What fascinates you?

[ixchel]

I'm amazed by the human body and could probably make lists and lists of the things that amaze me about it. I'll narrow it to the top three though:

1. Conception actually being possible

The players involved in this process are TINY. After every hormone comes together and perfectly synchronizes, these itty bitty half cells are actually capable of not only finding each other, but knowing exactly what to do. Sperm! It's amazing! (Forgive me if my enthusiasm is coming across inappropriately!)

2. The ability of a breast to actually produce food

No, really, boobs. They certainly don't look like things with tangible superpowers, and yet, food! Such a complex ability!

3. The heart - it's just amazing in his complex it is and I'm blown away by it

First you have mechanical stuff. Then you also have chemical stuff. Electricity, too?! And if you look at the electricity, you can see if something is wrong. (Well, usually.) Some people aren't cardiology people, and I can see why. It goes beyond thinking 3-dimensionally. I'm a firm believer in evolution and it gets me so dorkishly giddy to imagine all that had to happen to create something as beautiful as the heart. Sure it has its weaknesses, but it's amazing!

So what about the body amazes you? (Feel free to be silly if fits the question. :) )

[AspiringNurseMW]

Ah, this post makes me feel at home. I'm only pre nursing taking A&P one and every class I'm like, woooooow that's how that works. We just started the male reproductive system and sperm and semen really are amazing.

I am also amazed by the itty-bitty nephrons and all the work that goes on in them and how they are essential in maintaining balance in so many aspects.

I constantly get looks of omg you are a nerd from my husband because I am thoroughly enjoying and amazed by this class and the body.

[ixchel]

Ah, this post makes me feel at home. I'm only pre nursing taking A&P one and every class I'm like, woooooow that's how that works. We just started the male reproductive system and sperm and semen really are amazing.

I am also amazed by the itty-bitty nephrons and all the work that goes on in them and how they are essential in maintaining balance in so many aspects.

I constantly get looks of omg you are a nerd from my husband because I am thoroughly enjoying and amazed by this class and the body.

You are totally at home! I geek out on this stuff completely! Wait until you get to nursing school and start putting all this together. It's amazing!

[ontheway2crna]

I work in a neuro icu and it amazes me how well people recover from strokes. In one day you can have an aphasic person be able to answer orientation questions clearly because the swelling in their brain as gone down. I took a physiological psych class in college and I learned that if you over practice playing an instrument, the areas in the brain that control each finger start to overlap and can actually make it so you can never play again! I think that's amazing and yet strange how the brain and neurons behave. The brain is amazing.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

For me it's just the amazing abilities of the brain and body working together. I mean think about it...do you even think about it when you reach for something? Not really, you don't say inside your head "self, I think I'll reach over and grab that glass and take a drink" you just do it. Even sitting at my keyboard typing, the mechanics required to form the conscious thought, then transmit that thought from my brain to my fingers and for those fingers to [mostly] to know what to do is incredible!

That and the complexities of language blows my mind. That humans figured out how to communicate at all, much less in so many different ways is amazing.