Basic anatomy ‘baffles Britons’ | BBC NEWS
Many people in the UK are unable to identify the location of their major organs, a study suggests.
A team at King’s College London found public understanding of basic anatomy has not improved since a similar survey was conducted 40 years ago.
Less than 50% of the more than 700 people surveyed could correctly place the heart, BMC Family Practice says.
This is a sad confirmation of my deepest concerns about the British education system. Not only do we lack the most rudimentary knowledge of our own bodies, but more worryingly we are sending our young people out into the real world completely unprepared for vampire attacks.
I like Rhi’s epic fail analysis - having asked people to answer surveys at work and having some of the questions being...
sraz:inothernews:crowth:...In defense of my nation. I’m gonna suggest the participants...
Well, this is all sorts of fail, considering that none of the pictures is actually correct. The heart isn’t located in...
Of course…Twightlight should help solve this problem…right?
I bet they aren’t considering the idiot factor. Seriously, if you had been asked the same question, wouldn’t it be funny...
Dr. Spaceman doesn’t see what’s alarming about this study.
I think I’ve met that guy in picture D before, the one with his heart in his ass!
Meanwhile, Americans can tell you if their hearts will go on, or if they’re totally eclipsed, and where broken ones go.