I have extracted this (and other) nerves from cadavers, and this circuitous cranial nerve (XII?) is as beautiful and complex as the multibranch plexus-es (e.g. brachial). So delicate.
Human anatomy, at first glance, often seems wrongly-engineered. After you've worked inside dozens of people, you begin to realize that everybody is unique — and nobody is "textbook" anatomy. Who knows what all this goop even does?!
If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend this humbling human experience. My hope is that my own cadaver is ripped apart by somebody as crazy/appreciative as me =D
Human anatomy, at first glance, often seems wrongly-engineered. After you've worked inside dozens of people, you begin to realize that everybody is unique — and nobody is "textbook" anatomy. Who knows what all this goop even does?!
If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend this humbling human experience. My hope is that my own cadaver is ripped apart by somebody as crazy/appreciative as me =D