Spare Parts

Spare Parts  
The answer to keeping the body moving, A look at how nature is being replaced 

Our bodies are amazing and can last for a long time, but just like a car, it might need some spare parts now and again, after that the body could keep on going for ages.

Knee replacement

Knee Replacement

We humans sometimes end up with more than we started out with, what with wigs and false eyes replacement knees and hips, prosthetic legs, fingers, bionic hands and arms and hands, organ transplants such as hearts kidney and livers, we also have skin transplants .

It makes you wonder what part will be swapped with next, we have already had a face remade, maybe we could get a new brain? but maybe that is a bit like Frankenstein who knows

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Some people have false ears and false noses, doctors can fit artificial Pancreas and Bladders, I myself have four metal scaffold-like structures called stents, inserted into my aorta the main heart artery to keep it open to allow blood to flow in and out of my heart.

I also have a titanium knee fitted after I had my arthritic knee removed and also had a mini defibrillator fitted in my heart after being diagnosed with a life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmia

Helping the Heart

ICD

Some people have Skeletal Plates fitted to protect the brain. 

Lung and other organs of the body that can be replaced are the intestines, and thymus (Part of the body’s immune system) and of course we must not forget false teeth.

As hard as Carbon

One on the problems with false teeth (Dentures) is they occasionally chip or break and the can cost a lot to repair or replace, but the good news is that researchers have found the teeth of the limpet (A small aquatic snail) is the strongest biological material known to man and could be used to make false teeth in the future, the teeth of the limpet are so hard that they had to use a diamond saw to cut them

Could spare parts even make us stronger?

Superman

I don't think we will every get to the stage where we replace the complete body, but bionics today can do a lot more than we are seeing now

Who knows we may yet see a bionic man or even a Superman!