TO: 38th Fleet Command CC: Starfleet Command; FCAPT Perim; Doctor Soa Lindresko. FROM: Lieutenant Junior Grade Caelia Bida SUBJ: Jha'zat spinal growth Stardate 92675.2 |
Captain Aurelia and Lt Lettra docked at the station with the Andorian Jha’zat, who has been confined due to an incident involving Commander Keth, with the purpose of undergoing a medical examination.
I was asked to do a medical evaluation of the patient, using his two months old medical files as a reference.
The first scan revealed an abnormal growth on the patient's spine, but further examination showed something different.
The abnormal growth was in fact a calcium-based organism growing in a thin layer on top of the spine and nervous system1. The fact that it is calcium based is what tricked the scan to view it as abnormal bone growth. The structure of the growth bears similarities with a synaptic network2.
I deemed it necessary to do a biopsy on the organism in order to accurately determine what it was and how it is affecting the patient.
During the biopsy the organism displayed major activity. The activity resembles the same pattern a brain accessing an old memory3.
During the biopsy it was also revealed that the organism, somehow can communicate through telepathically abilities. After the the biopsy was done, LCDR Katriel Sedai tried to communicate with the organism. However it would appear that the organism was sleeping.
The patient was deemed healthy enough to return to his confinement, however I did request that his quarters would monitor any abnormalities, in case the organism would try and spread to other crew members.
1. The nervous system is a network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
2. A synaptic network allows a neurons or nerve cells to pass an electrical or chemical signal to other neurons.
3. The brain has possibly 100 billion neurons, each of which connects to up to 10,000 other neurons.As information flows through the neural circuits and networks of the brain, the activity causes the connection points to become stronger or weaker in response, also known as synaptic plasticity. This is how the brain stores information.
From here, it then leads to the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a region of the brain that is specialized to coding and structuring memories, particularly memories about people, places, and events
From here, it then leads to the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a region of the brain that is specialized to coding and structuring memories, particularly memories about people, places, and events
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Caelia Bida
Chief Medical Off. USS Gainsborough