Brain freeze
Oct. 20th, 2008 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageAn interesting snippet from the Wiki article on brain freeze:
The effect occurs when something very cold, such as ice cream, touches the top palate in the mouth. The blood vessels constrict due to the cold. This makes the nerves send a signal to the brain to open blood vessels. But this rapid opening of the blood vessels makes fluid back up in the tissues that won't drain for thirty seconds to a minute. This causes a slight swelling in the forehead that causes pain.
Knowing I hadn't watched episode 9 of Dennou Coil, I figured I'd watch that until I was ready to do homework (long story) since I was six episodes behind club. At the end of the episode, though, I was pleasantly surprised to be reminded that I had already seen episode 10, so now I'm only four episodes behind. Yay!
The effect occurs when something very cold, such as ice cream, touches the top palate in the mouth. The blood vessels constrict due to the cold. This makes the nerves send a signal to the brain to open blood vessels. But this rapid opening of the blood vessels makes fluid back up in the tissues that won't drain for thirty seconds to a minute. This causes a slight swelling in the forehead that causes pain.
Knowing I hadn't watched episode 9 of Dennou Coil, I figured I'd watch that until I was ready to do homework (long story) since I was six episodes behind club. At the end of the episode, though, I was pleasantly surprised to be reminded that I had already seen episode 10, so now I'm only four episodes behind. Yay!
