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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Simulated on 04/01/2008 00:59:27
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Alright. On the back of my head I've got this thing I can best describe as a boney bump on my skull. I've only found one other person that has this bump on thier head. That other person is my dad, but yeah its not like I go around and feel peoples heads to find out if they have a bump on their back of their head. But I have felt my girlfriends, my mothers, fathers, sisters, and asked some people at school if they had that, but I don't remember the results from my classmates.
So do yaa??
Oh ya if you don't understand at first and want to change your answer you're aloud [:)]
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YUP! At the back of my skull low and in the middle where my head attaches to my spine.
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YUP! At the back of my skull low and in the middle where my head attaches to my spine.
Ok so how come lots of people have a smooth skull there?
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I don't know, all of me kids have it too!
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That's your external occipital protruberance - and it's entirely normal. Historically some scientists thought that the shape of the skull revealed the relative sizes of the different parts of the brain sitting beneath. Since these different brain regions were thought to have different functions, the "phrenologists" as they were known suggested that feeling the shape and contours of the head could reveal a subject's strengths and weaknesses.
The external occipital protruberance sits above the part of the brain called the cerebellum, which we now know is involved in making fine, accurate movements. But in the past it was thought to be linked to love! So if you believe what the phrenologists were saying, and you have a big external occipital protruberance, then you should be a great lover. Which just goes to show that, when it comes to love, size is definitely important.
Chris
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That's purdy weird/ironic, because lots of people sayy I'm a great lover. Unless you mean sex. Then Idk and don't wanna find out for quite while lol
And thanks for the pesron that replied with "What are you smoking" lol
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That'l be me [;)]
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That's your external occipital protruberance - and it's entirely normal. Historically some scientists thought that the shape of the skull revealed the relative sizes of the different parts of the brain sitting beneath. Since these different brain regions were thought to have different functions, the "phrenologists" as they were known suggested that feeling the shape and contours of the head could reveal a subject's strengths and weaknesses.
The external occipital protruberance sits above the part of the brain called the cerebellum, which we now know is involved in making fine, accurate movements. But in the past it was thought to be linked to love! So if you believe what the phrenologists were saying, and you have a big external occipital protruberance, then you should be a great lover. Which just goes to show that, when it comes to love, size is definitely important.
Chris
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!! That means I am a great Lover... Now how the heck did that one get past me! LOL..... That great Chris THank you! Fine motor skills department eh? Nice...
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Thanks for all the votes everyone.
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Yes, I felt my head (but had to bang it against a wall first)..and there I found a bump...............well..........three in fact..........and some bruises.................
.....In a darkened room I felt wifeys bumps too........and now I have four bumps on my head !!