So What Else Has Changed?!?

I have been amazed recently by the fact that things have changed since I was in high school. OK, no laughing about how that was back when we used a horse and buggy. But seriously, since when did they vote to change the name of body parts? Why wasn't I consulted!

We have been spending the past few weeks studying the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. We are also learning about how the body receives and processes sensory input from both outside and inside the body. Our last class was about what are called the "special senses." I was all ready to learn about "sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing." But now the sense of "touch" has been demoted to a category of "general senses", and in its place is a new "special" sense.....balance." Huh???? And, to top it off, do you remember studying the mechanisms of the ear? To refresh your memory, there is a structure inside your inner ear system that is curled up like a shell...called the Eustachian Tubes. Ring a bell? (Pun intended) But no longer. Some over-educated person (obviously not Mr. Eustachian) with way too much time on their hands decided at some point in the last 35 years to now call it the "Auditory Tube."

So what's next?? Will they change the name of our head to "Hat Holding Appendage?"
Till next time.

Cheers!
Ima