Researchers discover new salivary glands in the human head
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Researchers discover new salivary glands in the human head
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#2 > Mysterious Organ Lurking in the Centre of the Head
... The brain?
:P
In all seriousness, this is really cool. It's incredible how we still keep finding out new things about our body. You'd've thought that there wouldn't be much left to find at the macroscopic level, and yet...
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#3Is this for real, or just fake news?
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#4I remember the cadaver labs during the school days. Really hard to spot certain (save for the really large organs which are obvious) unless you know what it is you’re looking for. Sometimes an illustration tells you it should be there but the actual structure is... underwhelming or barely visible/damaged from years of specimen abuse. Can see how things like this can be missed.
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#5It seems almost unbelievable that in this day and age we could have missed something like this. In my opinion, it put modern medicine into perspective. I've suspected for some time that medicine is actually closer to the dark ages than we like to think it is, and this report seems like a good validation of that notion.
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#6I remember the cadaver labs during the school days. Really hard to spot certain (save for the really large organs which are obvious) unless you know what it is you’re looking for. Sometimes an illustration tells you it should be there but the actual structure is... underwhelming or barely visible/damaged from years of specimen abuse. Can see how things like this can be missed.
For some reason this reminds me of the joke: “If the surgeon cuts a vessel and knows the name of that vessel, the situation is serious; if the anaesthetist knows the name of the vessel the situation is irretrievable”
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#7NYT's title is a bit more cautious:
>Doctors May Have Found Secretive New Organs in the Center of Your Head
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/saliva-glands-new-...
>Dr. Alvand Hassankhani, a radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, said he was hesitant to label the structures “new organs.” In addition to the three pairs of known large salivary glands, some 1,000 minor salivary glands are sprinkled across the lining of the mouth and throat. They are more petite and tougher to find through imaging or scanning than their heftier cousins. It’s possible that the Dutch researchers just happened upon a better way to image a set of underappreciated minor glands, Dr. Hassankhani said.
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#9I'll propose to name it the Plumbus
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#10It seems almost unbelievable that in this day and age we could have missed something like this. In my opinion, it put modern medicine into perspective. I've suspected for some time that medicine is actually closer to the dark ages than we like to think it is, and this report seems like a good validation of that notion.
I feel like the fact this is rare, big news kind of negates your point.