Yuck

Yesterday in my Medical Terminology class we were given the priveledge of watching a movie about endometriosis. And for those of you who don't know what that is, it's the endometrial lining of the uterus, outside the uterus...so black or white spots can form on the ovaries, the colon, the cul-de-sac and various other places, causing pain for a woman, scar tissue can build, as well it can cause severe infertility.

We watch the doctor cut her open, poke things through her skin, and we got to see inside the woman. It was actually pretty fascinating. We saw the small and large instestine, the rectum, the ureters, the liver, the gall bladder, the uterus, fallopian tubes and the ovaries. I never knew ovaries were white! And the uterus is only about the size of your fist. Plus I learned that our internal organs aren't all that fragile. The doctor was poking them and moving them around the whole time.

This class absolutely fascinates me.

And here's a picture of white endometriosis.