User talk:NicholasDonovan

Regarding Pseudo-Science....
OK I've said it before and I'll say it again. Pseudo-science and political correct nonsense has infected science at the undergraduate and to some extent, the graduate level of education.

I'll extrapolate a bit more on this later but for now here is a great example; the question is, "What is the largest cell in the human body?"

Hint: It is NOT the human ovum. I don't care what your high-school science teacher told you. The human ovum is approximately 120 - 125 micrometers (microns)Symbol: μm (1:1,000 of a millimeter )in size.

Granted the ovum goes through many stages in it's growth cycle from a Primordial follicle to a full Graafian follicle does NOT get to 300 μm - 1,000 μm (unless it's fertilized then it's no longer an ovum of course.) It is NOT 200 - 1000 μm in size. I study human anatomy and histology at the doctoral level.

Ask you're favorite neurologist what the largest cell is and they will tell you, "The largest and smallest cells in the human body are in the nervous system. The Anterior Horn Cell of the spine is about 150 μm, the granule cell of the cerebellum is 4 - 5 μm in size. The Pseudo-unipolar cell of the spine can be as long as one or two meters in length."

Can we please stop quoting other websites for scientific reference? I dare say if you did that in medical school you would receive an 'F'.

To verify what I've said and for a good introduction to Histology in general, feel free to view the following real references:

(These are books used by medical students to prepare for their board exams, not undergraduate or high school text books.)

REFERENCES:

1. diFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations, 10th and 11th Editions (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)

2. Wheater's Functional Histology, 5th Edition (Elsevier Limited)

3. Cell Biology & Histology, 5th Edition, (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)