Learning Anatomy is FUN :)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.. Asslamu'alaikum.

Before I begin, Happy Labor Day! Hope you are enjoying this holiday with your family and friends. I know I'm not... I'm enjoying it with 3 assignments that were given by my lecturers yesterday. You can tell how excited I am. (liarrr)

Yesterday evening scenario..
Lecturer: "Please send it to me before tomorrow evening ."

That is what he said(I still had not yet send mine). Like a good student that I'm trying to be.. I'll send it tonight. Huahahahahaha.. NERD.

Anyway, yesterday we were having our practical anatomy on the hip bone. Suddenly, one teacher came up to us and asked about the hip bone. Plus, he told all of us some fascinating information about it.

1. There is hardly a case of a fractured hip bone. This is because the bone is covered with thick layers of muscles and fats that absorbs the impact of a trauma (acting as a soft pad).

2. During labour, the body releases oxytocin hormone to soften the symphysis pubis cartilage in order to increase the area for the baby to come out from thw mother's womb.

However, if there is lack of oxytocin release, this will slow down the baby delivery. So, physiotherapist/doctors would push (with force) the Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS) of the hip bone to provide a bigger space for the baby to come out. Caution: this procedure will cause a bigger stress to the mother's body.

3. Femur is a very strong bone. It stores the fats which will be use later by the human body. This bone too hardly fractures as it is covered by thick muscles (quadriceps and hamstring muscles).

4. If it ever occurs on the shaft of the femur, the fracture part would be so sharp that it would pierce through the thigh muscle layers. Ouch!! It can also be use to pierce you manubrium. (imagine that..no wonder cavemen use this as a tool)

5. Fracture of the femur would also cause heart stroke (as i had mention that it stores the fat).

Well this is what I have learned from that lecturer. Of course these words are not 100% accurate from what my lecturer said. But this was all I got from him. Hope you find this as interesting as I do. :D

P.s. Do not mistaken the word Labour with Labor.

Definition
Labor= work
Labour= baby delivery