The Straight Dope 08/09/2002

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THE STRAIGHT DOPE 08/09/2002

Dear Cecil:

I have a question that only you might be able to answer. My
brother claims to be well-endowed enough that a former
"girlfriend" says he bruised one of her ovaries. Now,
nothing is totally impossible, but how likely is it that
this could happen with normal human beings? Are there ANY
cases of it on record? What are the most common injuries
from rough sex, anyway? -- Dwayne White, Southside High
School

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Cecil replies:

Not to suggest your brother was jerking you around, Dwayne,
but we need to consider the physical realities. Do you have
any idea where the ovaries are? Allow me to give you a
little tour. Entering the female reproductive system by
means of the vagina, we travel four to five inches until we
reach the cervix, the muscled entrance to the uterus. The
cervix normally is tightly closed, although it can dilate,
not without difficulty, to allow passage of babies, IUDs
(inserted through a straw), etc. Arriving in the uterus, a
fist-sized organ located an inch or two below the waistline,
we then make a sharp right or left turn to reach the
fallopian tubes. The tubes are three to four inches long
with an inner diameter the size of a human hair. They
connect the uterus to a point near the ovaries, curving
around a good deal in the process. In other words, to bruise
an ovary directly, your brother would need something on the
order of one of those scary prehensile tentacles in Men in
Black II. If he's got one, all I know is, he's not getting
in the backseat of a Chevy with ME.

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STRAIGHT DOPE CLASSIC - 02/10/1984

Dear Cecil: 

After enjoying a lazy Sunday-evening game of Trivial Pursuit
with my sweetie, I learned that one of her feet had fallen
asleep under the coffee table. Wondering aloud what caused
this, we decided it was a feedback device for
self-protection. However, nobody ever told us if limb
snoozing can be dangerous. Can your arms or legs sleep so
soundly that damage occurs? --S.Z., Chicago  Dear S.: 
Trivial Pursuit--let me tell you, there's the story of my
life.

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