Comments by "Banana" (@439bananas) on "Institute of Human Anatomy" channel.

  1. And they continue to touch lives after their death by helping to train doctors to treat others.
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  2. YES
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  3.  @SingerKeyaa  I am aware of Varanasi and its ghats and that the remains are put in the Ganges river. In the UK where I am, people are buried whole or cremated. When people are cremated, a very hot gas oven is used to do the job. These have a little inspection window around the back, really for the staff to check the progression of burning, but when there are Hindus or others that have a desire to watch their loved one reduced to an elemental state, then they are able to view the process. The heat in these gas ovens is great enough to only leave behind the long bones and they are crushed and returned with the other ashes to the relatives. There is much more of the person left when they are burnt on a pyre because it is difficult to reach the higher temperature where the bones become very friable. Whether the belly button is left, I guess would depend on 2 intertwined factors. 1] the heat of the fire and 2] the amount of fat on the person, fat burns very nicely and would add to the burning. People who have died very suddenly, may have a fair degree of fat, but often you find that very elderly people carry very little weight and people that expire from cancer or tuberculosis can be very thin indeed. In medieval times in Europe, witches and heretics were burnt at the stake and I have heard of examples of body parts, specifically the heart not burning.
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  4. The linea alba becomes very obvious during late pregnancy. And sometimes the navel does not seal off properly from the bladder at birth, leaving a sinus canal, when this happens there is an increased risk of cancer at the site. Yes you read me right, you can get cancer of the belly button, thankfully, it is EXTREMELY rare!
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  5. Because it has been preserved in formaldehyde
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  6. Yeah, but it is likely to have been preserved with formaldehyde.
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  7. Clean it as you would any other part of your body
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  8. Sorry, but it sounds like you have a hormonal problem and need to see a doctor.
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  9. Sorry, I don't think that, that is true, unless it is some sort of pyre cremation. Normally all that is left are long bones and artificial hips and dental crowns, gold is retrieved and the bones are crushed to dust in a special machine.
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  10. Not always, a sinus can remain, although this is abnormal.
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  11.  @DeRien8  Fair point.
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  12. That human has been pickled in formaldehyde and that has both preserved the tissues and to some extent changed their appearance, although fat is yellow.
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  13. Most likely of formaldehyde.
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  14. Most countries you have to donate your body for this to happen to it.
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