Beyond giant microbes: How about the digestive system?

A couple of days ago, I mentioned a company that sells giant plush microbes. But that's not the only medical-related fluffiness you can get.

How about a knitted digestive tract, anyone?



I think it's particularly hilarious that the person labeling the picture felt compelled to label the finger pointing to the digestive tract...

(Via Boing Boing and Kevin, M.D.)
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  1. Anonymous10/29/2005 2:31 PM

    Haha, that's awesome. I hadn't noticed the finger label.

    -Ali

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  2. Radagast10/29/2005 3:59 PM

    I own a complete (I think) set of the plush microbes; they're insanely cute in person.

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  3. Greg P10/29/2005 7:42 PM

    Forget the finger. What's the tongue doing in there?

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  4. Orac10/29/2005 7:51 PM

    The tongue can be considered part of the digestive tract.

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  5. Bora Zivkovic10/29/2005 10:21 PM

    Any teeth?

    I adore the Microbes. I've had a link to their site for almost a year on my blog.

    BTW, wanna debunk this?

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  6. Don Sheffler10/30/2005 1:03 AM

    By applying my Macrame Filter™ I can detect elements of design in that digestive tract.

    Heck, I can even see the Designer's finger.

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  7. Orac10/30/2005 9:42 AM

    Indeed. How could I have missed the significance of the very hand of the Designer in the picture?

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  8. Greg P10/30/2005 10:17 AM

    Uh, Orac... At least when I went to medical school the tongue did not anatomically approach the liver, unless it was smothered in onions.

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  9. Orac10/30/2005 10:20 AM

    Yes, but it is in the mouth, which attaches to the pharynx and then the esophagus...

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  10. Anonymous11/04/2005 10:10 PM

    ROTFL!!
    Greg P - your comment truly has me laughing so loud that my dog has come to see what is going on.
    I saw this on another site and wondered about the location of the tongue as well. If they're going to include the tongue as a digestive organ, then we need to add the salivary glands too, right?

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