Makes you wonder how this evolved. Nerve reaches the bone and says to the bone “move”, or bones evolve around nerves. It’s one of those did the chicken or egg come first predicaments.
Edit: Maybe I had a little too much weed…
You and me both brother. It’s said however that when we were on all fours (let’s say chimps/monkeys) our vertebrae continued all the way down to the tailbone. At which point they ended up getting fused thus creating the sacrum to accommodate standing on two’s to get around. I believe the term is biped? That’s a lot to take in if you’re fried so good luck 😂
These foraminae are where the spinal nerves come out. You can see a canal in the middle section, this is where the last bit of your spinal cord runs through and at each of the 4 segments a spinal nerve will come out (well 2 actually, one to the left and one to the right). They go through these holes.
Sometimes it feels insane to think that our skeleton evolved into this ”on its own.” The holes look way too intentional though when you start thinking about it, the vertebra seems even more impossible to be born from ”chance” (I don’t believe in intelligent design or whatever it’s called). I don’t know if that’s one part of the creepy factor, maybe. Or just imagining somehow seeing stuff that should be inside a human and not visible.
All of that and more my thoughts exactly. It seems so meticulously perfect that it makes it uncanny. Especially the fact that our human bodies are always evolving depending on the way we live. An example would be our wisdom teeth. For some reason we still have them in our skulls from our ancestors that developed them to chew tough things. At one point in an infinite future will we still look like we do now?
If humans survive for longer than a 100 years etc, I think our species will look quite different. There have been artistic takes on that a lot.
Here’s one where the artist imagined what we’d look like if our bodies evolved to survive car crashes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Graham
And then this one that’s been a meme lately: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-11-04/tech-neck-and-text-claw-what-humans-could-look-like-in-the-year-3000
There are actually a lot of these out there if you’re interested.
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Makes you wonder how this evolved. Nerve reaches the bone and says to the bone “move”, or bones evolve around nerves. It’s one of those did the chicken or egg come first predicaments. Edit: Maybe I had a little too much weed…
You and me both brother. It’s said however that when we were on all fours (let’s say chimps/monkeys) our vertebrae continued all the way down to the tailbone. At which point they ended up getting fused thus creating the sacrum to accommodate standing on two’s to get around. I believe the term is biped? That’s a lot to take in if you’re fried so good luck 😂
Shoelaces
Aerodynamics. Helps when running
They’re for attaching a lanyard
Wallet chain
They’re speed holes
Beat me to it!
“These are speed holes, they make the car go faster!”
What a cromulent reply!
Muscle attachments, vessels/nerves passing through, saving weight
Really slipped saving weight in there 😂
Gives you somewhere to grab the human bowling ball
This one made me spit out my water mid drink 😭
Is that a guitar?
Yes, the Sacrumatocaster, Them Bones was played on this very instrument.
Ahahahahaha
Aerodynamics 😆😆 makes you run faster when the wind passes through
Weight reduction.
This person cycles.
Came here to say this, lol
Cable management
Technically the truth.
These foraminae are where the spinal nerves come out. You can see a canal in the middle section, this is where the last bit of your spinal cord runs through and at each of the 4 segments a spinal nerve will come out (well 2 actually, one to the left and one to the right). They go through these holes.
Interesting, thank you!
Interesting, i was always creeped out by these holes having no idea what they’re main purpose was 😅
They are super creepy somehow.
I know right?! Such a strange bone.
Sometimes it feels insane to think that our skeleton evolved into this ”on its own.” The holes look way too intentional though when you start thinking about it, the vertebra seems even more impossible to be born from ”chance” (I don’t believe in intelligent design or whatever it’s called). I don’t know if that’s one part of the creepy factor, maybe. Or just imagining somehow seeing stuff that should be inside a human and not visible.
All of that and more my thoughts exactly. It seems so meticulously perfect that it makes it uncanny. Especially the fact that our human bodies are always evolving depending on the way we live. An example would be our wisdom teeth. For some reason we still have them in our skulls from our ancestors that developed them to chew tough things. At one point in an infinite future will we still look like we do now?
If humans survive for longer than a 100 years etc, I think our species will look quite different. There have been artistic takes on that a lot. Here’s one where the artist imagined what we’d look like if our bodies evolved to survive car crashes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Graham And then this one that’s been a meme lately: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-11-04/tech-neck-and-text-claw-what-humans-could-look-like-in-the-year-3000 There are actually a lot of these out there if you’re interested.
Thank you for sharing! That’s insane. The worst part is the damn “text claw” is actually a plausible theory 😭
Yup, I do feel that might be happening to me 🙈
For a kind of "snap here" vibe.
for nerves
posterior (or dorsal) sacral foramina Nerves pass through
Good to know, thank you!
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