Human Anatomy

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When Your Ear Decides to Rumble

Some folks can flex a tiny middle ear muscle and make their own low, buzzing tinnitus - and no, it is not madness, it is anatomy showing off.Read More

That Hidden Hole Between Your Jaw And Ear

Some folks keep a childhood hole in their skull that lets jaw business spill into the ear when they chew, and yes, surgeons gossip about it.Read More

Your Nose Has A Proper Boner

Blimey - one nostril actually swells up on purpose, like it's doing the night shift for your breathing.Read More

That Tiny Hole in Your Sternum Nobody Mentions

Some people carry a perfectly ordinary secret doorway in their breastbone and acupuncture enthusiasts should mind their manners.Read More

Apparently People Cry Blood and My Mascara Is Terrified

Meet hemolacria: when your tear ducts decide to audition for a horror movie and actually shed blood - and yes, it is a real medical thing.Read More

My Fingers Refuse To Fingerprint (Literally)

Some people are born without fingerprints - a real, absurd tiny rebellion your passport office will not adore.Read More

Your Skin Has a Secret Nose and It Patches You Up

Trust me: the skin on your elbow can 'smell' and then get to work healing - not with drama, with receptors and repair.Read More

You Might Be Walking Around With A Secret Artery

Some folks keep an embryonic artery in their forearm like a private jewel-hand surgeons know, the rest of us discover it the rude way.Read More

Most Of The Clitoris Lives Inside, Mate

You only see the bonnet; the rest is a lumpy, lovemaking apparatus that sprawls like a secret map under the skin.Read More

There's A Sneaky Bone Hiding Behind Your Knee

Some people grow a tiny spare bone called the fabella in the tendon behind the knee and it has the nerve to cause trouble on occasion.Read More
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