Body Worlds

I don’t even know where to begin to tell you the experience it was to walk through Body Worlds, it was spectacular. The amazing things your saw and the knowledge you inherit. Things that you don’t normally see, it’s stuff you know exists inside, but the function and ability that is in each of us, is something we don’t take advantage of. The two hour tour of the human body will leave you wanting to learn more and appreciate what you have and want to treat your heart, lungs and liver better. By doing little things it can add years to your life.

I would love to go into detail of what I saw, but it would only ruin your experience if you do plan on going, although I couldn’t explain or show you what I did see, you will still leave in awe.

You walk in and the first display you will see is of the heart, yes it is a real heart. The back ground “music” is the beating of a heart. You stare at it thinking could this really be someone’s heart, it looks so big and fake. (All that you see is actually real, it looks like plastic, but it’s because it has been plastified, but all very real.)

You will learn that if you extend all of the arteries in the human body end to end it would wrap around the Earth more than two times. WHOA!

You see actual muscles, bones, brains, hearts, tumors, lungs, the nervous system and much, much more.

There was something there that I didn’t expect we would see, but there it was . . . the stages of having a baby. Indeed very sad and heart aching, but the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Seeing the 35th week of a child made me think of the amazing experience it was to have my son and how badly I would like to give him a baby brother. I want to explain what I saw and felt walking through that part, but I will leave that up to you to go see, of leave it to your imagination.

Every body that you see has a face and a spirit they are people that have donated their bodies so we can see and learn from what they have done to their bodies. They have eyes of many colors, lips, eyebrows and even toenails. Their bodies are each placed in a certain pose so you can see the muscles and the movement of the joints, where each piece of the body is aligned and should be. Some have skin, some have just bones, some have arteries, some have a little bit of everything; but they all give you something to think about.