Obscure body part of the week 1

filtrum ventriculi (fil·trum ven·tric·u·li) (fil¢tr[schwa]m ven-trik¢u-li) [L.] a depression between the two projections formed in the lateral wall of the vestibule of the larynx by the arytenoid and cuneiform cartilages.

source: http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_f_07zPzhtm

here's something i didn't know:

arytenoid (ar·y·te·noid) (ar²[schwa]-te¢noid) [Gr. arytaina ladle + -oid] shaped like a jug or pitcher, as arytenoid cartilage.

cuneiform of course means 'wedge shaped'.

i mean, i never even imagined that my larynx had a vestibule, let alone a vestibule with a lateral wall and projections formed by jug-shaped and wedge-shaped cartilage.

here i've been all these years walking around and breathing and eating and stuff, and i suddenly have realised i really know very little about how my body works, or what's in it...

is there NO-ONE in this temple of giant chess intellects interested in the larynx???😉 looks like this thread is going the way of my 'height of the Simpsons' and 'Chess Survivor' ideas...ever get the feeling you're on a different wavelength to everyone around you?😕😛😉🙄😀

Originally posted by dfm65
is there NO-ONE in this temple of giant chess intellects interested in the larynx???😉 looks like this thread is going the way of my 'height of the Simpsons' and 'Chess Survivor' ideas...ever get the feeling you're on a different wavelength to everyone around you?😕😛😉🙄😀

I know there's a tube and a circle in there somewhere...

Jerry Seinfeld said something like that. Pretty funny.

Please, I've never been the same since learning about the bulbospongiosis(sp?) Some things are better unknown

Originally posted by KneverKnight
Please, I've never been the same since learning about the bulbospongiosis(sp?) Some things are better unknown

Originally posted by KneverKnight
Please, I've never been the same since learning about the bulbospongiosis(sp?) Some things are better unknown

Originally posted by KneverKnight
Please, I've never been the same since learning about the bulbospongiosis(sp?) Some things are better unknown

Oh God! Now I am aware of my tongue! I should have never read this thread!!!!!!!
😲

Originally posted by angie88
care to explain for the ignorant (=me)?

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
Oh God! Now I am aware of my tongue! I should have never read this thread!!!!!!!
😲

Originally posted by dfm65
a picture is worth a thousand words...
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/dissector/mml/bulb.htm

Just typed in "obscure body parts" into Google (yep, I'm really really bored) and look what came up in the sponsered links:



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