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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The {{w|Bursa of Fabricius}} is an organ found in birds that is necessary for the development of | + | {{incomplete|Created by FLYING BIRD SCIENTISTS WITH TRANSPLANTED AVIAN LYMPHATIC ORGANS - Better description of the two people looking at Fabricius and how they may represent his time era. More on what fMRI is and how it today may be used to study what Broca studied on dead people only. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | The {{w|Bursa of Fabricius}} is an organ found in birds that is necessary for the development of the immune system. | ||
− | This comic claims that the 16th century anatomist {{w|Hieronymus Fabricius}} (for whom the organ was named) | + | This comic claims that the 16th century anatomist {{w|Hieronymus Fabricius}} (for whom the organ was named) was able to fly because he also had that organ. However, this organ does not in fact contribute to flight (despite being of avian orgin). Also given that it only exist in birds, then Fabricius did of course not have this organ. |
− | + | But the joke is that [[Randall]] assumes that because the organ was named after the one for whom it is named - Fabricius, he is the only human to have had this organ. And thus because he was the only one to have this avian organ, that would have made him able to fly. | |
− | In | + | In the comic Fabricius, drawn mostly bald and with a beard, is shown flying with great enjoyment as he yells ''Wheee'' as he swoops down from the sky. A typical outburst used by Randall when people are flying/falling and enjoying it. Two persons looks up at him. A guy with a tropical helmet and a woman with a scarf over her hair, hanging down behind her. She is disturbed by the flying man, holding her hands up to her mouth in a pose of being shocked/surprised. They are probably drawn to represent the time when Fabricius lived in the 16th century. |
− | + | Many scientific and mathematical discoveries, including anatomical structures, are named after the people who discovered or described them. Rare diseases are often named for the first or most famous (possible even the only) person known to have had the disease. For instance {{w|ALS}} is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the US because of baseball player {{w|Lou Gehrig}} having notably developed the condition. Alternately, a person who identifies the specifics involved either puts their own name to it or is later so honoured by those who recognise their vital contribution, such as with {{w|Parkinson's disease#History|Parkinson's disease}}. | |
− | Broca | + | The title text continues with the idea from the comic claiming that anatomical structures are in sole possession of the human for which they are named, in another similar example. {{w|Pierre Paul Broca}}, a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist, was known for his research on what is now known as {{w|Broca's area}}, a region of the brain used for speech and language processing. The premise being that, having this feature, he was uniquely gifted with the special ability to created powerful magnetic fields, enabling him to do {{w|fMRI}} research in the 19th century. |
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+ | Broca did not do fMRI research, a powerful method of non-intrusively imaging and analysing the internal structures of the living human body (amongst other things), as it was not invented in his lifetime nor is it likely that this ability could be 'naturally' possessed by any individual. He was, however, able to physically study brains of known speech-impaired patients who had then subsequently died, determining that damage in the area (to be then named for him) was directly related to their specific condition. Today, we can safely view this area in living people, using fMRI, and directly connect what we see with the current prognosis of patients. This increase our knowledge of the brain, as with the mythical abilities Randall gave Broca, but also possibly even allows us to help those currently under the effects of any observed damage (not necessarily possible by any 19thC physician, even with this superpowered form of vision to assist them). | ||
In reality, if Broca was the only person to have ever possessed Broca's area then this might have meant that only he had ever had the power of speech (as we understand it), which would indeed give him a very special ability; but one begging a number of other vital questions, if only anybody else could have asked them... | In reality, if Broca was the only person to have ever possessed Broca's area then this might have meant that only he had ever had the power of speech (as we understand it), which would indeed give him a very special ability; but one begging a number of other vital questions, if only anybody else could have asked them... | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[An almost bald man with hair around the neck and a full beard, is shown flying in the top right part of the image, swooping down from the sky with arms outstretched in front of him while yelling. Three dotted lines behind him indicate his path. Two people look up at him from the bottom left corner, a man with a | + | :[An almost bald man with hair around the neck and a full beard, is shown flying in the top right part of the image, swooping down from the sky with arms outstretched in front of him while yelling. Three dotted lines behind him indicate his path. Two people look up at him from the bottom left corner, a man with a tropical helmet and a black haired woman with a scarf over her hair, which is hanging down behind her. She is holding both her hands up to her mouth. At the top of the panel there is text:] |
:The '''''bursa of Fabricius''''' is a lymphoid organ found only in birds and in 16<sup>th</sup> century anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius, to whom it conferred the power of flight. | :The '''''bursa of Fabricius''''' is a lymphoid organ found only in birds and in 16<sup>th</sup> century anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius, to whom it conferred the power of flight. | ||
:Hieronymus Fabricius: ''Wheee'' | :Hieronymus Fabricius: ''Wheee'' | ||
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[[Category:Biology]] | [[Category:Biology]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Research]] |