Bodies Revealed

Yesterday, a group of girls (their were five of us) decided to go on an adventure. We rode the bus into downtown Grand Rapids and went to the museum. We went to see the exhibit "Bodies Revealed." This is an exhibit that is traveling around the United States. They have preserved bodies and show different systems: bones, digestive, reproductive, circulatory, and the list goes on. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I would highly recommend seeing the exhibit.

The bodies are preserved using polymer preservation. This is what the website says about the preservation:

The Polymer preservation process is a revolutionary technique in which human tissue is permanently preserved using liquid silicone rubber. This prevents the natural decay process, making specimens available for study for an indefinite time period. Polymer preservation provides a closer look at the skeletal, muscular, nervous, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, endocrine and circulatory systems by unveiling the mysteries of the human anatomy. The end product of the Polymer Preservation process is a dry, odorless specimen that resists decomposition thus allowing its user to create a unique collection of permanently preserved human specimen for public exhibition.

It took a friend and I two hours to look through the whole exhibit, and we looked at and read everything! We were even able to hold a stomach!!! Amazing!!!

After seeing the exhibit, we ate lunch at The Pita House and had delicious Greek food. Then, we went ice skating on an outdoor rink! It was a very interesting activity because the skates were very dull and the ice was not great, but we survived!

All in all, it was a very exciting and tiring day!