if it is the lack of fresh oxygenated blood to the brain, then why couldn't we pump fresh oxygenated blood to their brain through their juggler vein and any other major veins or arteries and then would the head stay alive??? why haven't we tried this with prisoners of war as an experiment?
2006-09-20 21:42:55 · 9 answers · asked by Hank 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
ok, so you're saying that no deaths are instantanious when the spinal cord is cut above c-2....gotcha
2006-09-20 21:49:16 · update #1
Butch, are you suggesting you want a severed head to give you head?
2006-09-20 21:50:20 · update #2
Not blood, you'd need to start with something like Ringer's solution, oxygenated, and up the glucose probably. The CNS would certainly not be cooperating. I would say it is possible, but unlikely.
The head, plus the spine, that's another matter.
And who knows it may have been tried.
2006-09-20 23:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by S h ä r k G û m b ò 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cause of death when you are decapitated is shock due to a complete loss of blood pressure, this will kill you faster than a lack of oxygenated blood to the brain or asphyxiation. In theory if at the moment of decapitation you could deliver a supply of pressurised oxygenated blood and in the longer term a source of nutrients for maintenance you should be able to keep the head alive, although it would be very difficult to accomplish.
2006-09-20 22:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by LenV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certain and no. oftentimes a no, because at the same time as it truly is severed it is going to very last for below so long, even with the indisputable fact that the cadaver won't be able to inform you it truly is alive because of the shortcoming of oxygen to the lungs. The severed head ought to grind it truly is tooth as well...
2016-11-23 12:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by hyre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. With the blood supply cut off, the brain starts to deteriorate within seconds. Even if it could be kept alive, communication would be a challenge.
2006-09-20 22:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you gotta have your digestive system...or else how will your brain get oxygen from oxidation of food??
Where does the air you breathe go??BAck into the atmosphere without reaching the lungs??
2006-09-21 16:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by Malfoy vs Potter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's what I think. You serious need to get off the computer and go find some friends or pay people to hang out with you.
2006-09-20 21:54:50 · answer #6 · answered by Dick Richie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no death is instantanious when the spinal cord is severed above c-2
2006-09-20 21:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
where will sex be then? try concentrating on keeping the head below the belt alive as long as you can. when you find the answer call me collect. good luck.
2006-09-20 21:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by butch garcia 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Verrrry interesting, but it will not work.
2006-09-20 22:42:43 · answer #9 · answered by no nickname 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋