Encyclopedia - Anatomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomy - Human Anatomy
From a utilitarian point of view the study of humans is the most important division of special anatomy, and this human anatomy may be app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neck: Encyclopedia Ii - Neck - Anatomy Of The Human Neck
Neck - Bony anatomy: The cervical spine. The cervical portion of the human spine comprises seven bony segments, typically referred to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knee: Encyclopedia Ii - Knee - Human Anatomy
The knee is a complex, compound, condyloid variety of a synovial joint. It actually comprises two separate joints. The femoro-patellar jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomy: Encyclopedia - Anatomy
Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia, from ἀνατέμνειν anatemnein, to cut up, cut open), is the branch of biology...   » Read the article

Article - The Subtle Bodies: The Yogic Anatomy Of Human Potentialities
The Subtle Bodies: The Yogic Anatomy of Human Potentialities Through exceedingly detailed meditations over thousands of hours, the yogi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neck: Encyclopedia - Neck
The neck is the part of the body on many limbed vertebrates that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. Neck - Anatomy of the hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knee: Encyclopedia - Knee
In human anatomy, the knee is the leg joint connecting the femur and the tibia. Knee - Human anatomy. The knee is a complex, compound, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chest: Encyclopedia - Chest
The chest is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals. Chest - Chest anatomy - Humans and other hominids. In hominids, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Head: Encyclopedia - Head
In anatomy, the head of an animal is the anterior part (from anatomical position) that comprises the mouth, the brain and various sensory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus: Encyclopedia - Umbilicus
The umbilicus (commonly called a navel, or belly button), is essentially a scar caused at birth by the removal of the umbilical cord from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomical Terms Of Location: Encyclopedia - Anatomical Terms Of Location
In human and zoological anatomy (sometimes called zootomy), several terms are used to describe the location of organs and other structure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stomach: Encyclopedia - Stomach
In anatomy, the stomach (in ancient Greek στόμαχος) is an organ in the alimentary canal used to digest food. Generally, the stoma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Porpoise: Encyclopedia - Porpoise
Neophocaena Phocoena - Harbor porpoises Phocoenoides - Dall's Porpoises The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Shark: Encyclopedia - Zebra Shark
The Zebra Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) is a common carpet shark of inshore Indo-Pacific waters notable for its very long caudal fin, near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arm: Encyclopedia - Arm
In anatomy, the arm is the upper limb of a bipedal mammal, specifically the segment between the shoulder and the elbow. Arm can also refe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vagina: Encyclopedia - Vagina
The vagina, (from the Latin for "sheath" or "scabbard" ) is the tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in fema...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conch: Encyclopedia - Conch
See text The genus Strombus is made up of the true conches (pronounced "Konk") in the family Strombidae. A conch is a sea creature, a mol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blushing: Encyclopedia - Blushing
To blush is to display a marked redness of one's face; the term is seldom applied except when the redness is construed as a result of emb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale Shark: Encyclopedia - Whale Shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a distinctively-marked member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. It is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reindeer: Encyclopedia - Reindeer
The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). Reindeer - Habit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscle: Encyclopedia - Muscle
Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whale: Encyclopedia - Whale
Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hand: Encyclopedia - Hand
The hand (med./lat.: manus) is the portion of the arm or anterior limb of a human or other primate, where the appendage terminates. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia - Beetle
Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the main groups of insects. Their orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird: Encyclopedia - Bird
Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia - Brain
In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for "in the head"), acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virus: Encyclopedia - Virus
A virus is a microscopic parasite that infects cells in biological organisms. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites; they can repr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Anatomy
The normal adult human brain typically weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg (three pounds) and has an average volume of 1,600 cm³ (98 in³). The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbilicus - Human Anatomy
The umbilicus is an important landmark on the abdomen, since its position is relatively consistent among humans. The skin around the wais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Navicular Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Navicular Bone - Human Anatomy
The navicular bone (also called the navicular or scaphoid) is one of the tarsal bones, found in the foot. Its name derives from the bone'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Back: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Back - Anatomy Of The Back
Human back - Skeletal structure of the back. The central feature of the human back is the vertebral column, specifically the length fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peritoneum: Encyclopedia Ii - Peritoneum - The Peritoneum In Human Anatomy
Two notable sections of the peritoneum in humans are the omenta, the greater (gastrocolic) omentum and the lesser (gastrohepatic) omentum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stomach: Encyclopedia Ii - Stomach - Anatomy Of The Human Stomach
The stomach lies between the esophagus and the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). It is on the left side of the abdominal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hand: Encyclopedia Ii - Hand - Human Anatomy Of The Hand
The human hand consists of a broad palm (metacarpus) with five digits, attached to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus). Han...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arm: Encyclopedia Ii - Arm - Anatomy Of The Human Arm
The human arm contains bones, joints, muscles, nerves and blood vessels. Many of these muscles are used for everyday tasks. There are cli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chest: Encyclopedia Ii - Chest - Chest Anatomy - Humans And Other Hominids
In hominids, the chest is the region of the body between the neck and the abdomen, along with its internal organs and other contents. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arm: Encyclopedia Ii - Arm - Anatomy Of The Human Arm
The human arm contains bones, joints, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. Many of these muscles are used for everyday tasks. Arm - Bony ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, and Human physical appearance, and Human height,    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occipital Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Occipital Lobe - Anatomy
The occipital lobes are the smallest of four true lobes in the human brain. Located in the rearmost portion of the skull, the occipital l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Head: Encyclopedia Ii - Head - Anatomy
The front (ventrum) of the head, where the eyes and ears and mouth are located, is called the face. The area above the eyes is called the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Head: Encyclopedia Ii - Head - Cultural Import
People who are more intelligent than normal are sometimes depicted in cartoons as having bigger heads, as a way of indicating that they ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance & Human height Humans exhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance, and Human height Human body types varies subst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Main articles: Spirituality, Religion, and Human nature Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Main articles: Culture of human beings and Culture Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Main articles: Mind and Consciousness Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Lobe - Anatomy
In the human brain, the central sulcus separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe along the top of each cerebral cortex. The later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomical Terms Of Location: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomical Terms Of Location - Planes
Anatomical terms of location - General usage. Three basic reference planes are used in zoological anatomy. The sagittal plane divides t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Anatomy
The neopallium consists of grey matter surrounding the deeper white matter of the cerebrum. While the neopallium is smooth in rats and so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stomach: Encyclopedia Ii - Stomach - Control Of Secretion And Motility
The movement and the flow of chemicals into the stomach are controlled by both the autonomic nervous system and by various digestive syst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stomach: Encyclopedia Ii - Stomach - Histology Of The Human Stomach
Like the other parts of the gastrointestinal system, the stomach walls are made of a number of layers. Starting inside the (the lumen) go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chest: Encyclopedia Ii - Chest - Chest Anatomy - Other Animals
In insects and other creatures with an exoskeleton, the area corresponding to the chest is called the thorax. In four legged mammals, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomical Terms Of Location: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomical Terms Of Location - Directions
Anatomical terms of location - General usage. Animals typically have one end with a head and mouth, with the opposite end often having ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vagina: Encyclopedia Ii - Vagina - Human Vagina
Vagina - Anatomy. The human vagina is an elastic muscular tube about 4 inches (100 mm) long and 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter that connect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomical Terms Of Location: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomical Terms Of Location - Relative Motions
Flexion means approximating adjacent parts of the body (usually at a joint) and extension means separating them. For example, the legs ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Head: Encyclopedia Ii - Head - Clothing
Unlike other parts of the body clothing is most often not worn on the head. The most common headwear is a hat. This may be either a woole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscle: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscle - Anatomy
Muscle is composed of muscle cells (sometimes known as "muscle fibers"). Within the cells are myofibrils; myofibrils contain sarcomeres, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gray's Anatomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Gray's Anatomy - Most Recent Available Editions
As of February 2005, the latest edition of Gray's Anatomy is the 39th edition, published on November 25, 2004 in the U.K. and November 24...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gray's Anatomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Gray's Anatomy - British And U.s. Editions
Between 1860 and 1880 seven editions of the text book were published in Great Britain, with the 9th edition published in 1880. It was dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beetle: Encyclopedia Ii - Beetle - Impact On Humans
Beetle - Pests. There are several serious agricultural and household pests represented by the order, these include : The Colorado...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Study Of The Brain
Brain - Fields of study. Several areas of science specifically study the brain. Neuroscience seeks to understand the nervous system, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Anatomy Of Blood
Blood is composed of several kinds of corpuscles; these formed elements of the blood constitute about 45% of whole blood. The other 55% i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Brain As Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological [[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atta Sexdens: Encyclopedia Ii - Atta Sexdens - Description
Atta sexdens - Colony architecture. A. sexdens colonies are primarily subterranean with a mound of excavated material on the surface. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occipital Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Occipital Lobe - Functional Anatomy
The occipital lobe is divided into several functional visual areas. Each visual area contains a full map of the visual world. Although th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbilicus - Mollusks
In mollusks, the umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned hollow cone within the whorls of a coiled gastropod shell, where no columell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Porpoise: Encyclopedia Ii - Porpoise - Anatomy
Porpoises tend to be smaller but stouter than dolphins. They have small, rounded heads and blunt jaws instead of beaks. Their teeth are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Neurobiology
Despite the variance of the species in which the brain is found there are many common features in its cellular make-up, its structure, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Function
The human brain is the seat of the human mind - the set of cognitive processes related to perception, interpretation, imagination and mem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird: Encyclopedia Ii - Bird - Evolution
Birds are generally considered to have evolved from theropod dinosaurs. Specifically, birds are members of Maniraptora, a group of therop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird: Encyclopedia Ii - Bird - Evolution
Birds are generally considered to have evolved from theropod dinosaurs. Specifically, birds are members of Maniraptora, a group of therop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Study Of The Brain
Although folklore about putatively 90% dormant human brain has proven scientifically unfounded, researchers until the mid 1990s focused o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Comparison Of The Brain And A Computer
In the public consciousness, much interest has been focused on comparing the brain with computers. A variety of obvious analogies exist -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbilicus - Fashion
Fashion sometimes exploits the navel through clothing that leaves part of the lower abdomen bare, and is much more common for women than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Lobe - Function
In the human brain, the precentral gyrus and the related cortical tissue that folds into the central sulcus comprise the primary motor co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbilicus - Fashion
Fashion sometimes exploits the navel through clothing that leaves part of the lower abdomen (i.e. the midriff) bare, and is much more com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird: Encyclopedia Ii - Bird - Other Anatomy
Birds possess a ventriculus, or gizzard, that is composed of four muscular bands that act to rotate and crush food by shifting the food f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird: Encyclopedia Ii - Bird - Other Anatomy
Birds possess a ventriculus, or gizzard, that is composed of four muscular bands that act to rotate and crush food by shifting the food f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Motor Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Motor Cortex - Function
In humans, the lateral area of the posterior prefrontal cortex (the side toward the back) is arranged from top to bottom in areas that co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Evolution
Evolutionarily, the neopallium is the newest part of the cerebral cortex (whence the name "neo"); the other parts of the cerebral cortex ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Evolution
Evolutionarily, the neopallium is the newest part of the cerebral cortex (whence the name "neo"); the other parts of the cerebral cortex ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Skeleton: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Skeleton - Organization
One way to group the bones of the human skeleton is to divide them into two groups, namely the axial skeleton and the appendicular skelet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Skeleton: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Skeleton - Gender Differences
There are many differences between the male and female human skeletons. Men tend to have slightly thicker and longer limbs and digit bone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of World Records: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of World Records - Human Mental And Physical Achievement And Traits
List of world records - Anatomy. Tallest: Robert Pershing Wadlow, 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in) Shortest: Gul Mohammed, 57 cm (22.5 inches) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conch: Encyclopedia Ii - Conch - Anatomy
Conches have spirally constructed shells. Depending on species (or aberrant growth patterns), shell growth can be sinistral (left-handed)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conch: Encyclopedia Ii - Conch - Human Use
The animal inside the shell is eaten, either raw, as in salads, or cooked, as in fritters, chowders, gumbos, and burgers. Conch meat is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conch: Encyclopedia Ii - Conch - Religious Symbolism
Conch - Hindu tradition. The conch is a major Hindu article of prayer, used as a trumpeting announcement of all sorts. The God of Prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blushing: Encyclopedia Ii - Blushing - Regulation Of Blood Flow In The Skin
Blood flow in the cutaneous resistance vessels and the subcutaneous venous plexus are both neurally and locally regulated. However, there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blushing: Encyclopedia Ii - Blushing - Physiology Of Blushing
There is evidence that the blushing region is anatomically different in structure. The facial skin, for example, has more capillary loops...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peritoneum: Encyclopedia Ii - Peritoneum - Structure And Development
The peritoneum consists of two layers: the outer layer, called the parietal peritoneum, is attached to the abdominal wall and the inner l...   » Read the article