Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!sunybcs!boulder!pikes!udenva!lkirkpat From: lkirkpat@udenva.cair.du.edu (lkirkpat) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: A possibly stupid question Summary: ...and possibly a misplaced stupid question, at that Message-ID: <11098@udenva.cair.du.edu> Date: 3 Dec 88 21:53:00 GMT Reply-To: lkirkpat@udenva.UUCP (Lee Kirkpatrick) Organization: U of Denver Lines: 10 This is probably a very dumb question. I'm not even sure if sci.bio is the right place for it, but it's the closest I can come among the newsgroups I read. Here goes: What does it mean, physiologically, when your arm or leg "falls asleep"? Is it a "pinched" nerve, constricted blood circulation, and/or something else? Sorry to litter the net with such drivel, but I've just got to know. Thanks.