This last Saturday when I was visiting my parents, my mom and I went to see the Bodies Revealed Exhibition that has been in town for awhile. I’ve wanted to go ever since I saw it set up at the old Comp USA building, and so I was really excited that my mom had agreed to go with me.
My dad had already seen it, of course, because he doesn’t wait to see if anyone else wants to go with him. So it was just me and my mom and a hoard of people that had decided Saturday afternoon was the perfect time to go.
I really enjoyed the exhibit. We both got the audio tour, which was handy in that we could move around and see the specimens from all angles while being told what we’re looking at, instead of being anchored to the signs.
All of the donated bodies except one was male, and I didn’t think the female body was displayed to the best advantage. It was the body that was sliced down the middle so that you could see how all the organs are laid out in the body; however, the signage said that we were supposed to be able to see the female reproductive organs, which I couldn’t discern from the rest of the lower organs.
The bodies didn’t seem like real bodies–the process that preserves them makes them appear plastic instead of tissue. I was surprised at how no one touched the full bodies though, because people always have trouble looking with their eyes, not their hands.
My favorite part by far was the displays for the circulatory system Of all the wondrous things in our bodies, that was the one thing I was never able to imagine in my head. Veins that go everywhere? My mind couldn’t imagine it, but the display was amazing in how they showed it.
Displays of heart, lungs, limbs, liver, and kidneys showed how the circulatory system looks and works in those organs; also, there was a full-body display of the circulatory system, and when you see it, it becomes clear how a shot to the chest will kill you. The main vein in your chest that moves blood from your heart to ever where else is thicker than your finger.
I really enjoyed the exhibit and seeing how all the organs in your body really fit inside, how the muscles work, what the inside of bone looks like, and what different cancers of the body look like.
If this exhibit comes anywhere near you, you should definitely see it if you are at all interested in the human body. There are two different exhibitions, “Bodies … The Exhibition” and “Bodies Revealed”. I’m not sure what the difference is, but I bet that “Bodies … The Exhibition” is even better, since it is the bigger one and costs a few dollars more.
– “Paralyzer,” Them vs. You vs. Me: Finger 11
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