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Questions tagged [anatomy]

Questions regarding the structure of an organism or its parts.

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Is there a subgroup of Asians that have slanting vaginas?

I had heard somewhere that some women have horizontal vagina. I didn't think it was true. So I asked my biology teacher, "I've heard some women have horizontal vagina. Is it true?" He replied, "Yes, some women of Mongolian race do. Not absolutely…
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Does drinking coffee reduce breast size?

A study of 300 women done in the UK says that drinking 3 cups of coffee per day can cause a woman's breasts to shrink by an average of 17%. drinking three or more cups a day was enough to cause a smaller breast size However, I question the study's…
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Is it possible for a pine tree to grow in your lungs?

This question came up at lunch today, and I didn't believe my friend when he said someone had a pine tree growing in his lungs. I have found several sources: 1, 2, 3 Source #2 has a key note: There was no independent verification of the surgeon's…
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Is the quantity and/or quality of milk produced in a female human related to the appearance of her breasts?

I guess if The Simpsons are a sufficient source for a claim, then this should be as well... The purse girl hits everything on my checklist: creamy skin, straight teeth, curly hair, amazing breasts. Not for me... for my children. The Schrutes…
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Is the average temperature of a healthy human adult 98.6F/37C?

Everyone knows that... Human body temperature - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_temperature In humans, the average internal temperature is 37.0 °C (98.6 °F), though it varies among individuals. However, no person always has…
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Compared to Japanese people, do Koreans have narrow eyes?

In the article, "In polite Japan, vulgarities rise as hate speech spreads", it brings up anti-Korean sentiment in Japan. A Japanese person who was a member of a protest organized by Zaitokukai portrayed Koreans as having narrow eyes, and assumed…
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Is Fukushima Dai-ichi responsible for earless bunnies?

Picture scraper @Globe_Pics, which has 520,000 followers, tweeted the following (currently 205 retweets, and 135 favorites): Earless bunnies were born in Japan after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Twitter debunker account @PicPedant responded…
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Are Rembrandt's two anatomical paintings the only two where the identity of the cadaver is known?

From a Ewa Kotz's Master Thesis from the University of Amsterdam (page 12): “Lesson of dr. Deijman”, together with “Lesson of dr. Tulp” are the only two anatomical paintings where we know the identity of the bodies presented on the dissection…
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Is the foreskin of a baby connected to the glans in a similar way to a fingernail on a finger?

Seen on Facebook. I'm not so interested in the "steel rod" claim. I'm interested in the anatomy claim: that the foreskin of a baby is attached to the glans by a membrane, in a similar way to the that of a fingernail attached to a finger. Is there…
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Does the right eye feed information to the left brain hemisphere while the left eye feeds information to the right brain hemisphere?

Changingminds writes in Right and Left Brain: The brain cortex (the crinkly 'walnut' bit) is divided into two clear hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum, which provides an 'information highway' between them. The halves are neither mirror…
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Does the heart pump blood through arteries?

The conventional model of the circulatory system assumes the heart pumps blood out of the ventricles through a series of progressively branching arteries of decreasing diameter transitioning to innumerable microscopic capillaries which then…
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