful to avoid sleeping on my arm. If it becomes fully lifeless, it jumps up and tries to strangle me with superhuman strength.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, 30 years ago we embalmed a black fella who was ripped and was the father of a friend...he did move alot when we started injecting..not raising up but muscles doing waves like the ocean..freaked me out... dealt with thousands since then.. keep up the good work
It's crazy that someone who had died from almost 10 years ago still have hair growth, while a bald person who is still alive can't grow any hair. Things that make you go hmmmmmm......
I think that person would stay bald after death as well.
They didn’t have hair growth though, their skin retracted and ‘shrunk’ over time due to gradual dehydration. That hair was there when they died, just below the skin surface.
He put himself in a bag 😂😂 Oh my goodness 🤣 All the hard work he does for us!
(Also the amount of hard work that must've gone into the sarcomere depiction drawing 😳😳)
I've always been a guy with a huge resect to Medical Science than superstitions and myths. You guys are a boost to that in this world! I will donate my body because I have everything working fine, no alcohol, no smoking in my life. Hail Science! 💪🔥
You are an amazing individual! Bravo to you.
💜 BLESS YOUR HEART, GUY UNKNOWN 💜 I'M SURE THAT YOUR OFFER TO DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE IS APPRECIATED! I'M DONATING MY BODY WHEN I PASS ON 😊 IF I MAY SAY, SINCE YOU ARE SO HEALTHY, DON'T ABUSE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF DONATING YOUR ORGANS? YOU CAN SAVE UP TO AT LEAST FIVE LIVES (I'M SURE MORE, HELP ME OUT SOMEONE WHO KNOWS?)
ALSO DONATE YOUR CORNEA'S
(FOR EYESIGHT) SKIN (FOR BURN VICTIMS) BONES (FOR SURGERY)
I WOULD IF I COULD, MY CHRONIC DISEASE IS WHY I'M UNABLE. YOU CAN SAVE SO MANY PEOPLE! WHAT A GREAT LEGACY THAT WOULD BE. I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YOUR DECISION, GOD BLESS & TAKE CARE 😊🙏💜💜💜
What I’d like to know is, hair on your body that stops growing at a certain length, such as armpits ect.., will usually only grow a few inches at most and stop, but if you cut or trim that hair in half, it will grow back to the original length, how does this happen? I’m not talking about shaving the hair to the level of the skin surface, just cut in half and it will grow back.
Good Question
I have thought about this too. Each hair must be preprogrammed to a certain length in the genes and stops growing at that length. Our bodies our wonderfully made
good question! Since the hair is dead, it can't send a signal when it finally grows to a certain length. I wonder if different hairs are designed to last a certain amount of time (thus certain length) before the connections holding the dead cells together breakdown?
I started listening to a lot of Thriller Audio Books while working and at first it was shocking and somehow disgusting how detailed they described the corpses but as I continued, it became more and more interesting to me. The human body is absolutely fascinating even after death
thankyou for providing this much information to us for free.
No problem!
I cannot fall sleep without background noise. I love your videos not only for the educational content, but because you both have nice, soothing voices. Except when you sit up out of a body bag. 😂
This video will not be in my bedtime rotation. Funny as heck, though! Keep the videos coming!