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Chemistry; Tuesday, Period One [ 03/29 ].

"Alright, kiddies." Kūkaku seemed in a relatively pleasant...or at least not an acerbic mood today...which was a hopefully a good sign; she looked ready for a lecture, though, with two diagrams already up on the board, and each lab station had a model stomach with one side encased in a clear protective material, as well as several unopened boxes and little glass vials and jars.



"Today, we're takin' a turn down the road of chemistry that intersects with anatomy, as we'll be doing for the next few weeks, and today we're startin' with the stomach. Say what you want about the brain, but most people are really gonna be driven by either their stomachs or their crotch. An' most people," this, of course, was said since it not only excluded herself and probably all three of her assistants for the class, "have natural chemical functions of the stomach that digest the food you eat to turn it into energy so you can go on living and stuff. Your stomach? Highly acidic, maintained by the secretion of hydrochloric acid, and use
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"Alright, kiddies." Kūkaku seemed in a relatively pleasant...or at least not an acerbic mood today...which was a hopefully a good sign; she looked ready for a lecture, though, with <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Image:Stomach2.gif">two</a> <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Image:Stomach_diagram.gif">diagrams</a> already up on the board, and each lab station had <a href="http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/human-anatomy/sh433.htm">a model stomach</a> with one side encased in a clear protective material, as well as several unopened boxes and little glass vials and jars.

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"Today, we're takin' a turn down the road of chemistry that intersects with anatomy, as we'll be doing for the next few weeks, and today we're startin' with the stomach. Say what you want about the brain, but <i>most</i> people are really gonna be driven by either their stomachs or their crotch. An' <i>most</i> people," this, of course, was said since it not only excluded herself and probably all three of her assistants for the class, "have natural chemical functions of <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Stomach">the stomach</a> that digest the food you eat to turn it into energy so you can go on living and stuff. Your stomach? Highly acidic, maintained by the secretion of <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Hydrochloric_acid">hydrochloric acid</a>, and use <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Peptidase&gt;peptidase enzymes&lt;/a&gt; to break down proteins...." kūkaku="Kūkaku" had="had" href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Peptidase&gt;peptidase enzymes&lt;/a&gt; to break down proteins....">plenty</a> <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Stomach#Control_of_secretion_and_motility">to say</a> about the chemicals of the stomach, and who wouldn't love talking in graphic scientific detail about how chemicals cause <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Gastric_ulcer">gastric ulcers</a>, <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Gastritis">gastritis</a>, and <a href="http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Linitis_plastica">Linitis plastica</a>? She spoke of these diseases of the stomach with the zeal of someone who, being dead, will never have to deal with them ever again.

"So," she said, whipping back to the class with a grin when the lecture was finished, "we're just gonna play around a bit and have some fun doing things to fake stomachs that I hope you'll never do to your own. The boxes hold a variety of food and drink items; the vials and jars come with instructions on how to create the acids that exist in the human stomach. Make the chemical compounds, put them into your models, and then introduce the factor of food to see what happens once that food gets down there. Don't forget to make <a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/fakesnot.html">the mucus</a> for the stomach linin' first, or else your gonna burn a nice hole through your stomach and that's not gonna be any fun.

"To build on last week's lecture, too, there's some <a href="http://fun-science-fair-projects.com/documents/grade6exp2.html">antacids</a> to throw in there on occasion to get an idea of how throwin' in a base among all that acid in your stomach helps neutralize thing."

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"Hope none of you had a big breakfast! Any questions before we get started?"



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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
There was never going to be a day that Cassidy wasn't excited about this class.

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ooh, can we make a stomach explode?"

This was Elle, in a Shiba class, so that should totally be translated as "Wanna do it?"

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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassidy giggled. "Oh yes."

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yay!" Elle grinned. "Okay, so what do we wanna put in the stomach? Think we should decide that first before we start poking with the acids and the mucus."

Elle, being vaguely scientific. Run!

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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassidy was looking at all of the nice fun stuff that Shiba had so thoughtfully provided for them.

"Well, after we make the protective lining, we could start with that hot pepper juice."

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Always a winner," Elle said with a nod. "I like the way you think. You're a natural at this."

By "this" she totally meant blowing things up, not the class itself.

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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I'll make sure I shield us and our work station so if it explodes we won't get covered in the yuck from it."

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Being yuck-free is a good thing," Elle said, wrinkling her nose.

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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I don't want any of this gunk in my hair or on my clothes."

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"I had cake in my hair last semester!"

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[identity profile] nothornlessrose.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)

Cassidy made a face. "Well, this time, thanks to the shields, you won't end up with anything on you if we make it explode."

Which, they would, because, hi, Shiba's class. One who liked explosions and one who was learning about all kinds of things.

Yeah, there would be an explosion of some kind.

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[identity profile] tasenburn.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Elle would probably cry if there wasn't an explosion. For real.

Humming cheerfully, Elle got to work on the mucus.

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[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-03-29 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
This was SO cool. Bobby bent over the fake stomach instantly, poking at it and trying to build mucus.

He would be happy to have a partner join him, but for now, he was simply entranced.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-03-29 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, your TA is going to be absent today, due to a complicated case of Saving the World!

... Which is a shame, really. He would have done so much moping about that 'burn a nice hole in your stomach' part of the lecture.