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SKIN AND BONESby Kathy Wolfe
“Why, you’re just skin and bones!” you may have heard it said. While the human body is lots more than skin and bones, these two things account for a very large part. Follow along as Tidbits explores what holds us together. • “I’ve got you under my skin,” goes the old song. The skin is the largest of all the organs in the body, and makes up about 15% of the body’s weight. On the average adult body, it weighs about 6 lbs. (2.72 kg), with an area of about 20 square feet (1.86 sq. m). The average individual has about 300 million skin cells. There are about 11 miles (17.7 km) of blood vessels in the body’s skin. • One square inch (6.45 sq. cm) contains about 19 million cells, 90 oil glands, 65 hairs, and 625 sweat glands. There are 19 feet (5.8 m) of blood vessels and over 19,000 sensory cells in that square inch. Those sensory cells can detect an object as small as 1/100th of a millimeter. • The skin is made up of three layers – the epidermis, which is the outer layer, the middle layer called the dermis, and the deepest layer called the subcutis. The epidermis is thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, about 1.5 millimeter thick. The subcutis contains blood vessels, hair follicle roots, and nerves.
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SKIN AND BONES (continued):• When a person is born, skin is about 1 millimeter thick and will grow to about 3 millimeters by adulthood. • The body’s three million sweat glands will produce about two quarts (1.9 liters) of fl uid on a warm summer day. When sweat evaporates off the skin, body heat is reduced. Sweat glands are the most concentrated on the bottom of the feet, with the least concentration on the body’s back. The smell of sweat is affected by a person’s mood, diet, hormones, medical condition, or drugs.• Our skin is thinnest on our eyelids, just 0.02 m thick. • Why does our skin bruise? It’s caused by blood capillaries that burst near the skin’s surface. The blood cells quickly die and change color, creating the purplish bruise. The bruise fades as those cells are carried off by the body. • And why does our skin tan when we’re out in the sun? It’s the result of our skin secreting melanin, a brown pigment that helps block out harmful ultraviolet rays. Thousands of years ago, when dark-skinned humans migrated to colder climates, much of their melanin pigment was lost and white skin began to appear.
• There are two types of melanin – pheomelanin, which varies from yellow to red in color, and eumelanin, which is dark brown to black. Pheomelanin is responsible for our pink lips and for red hair color. Eumelanin contributes to brown and black skin and hair. A person with a complete or partial absence of melanin is known as an albino.
• Skin that is glabrous has no hair.
• Acne, caused by an overproduction of oil that plugs the pores, affl icts more than just teenagers. One in 20 adult women is bothered by acne. That fi gure is just one in 100 for adult men.
• The next time you’re doing the dusting, consider that 75% of household dust consists of dead skin cells. Every minute, you are shedding about 30,000 dead skin cells. By the time you’re 70, you will have shed about 40 lbs. (18.1 kg) of dead skin.
• Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, accounting for almost half of cancer diagnoses in the United States. There will be about 76,000 new cases of melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, this year. Pale skin that sunburns easily is more susceptible to skin cancer. Severe sunburns in the past along with excessive unprotected exposure to sunlight or tanning booths are also contributing factors. Melanoma is the fastest growing cancer worldwide, and one in 50 Americans will develop it during their lifetime.
• About 45% of bone consists of mineral deposits, including calcium, phosphorus, and sodium, along with the protein collagen. Living tissue, cells, and blood vessels make up another 30%, with the remaining 25% water.
• Bones account for about 14% of the body’s total weight. A baby is born with about 300 bones, but as it grows, many fuse together, so that by adulthood the total is 206. When a baby is born, its kneecaps consist of soft cartilage which will gradually harden into bone, a process known as ossifi cation.
• The longest and strongest bone of the skeleton is the femur, the thighbone, accounting for nearly 25% of a body’s height. The femur can support 30 times its own weight. The largest bone is the pelvis, and the smallest is located in the middle ear. The tiny stapes, commonly called the stirrup is only 0.11 inches (2.8 mm) long, about the size of a grain of rice. It’s the only bone that’s fully grown at birth.
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The relationship of humans with cats has been unique in that the cat dominates the interaction. People train people, people train dogs, people train horses but cats train people. Humans can train themselves and other species with negatives but cats and dolphins won’t allow this type of behavior. Cats only respond to positives and actually train people to do what they want. When my clients tell me stories about their beloved cat and how well trained he is, I ask them “How did your cat teach you to do what he wanted?” Then we laughed about how crafty the feline species is. If a human, a dog, and a cat were lost in the wilderness what species would have the best chance of survival?
Some interesting facts reported by the Morris Animal Foundation that may surprise you.
· People 18 to 24 years old had the most positive attitudes toward cats.
· Single adults had more positive attitudes toward cats than married respondents.
· Suburbanites had more positive attitudes toward cats than people in urban or rural areas.
· Hispanics were more likely to consider having a cat than respondents of other ethnicities.
· Men were more likely than women to consider having a cat.
Cats are America’s companion animal. Slowly cats are gaining respect as an important family member in our country’s households. It is important to note that cats currently receive less veterinary care than dogs but this is changing as the human/cat bond grows. The sad reality of cats living with humans is, most cats brought to shelters are never adopted and most are euthanized. Spay/neuter programs and having people take responsibility for their pets can reverse this trend. Cats judge people on the shared merits of kindness and love. That is why cats reserve the “meow” for people they have affection for.
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Red is the color most often connected to this gemstone that is often found in antique jewelry. However, the world of garnets is far more colorful than that just red Spectacular �nds, especially in Africa, have enhance the traditional image of the garnet with a number of lovely hues including shades of green, a variety of yellows, a blazing orange and some very nice earth-colored shades. The only color never found in a garnet is blue. This number of garnet hues has enabled this gemstone to continue to be trendy and stylish. While fairly common, the garnets have some rare stones such as star garnets whose color changes depending on whether displayed in arti�cial or natural light. Garnets are found in several African countries, India, Russia and Central and South America. Skilled hand of cutters all over the world over cut garnets into both classical and designer shapes. If your jewelry features a garnet stone you can be con�dent that it will last a long time and the brilliance given to it by Nature will never dim.
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Ask the Dentistby Dennis L. Burgner, D.D.S.
Master, Academy of General Dentistry
Thanksgiving - The Dentist’s Thankful
ListThanksgiving is a wonderful time – to be with family and friends and refl ect on the blessings of our lives. It is uniquely an American holiday that originated with the founding of our country. Thanksgiving is THE special day of the year set aside for us all to stop and thank God for all He provides to us. As a dentist I am thankful for the advances in dental care over the history of civilization. Historically, it just hasn’t been that long ago that we didn’t have toothbrushes, mouth rinses, esthetic replacements of missing teeth, and yes, even fl oss! Here are a few dental things that I’m thankful for: The Toothbrush: Ancient peoples used small sticks or twigs, mashed and softened on one end, to clean their teeth. The Chinese invented the � rst bristle toothbrush, which came to Europe in the 1600’s, and to America during colonial times. In 1880 the � rst electric brush hit the market. It wasn’t very e� ective, and the idea died out for several decades. Then just after World War II, the Swiss developed the � rst e� ective electric toothbrush, which was introduced into the United States in 1960.
Toothpaste had its earliest forms in ancient times, when ground shells, powdered fruit, talc, honey, and dried � owers were mixed together to make a tooth cleaning paste. Less tasty ingredients included various forms of mice, rabbit heads, lizard livers, and urine concocted as toothpastes. I rather doubt that such “toothpastes” had that “minty” taste we enjoy today. Some “toothpastes” were so corrosive that they dissolved tooth enamel. Toothpastes in the 1800’s included soap and chalk. The � rst collapsible tube appeared in 1892. “Crest” brand toothpaste with � uoride to actually help prevent cavities was introduced in 1956.
Anesthetic made painless extractions possible in the 1830’s. In primitive times, teeth were extracted with a well- placed chisel and a hard blow from a mallet - ouch! Centuries later, the Greeks and Romans abandoned the mallet and chisel and developed extraction forceps. Chinese dentists developed very strong � ngers for extracting teeth with their “bare � ngers” by practicing removing wooden pegs driven into a board. Cocaine was used just prior to the 1900’s as a Local Anesthetic for “Feeling No Pain” dentistry (or anything else!) – until it’s addictive properties became evident. In 1905 “Novocain”, became available, and “Painless Dentistry” became possible. Today’s local anesthetics are much more e� ective, and do not have the allergic e� ects of Novocain.
Laughing Gas, professionally known as Nitrous Oxide – Oxygen Conscious Sedation was � rst “experimental” in the 1790’s, due to its pain-inhibiting e� ects. It became known as “laughing gas” when used at high concentrations, because of its most famous side e� ect. In the late 1800’s, it was combined with oxygen, and the combination became very popular for use in surgical procedures.
These are just a few of my favorite things I’m thankful for - What’s yours?
Please send in your questions. You can Ask the Dentist by calling Dr. Burgner at 720-870-9500, or consult the website: www.ParkerLumineers.com Dr Burgner has served on the Fellowship Examination Committee of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and received national recognition awards from that 30,000 member organizaation. He has also been recognized in the local magazine 5280. He practices General Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in Parker, Colorado.
MOMENTS IN TIMEThe History Channel
• On Dec. 13, 1577, English seaman Francis Drake sets out from England with fi ve ships and 164 men on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacifi c coast of the New World. Three years later, Drake’s return to England marked the fi rst circumnavigation of the earth by a British explorer.
• On Dec. 12, 1912, two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Mona Lisa is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence. Peruggia had previously worked at the Louvre and had participated in the heist with a group of ac-complices dressed as janitors.
• On Dec. 14, 1939, the League of Nations, the international peacekeeping organization formed at the end of World War I, expels the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in response to the Soviets’ invasion of Finland. Although the League was the brainchild of President Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined.
• On Dec. 11, 1944, the city of Toronto, Canada, is battered with its worst-ever snowfall. Twenty-one people died as nearly 20 inches of snow fell in a single day. The storm took place during World War II, and the city’s ammunition fac-tory was forced to close.
• On Dec. 9, 1958, retired Boston candy manufacturer Robert H.W. Welch, Jr., establishes the John Birch Soci-ety, a right-wing organization dedicated to fi ghting what it perceives to be the extensive infi ltration of communism into American society.
• On Dec. 10, 1963, kidnapped Frank Sinatra Jr. is allowed to talk briefl y to his father, after which the kidnappers de-manded a ransom of $240,000 and arranged Sinatra’s drop off. Law-enforcement offi cials picked up the young Sinatra and brought him home in the trunk of their car.
• On Dec. 8, 1980, former Beatle John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman as Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were returning home to their West 72nd Street Manhattan apartment building, the now-famous Dakota.
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This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an offi cer would be there when available.
George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them all.”
Then he hung up. Within fi ve minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available
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A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners.
At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote “Revelation 3:20” on the back of it and stuck it in the door.
When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, Genesis 3:10.”
Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter.
Revelation 3:20 begins “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” Genesis 3:10 reads, “I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid, for I was naked.”
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There was an old man sitting on his porch watching the rain fall. Pretty soon the water was coming over the porch and into the house.
The old man was still sitting there when a rescue boat came and the people on board said, “You can’t stay here you have to come with us.”
The old man replied, “No, God will save me.” So the boat left. A little while later the water was up to the second fl oor, and another rescue boat came, and again told the old man he had to come with them.
The old man again replied, “God will save me.” So the boat left him again.
An hour later the water was up to the roof and a third rescue boat approached the old man, and tried to get him to come with them.
Again the old man refused to leave stating that, “God will save him.” So the boat left him again.
Soon after, the man drowns and goes to heaven, and when he sees God he asks him, “Why didn’t you save me?”
God replied, “You dummy! I tried. I sent three boats after you!!”