#nervous system

[marthajefferson]

human brain angiogram, 2023 young bare-branched oak, 2016

[nemfrog]

The cervical plexus. Brain as an organ of mind. 1880.

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[surrah698]

My poor, sensitive nervous system... 😭

Gotta make sure to get plenty of rest!

[deeptrospection]

[zyrip]

What's inside

[maybelsart]

Cause My Insides are Red

And Yours are Too

[revretch]

I had a nightmare that some people were rewiring the nerves of someone's body. Not like surgery--they had the person lying facedown on some kind of bed or gurney, and the people had torn the nervous system out of the body completely and propped it up on and suspended it from racks they placed over the body, so they could get the nerves back into the shapes they were supposed to be, out in the open where they could see them. It was like the damage was so complete they had to put the nerves back into shape like an artistic model, like they really were just splicing and bending a wire frame.

They weren't doctors, though. The second guy didn't even know what he was doing at all! They were each working on a different piece, and he was in charge of the mouth. He knew he wouldn't be able to do it right, though, and that this person would never be able to feel, even move their mouth again. So instead, he was determined that that one pose the mouth was going to be permanently fixed in would be the most beautiful smile he could create. He was sweating, working tensely, chanting to himself "You can't go wrong with a picture-perfect smile! You can't go wrong with a picture-perfect smile!! You can't go wrong with a picture-perfect smile!!!"

I was jolted awake when I thought I felt someone moving the nerves on the backs of my knees