Random Fact #22

Closing piece of advice for future chiropractors, from Dr. Sayers..."Make sure you buy a nice suit...you have to look good in court".

Random Fact #21

Spondyloptosis is a condition where the L5 vertebra slips forward and no longer articulates with the lower sacrum. This occurs during development or due to an acute trauma.

  

Although it looks like one of the most painful things that a person can ever endure; our professor told us that she saw one where the patient presented no symptoms and lived a normal life.  

Random Fact #20

Jim Elliot, the missionary to Ecuador who was killed by the native Waodani people grew up in the Portland area.  His mother studied to be a chiropractor at Western States.  His brother also was a chiropractor and became one of the presidents of Western States in the 1960's.

Random Fact #19

The Psoas major muscle is the primary hip flexor in the body.  It is responsible for lifting your knee to your chest  when running or climbing stairs.  Cows and other four legged animals have very little need for this muscle.  This means the most tender cuts of meat come from the Psoas major of a cow...aka the filet mignon

Random Fact #18

In 1 ml of blood there is approx 4,500,000,000 red blood cells.  In one red blood cell there is 250,000,000 hemoglobin molecules.  This means that there are 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules of hemoglobin in one ml of blood.  Seeing that there are around 5 liters of blood in the body that equals a lot of zeros of hemoglobin.   The total weight off all this hemoglobin is around 1-2 pounds.

Random Fact #17

X-Rays of the lumbar spine are taken with the patient facing away from the source.  This positioning uses the bones of the pelvis/hip as a natural shield to protect the reproductive organs on the anterior side.

Random Fact #16

The highest concentrations of people infected with Hepatitis C, in the "developed" world, is in China.  This is due to the lack of sterilization of acupuncture needles.

Random Fact #15

To close incisions ancient Indian medicine used a special type of biting ant.   They took an ant and placed the upper part of the jaw on one side of the cut and the lower part of the jaw on the other side.  When the ant bites down the incision is closed.  The doctor would then snap the head off the ant and the jaw would remain closed in a state of rigor.   The bigger the cut the more ants used.

Random Fact #14

The mitochondria is what creates energy in the human body.  If the power output of all the bodies 1,000,000,000,000,000, plus mitochondria were added together it would be around 80 watts.  The average light bulb needs 60 watts.  It's a good thing God created our bodies to be super efficient.

Random Fact #13

"The subcutaneous (under skin) fat, in the abdomen of your cadaver, is a perfectly good spot to stick your scalpel blade during dissection of the anterior shoulder and brachial plexus.   This allows for easy access to the blade and prevents anyone else from getting sliced."  Dr. Bohrman.

This makes the belly of the cadaver look like a "glorified" knife block.

Random Fact #12

After the death of Christ, very few "medical" universities and hospitals were established, because everyone thought that Christ was going to return shortly so there was no need to treat or cure any illness.  This  lack of medical care continued in Europe until the Crusades when doctors appeared to treat the injured crusaders.

Random Fact #11

In Kentucky it's not your birthday without a moon pie...and apparently don't even think about eating one without microwaving it for exactly 23. seconds.

Random Fact #10

39/40  on a gross anatomy midterm puts you in the top 3% of the class.

Random Fact #9

Today in Bio Palpation class we learned how to palpate the coccyx.  This is useful because in later years we will learn that it is possible to manipulate the coccyx through the rectal cavity.... I'm thinking I'm not going to be  utilizing that procedure when I'm out of school.

Random Fact #8

The mnemonic for remembering the sacral region of the parasympathetic nervous system is.
S2--3--4....keeps the feces off the floor.

Random Fact #7

It takes just under 3 hours of Cell Biology, in one day, to contemplate dropping out of Chiropractic College.

Random Fact #6

You can't hurt a cadaver.

Random Fact #5

The sternum doesn't full ossify until the third decade of life (early 20's).

Random Fact #4

In fetal development the testicles develop in the abdomen. After birth the testicles drop. However, the nerves innervating the testicles still originate in the mid-abdomen, that is why when you get kicked in the chicklets it hurts in your abdomen.

Random Fact #3

The Western States University library has the largest collection of chiropractic literature in one place in the world.

This includes the original texts written by B.J. Palmer.

Random Fact #2

Early chiropractors actually believed that all diseases were caused by a spine that was out of line; therefor correcting the misalignment would cure every disease.

Random Fact #1

The fifteenth leading cause of death in the United States is liver failure due to overuse of ibuprofen.