[Charles1989]

Considering breathing is done by a muscle called the diaphragm, then the brain isn't really required. We all get hiccups right?!

[Susan]

Originally Posted by Charles1989 ↗

Considering breathing is done by a muscle called the diaphragm, then the brain isn't really required. We all get hiccups right?!

[Caveman5150]

Seen a lot of high velocity head-shots, looks exactly like a sniper took a shot, maybe thought the kid had a gun (or maybe the kid did have a gun; it's Syria.
The Medulla is only about the size of a small egg & sits in the very bottom of the skull...only need a little bit of it left to give you spontaneous resps. Saw a guy moaning & yelling like this, same thing, no brains in his head..... weird shit.

[docfr8]

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

Yep. Brainstem.

Can't last though, of course.



"In the anatomy of humans and of many other vertebrates, the brainstem (or brain stem) is the posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. In humans it is usually described as including the medulla oblongata (myelencephalon), pons (part of metencephalon), and midbrain (mesencephalon)."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstem

[ClaraLillie]

Woah wait, that's not a grown man, that's a child in that video. Look at the width of his shoulders and baby face...
Warning in the title should be added possibly???

[stupid]

Originally Posted by ClaraLillie ↗

Woah wait, that's not a grown man, that's a child in that video. Look at the width of his shoulders and baby face...
Warning in the title should be added possibly???

Yeah, that was my first thought
Dying kid is the saddest thing

[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by slyksleevemuckyey ↗

I always wonder with stuff like this, seeing as they say there has to be no brain function for someone to be truly dead, is he still alive, because obviously there is some sort of function going on in the brain to control the breathing that is still happening.

The body is still alive at the cellular level (will die after a few minutes of oxygen deprivation), the breathing functions are controlled by the brainstem which must be intact in this case for the body to have the breathing reflex but the brain and grey matter (which gives the person consciousness is obviously missing) so higher functions are no longer active in this guy, he doesn't feel a thing (No brain to process that), the body is alive in the same sense an amputated hand is alive for a while and can be reimplanted on a person, but a hand has no conscience of existing, just like the body in this video.

[ineedmoney]

Originally Posted by slyksleevemuckyey ↗

I always wonder with stuff like this, seeing as they say there has to be no brain function for someone to be truly dead, is he still alive, because obviously there is some sort of function going on in the brain to control the breathing that is still happening.

Think about the body as being a shell or computer... and our brain is the cpu that controls our fuctions

[Spiffyfable]

I've felt like that after some of the Exams I've taken over my life

[sickworld]

More like brainless KID
I hate seeing kids all fucked up like that