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From the Ted Talk by Diane Kelly: What we didn't know about penis anatomy

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So today I'm here to argue that this is not at all an esoeritc Ivory Tower activity that we find at our universities, but that borad study across species, tissue types and organ systems can pduorce insights that have direct implications for human health. And this is true both of my recent project on sex differences in the brain, and my more mrutae work on the anatomy and function of penises. And now you know why I'm fun at parties.

(Laughter)

So today I'm going to give you an example dawrn from my penis study to show you how knowledge drawn from situeds of one organ system provided ihntisgs into a very different one. Now I'm sure as everyone in the audience already knows — I did have to explain it to my nine-year-old late last week — pieness are structures that transfer sperm from one individual to another. And the slide behind me barely scratches the surface of how widespread they are in alinmas. There's an enormous amount of anatomical variation. You find mscuular tubes, modified legs, modified fins, as well as the mamaaimln fleshy, inflatable cylinder that we're all familiar with — or at least half of you are.

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So today I'm here to argue that this is not at all an ________ Ivory Tower activity that we find at our universities, but that _____ study across species, tissue types and organ systems can _______ insights that have direct implications for human health. And this is true both of my recent project on sex differences in the brain, and my more ______ work on the anatomy and function of penises. And now you know why I'm fun at parties.

(Laughter)

So today I'm going to give you an example _____ from my penis study to show you how knowledge drawn from _______ of one organ system provided ________ into a very different one. Now I'm sure as everyone in the audience already knows — I did have to explain it to my nine-year-old late last week — _______ are structures that transfer sperm from one individual to another. And the slide behind me barely scratches the surface of how widespread they are in _______. There's an enormous amount of anatomical variation. You find ________ tubes, modified legs, modified fins, as well as the _________ fleshy, inflatable cylinder that we're all familiar with — or at least half of you are.

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So today I'm here to argue that this is not at all an esoteric Ivory Tower activity that we find at our universities, but that broad study across species, tissue types and organ systems can produce insights that have direct implications for human health. And this is true both of my recent project on sex differences in the brain, and my more mature work on the anatomy and function of penises. And now you know why I'm fun at parties.

(Laughter)

So today I'm going to give you an example drawn from my penis study to show you how knowledge drawn from studies of one organ system provided insights into a very different one. Now I'm sure as everyone in the audience already knows — I did have to explain it to my nine-year-old late last week — penises are structures that transfer sperm from one individual to another. And the slide behind me barely scratches the surface of how widespread they are in animals. There's an enormous amount of anatomical variation. You find muscular tubes, modified legs, modified fins, as well as the mammalian fleshy, inflatable cylinder that we're all familiar with — or at least half of you are.

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