We began our day trip in Utrecht by attending a tour with the Utrecht University Museum. The Museum consisted of many parts, including a human anatomy section, archeology section, physics section and parts of a botanical garden. Though I found all of the exhibits incredibly interesting, when it came to our free time, I came back to the exhibit I wanted to have a longer look act: the human anatomy exhibit.
The human anatomy exhibit was split into different parts for each row. For example, Row C was dedicated to blood circulation while Row F was dedicated to abnormalities and diseases. The first thing that caught my eye was Row C, which had a heart that only consisted of the blood vessels. I have never seen anything like this before and I thought it was the most interesting, and oddly beautiful thing, I had ever seen. The row also consisted of items including the complete circulatory system of a dog along with being able to spot your own blood vessels in your hand with an interactive machine. Another part I enjoyed was learning about the biology of conjoined twins. The row had many examples ranging from humans to animals with a wide variety of abnormalities that went along with the conjoined fetuses. Some examples include a lamb with seven legs, two infants conjoined by the head and chest and twins conjoined by the neck. I believe that these are important to showcase because it allows students to get a better view of human biology and what exactly the human body is made of and what the human body can do. I also believe that it plays a large part in history because these abnormalities can lead to further research in regards to medicine and surgical procedures that could lead to saving lives and curing diseases.
So far, the University Museum was my favorite site to see in The Netherlands and I hope to visit it again one day!
I really enjoyed the anatomy exhibit as well. It was fascinating to see the blood vessels of the dog and to see the blood vessels in your own hand. I also was amazed to look at the drawings of different anatomical structures on the wall in that room.
ReplyDeleteI was really fascinated by the human heads they had in jars, that were cross sectioned. As macbre as it was, i was still curious about it and definitely a little disturbed by it at the same time. The dog with only the circulatory system was really freaking cool too.
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