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When I think about the digestive tract, I wonder—is the human body topologically equivalent to a torus?
by varyherb 5y ago
When I think about the digestive tract, I wonder—is the human body topologically equivalent to a torus?
- oh_sigh 5y agoSpecifically a g-holed torus, since the digestive tract isn't the only hole through the human body. At the very least, the mouth and ear are connected forming another hole.
- dsamarin 5y agoIt depends on the minimum size of the what you will consider a hole. Check out the video from VSauce on YouTube about how many holes a human has. https://youtu.be/egEraZP9yXQ https://youtu.be/egEraZP9yXQ