Human Anatomy

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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

How Earwax Betrays Your Body Odor

One tiny gene decides whether your earwax is tacky gossip and whether your armpits submit evidence to the room.Read More

That Tiny Fold In Your Eye Is A Third Eyelid Imposter

Nestled in the inner corner of your eye is the plica semilunaris, a vestigial third eyelid - evolution's polite, bureaucratic footnote.Read More

Some People Are Missing A Wrist Tendon And Live To Tell The Tale

Roughly one in eight people lack the palmaris longus tendon - a tiny, vestigial wrist muscle surgeons nick like a spare tyre.Read More
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