Although the bleeding area seems small on the surface, its deep location precisely presses on the critical region of the cervical cord.
If placed under a microscope, the seepage and damage between the tissues would undoubtedly be more startling, and the nerve and vascular damage caused would be even more severe.
At this moment, all that is visible to the naked eye is a layer of dark red covering the surface of the spinal cord, but what about the inside of the cervical spine?
Is there also diffuse bleeding on the cross-section?
These questions can only be answered through pathological slices—as if a cucumber were evenly sliced open, piece by piece under the light, every detail of texture and every damage would be laid bare.
The dissection room is utterly silent, with only the low hum of the ventilation system reverberating in the air, mingled with the strong acrid smell of formaldehyde.
