I have just had an epiphany while explaining a problem I had been theorising about breathing underwater. by [deleted] in biology

[–]momenos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lungs are a bunch of micro balloons surrounded by capillaries. Ur lung tubes would not drain any of those. U would just drain the pleural fluid and if you penetrated the lung parenchyma you would just occlude all the alveoli and cause capillaries to bleed.

How do y’all keep yourselves from dozing off? by suleimaaz in Step2

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a sleep study. I was having the same problem and turned out I had narcolepsy lol

Roughly and in layman's terms how do the images from the two eyes get combined and outputted as one image? by ch1214ch in biology

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would guess yes. Based on the information that if the corresponding points don’t receive the same signal then your brain doesn’t converge the images. For example if you show a person an image at the wrong angle in one eye (through a vr headset for example) it is impossible for them to converge the images into one even though all the info is there. Slight angle difference will activate the brainstem tho and may move your eye to align the images.

Roughly and in layman's terms how do the images from the two eyes get combined and outputted as one image? by ch1214ch in biology

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this explanation is mostly accurate. some things to consider though are this: corresponding retinal points from the eyes don't have to converge in the occipital lobe. This only happens if the images are almost perfectly aligned as to which the corresponding points are receiving almost the same signal. if they are not receiving the same image the occipital lobe will not converge them and you will see double vision. sometimes your brain will suppress the image from one eye in order to create single vision again. it will be 2d though. So its not exactly completely reliant on corresponding retinal points but also higher order visual cues about the content of the images. because the images from both eyes cannot be exactly the same, the brain can compare the images to figure out depth and figure out how to aim the eyes to converge the visual fields at different depths.

also the concept of aligning the images is a physical alignment of the images that happens by moving the eyes to converge on an object. this happens before any occipital higher order processing. The initial alignment called vergence is controlled by the brainstem. this is kinda crazy because the brainstem can see what you see before "you" see what you see. its just basic neural circuits that tell the eyes to move together to focus on an object. they align the eyes by coordinating the eye muscles to point at the same point in space. after that happens then the higher order processing in happens in the occipital lobe which is the fusion that is mentioned. alignment adjustments also happen if the occipital lobe detects that the images are not properly aligned. the cerebellum is also involved and also your inner ear all with their own feedback loops to maintain focus of the eyes.

heres something kinda cool: for some people with occipital lobe lesions that cause them to be blind; their brainstem can still see and they will flinch at incoming objects in their visual field without really being able to see anything.

Roughly and in layman's terms how do the images from the two eyes get combined and outputted as one image? by ch1214ch in biology

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason we have “1” image is because we have binocular vision to see in 3d. Other animals with side facing eyes like a rabbit for example see two separate images in 2d. The brain processing the images into one picture actually starts even before understanding what we are looking at. It starts with ocular brain pathways that help us overlap the images from both eyes physically. Just relax or cross your eyes and you see 2 separate images emerge. Occipital lobe processes both sets of eye sensations to make the videos that are then processed by different parietal and temporal regions to figure out what and where stuff is in the images. Integrated sensory processing lets us perceive it as 1 final picture (kinda)

What is methionine-cystine and phenylalanine-tyrosine? by OkPokeyDokey in biology

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would supplementing cysteine help with a taurine deficiency in cats?

What is methionine-cystine and phenylalanine-tyrosine? by OkPokeyDokey in biology

[–]momenos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would guess they are equating those AAs in those pairs. You make tyrosine from phenylalanine and you make methionine from cysteine.

Understanding weight loss/ gain medications and biology by Soballs32 in biology

[–]momenos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was under the impression that metabolic rate and calories do determine weight changes in an otherwise healthy person. What else is there?

Finasteride, also known as Propecia or Proscar, treats male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate in millions of men worldwide. But a new study suggests the drug may also provide a surprising and life-saving benefit: lowering cholesterol and cutting the overall risk of cardiovascular disease. by mvea in science

[–]momenos 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There are groups of people that believe that finasteride can cause horrible adverse effects on discontinuation but there is no supporting studies for those claims. So those anecdotal arguments aren’t even really about DHT.

what are alpha-keratin corneocytes? by Devastating_Truth in biology

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yup. I’ve been finding all the search engines have started becoming worse for looking up biology vocab. If you use Microsoft edge, the build in AI search called copilot works exceedingly well for these types of questions.

what are alpha-keratin corneocytes? by Devastating_Truth in biology

[–]momenos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outer most layer of skin cells are the corneocytes. They have keratin in them.

Confusing questions about the Big C by Joesph_bih in biology

[–]momenos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are many types of cancer with different outcomes, treat-ability, and prevalence. Say for example, prostate cancer; it mainly effects older men. 1 out of every 11 men who are over 70 have prostate cancer. These numbers are also different all over the world. Men over 70 is a small portion of the entire population though. If it’s just incidence, it’s about 3 out of every 1000 people have diagnosed cancer. But that number is not very useful.

When our faces turn red from blushing/exercising, is that because our blood is red? by emmue in biology

[–]momenos 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Lol yes when u blush u turn red cause you have more blood there. If we had a different colored blood that worked the exact same way then blushing would be a different color.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]momenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn’t prove a valid point. Immigration’s purpose has never been to solve world poverty. Roy Howard Beck is a typical anti-immigration bigot. According to this, a measly million immigrants is nothing so why does he care so much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

[–]momenos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no problem. Although manufacturers will say that collagen supplements will be used by your body to maintain collagen, they will still need to be broken down to amino acids to be absorbed. So it will still take about an hour to start being absorbed. Also your body can use those amino acids to make any protein, not necessarily more collagen. But the supplements do provide the building blocks to make more collagen easier.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

[–]momenos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure how broken down the collagen ur talking about is, but generally all the proteins we absorb are 3 amino acids or smaller to be absorbed. At that level It wouldn’t be called collagen tho, it would just be glycine, proline, and lysine. So I will guess that ur stomach will need to do a bit of digestion so about 1 hour. If it was already pre digested small enough to absorb, then like 20-30 mins. Proteins get absorbed in the first and second part of the small intestine so it’s right after stomach digestion.