Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Surfaces
Sacrum - Pelvic surface. The pelvic surface (facies pelvina) is concave from above downward, and slightly so from side to side. Its mid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Base
The base of the sacrum (basis oss. sacri), which is broad and expanded, is directed upward and forward. In the middle is a large oval art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Variations
The sacrum, in some cases, consists of six pieces; occasionally the number is reduced to four. The bodies of the first and second vertebr...   » Read the article

Article - First Chakra: Mooladhara Chakra
First Chakra: Mooladhara Chakra The first chakra is situated below the sacrum bone in which resides the Kundalini, and its main aspect i...   » Read the article

Article - Sahaj Yog: Raising Kundalini With Sahaj Yog  
The word ' Yog ’ is derived from the verb yuj which means to yoke, to join, to connect. The end of life is to yoke oneself to th...   » Read the article

Article - Spirituality At Workplace: Uses Of Spirituality At The Workplace  
Does the recent interest exhibited in non-fiction titles such as The Soul of Business, A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America, The Sti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noon: Encyclopedia - Noon
Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day, written 12:00 in the 24-hour clock and 12:00 noon in the 12-hour clock. Midday is also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coccyx: Encyclopedia - Coccyx
The coccyx (Latin: os coccygis), commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the human vertebral column, of three to fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Was: Encyclopedia - Was
The Was is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stands for a word meaning power. In their 2004 book "The Quick and the Dead", Andrew ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coelurosauria: Encyclopedia - Coelurosauria
Coelurosauria is a group of theropod dinosaurs that includes the subgroups Tyrannosauridae, Ornithomimidae, and Maniraptora. Coelurosaur ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia - Vertebra
Vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the individual bones that make up the vertebral column (aka spine) — a flexuous and flexible column....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Djed: Encyclopedia - Djed
The Djed pillar represents stability and has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacred: Encyclopedia - Sacred
In various religions, sacred (from Latin, sacrum, "sacrifice") or "holy", objects, places or concepts are believed by followers to be int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argentinosaurus: Encyclopedia - Argentinosaurus
Conservation status: Fossil A. huinculensis Argentinosaurus was a herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that is quite possibly the largest, heavi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rib: Encyclopedia - Rib
In anatomy, ribs (Latin costae) are the long curved bones which form the rib cage. Ribs surround the chest (Latin thorax) of land vertebr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuboid Bone: Encyclopedia - Cuboid Bone
The cuboid bone is one of seven Tarsal bones. Distally, the Cuboid articulates with the fourth and fifth metatarsals, forming the fourth ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcaneus: Encyclopedia - Calcaneus
The calcaneus is the large bone making up the heel of the human foot or the point of an animal's hock. Calcaneus - Human. It articulate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuneiform Anatomy: Encyclopedia - Cuneiform Anatomy
There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot: the medial cuneiform, the intermediate cuneiform and the lateral cuneiform. They are l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedsore: Encyclopedia - Bedsore
Bedsores, also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers, are ulcers (sores) caused by prolonged pressure or rubbing on vulnerable areas o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitate Bone: Encyclopedia - Capitate Bone
The capitate bone (os capitatum; os magnum) is a bone in the human hand. The capitate bone is the largest of the carpal bones, and occupi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpus: Encyclopedia - Carpus
In tetrapods, the carpus is the cluster of bones in the hand between the radius and ulna and the metacarpus. The bones of the carpus do n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus
Conservation status: Fossil B. altithorax (type) B. atalaiensis B. nougaredi For many decades, Brachiosaurus (brack-ee-oh-SORE-us) was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomer Bone: Encyclopedia - Vomer Bone
The vomer bone is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and touches the sphenoid, the eth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zygomatic Bone: Encyclopedia - Zygomatic Bone
The zygomatic bone (also known as the zygoma; Os Zygomaticum; Malar Bone) is a paired bone of the human skull. It articulates with the ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Variations
The sacrum, in some cases, consists of six pieces; occasionally the number is reduced to four. The bodies of the first and second vertebr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Sexual Dimorphism
The sacrum is noticeably sexually dimorphic (differently-shaped in males and females). In the female the sacrum is shorter and wider than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Vertebral Canal
The vertebral canal (canalis sacralis; sacral canal) runs throughout the greater part of the bone; above, it is triangular in form; below...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sacrum - Pelvic Surface
The pelvic surface (facies pelvina) is concave from above downward, and slightly so from side to side. Its middle part is crossed by four...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bio-mechanics: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Bio-mechanics
Bio-Mechanics is a gentle yet powerful form of body work which results in the proper alignment of the body's sacrum. Since the sacrum ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coccyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Coccyx - Structure
The coccyx is formed of four rudimentary vertebrae; the number may be as high as five or as low as three. It articulates superiorly with ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY: a manual procedure for remedying distortions in the structure and function of the craniosacral mechanism - the b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spinal Energy Balancing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Spinal Energy Balancing
Sacral/spinal energy balancing: Form of bodywork whose apparent main premise is that, when the sacrum or 'sacred bone' and the spine (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY: This is a manual therapeutic procedure for remedying distortions in the structure and function of the craniosacr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midnight: Encyclopedia Ii - Midnight - Cultural Meanings
In traditional magical thinking, midnight refers to solar midnight, which is opposite solar noon. These form an axis linking the mundane ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy: gentle manipulation of the brain, spinal cord, bones of the skull, sacrum and interconnected membranes--to corre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cranialsacral Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Cranialsacral Therapy
CranialSacral Therapy: Work to balance the flow of cerebrospinal fluid to restore optimum functioning to the central nervous system, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slipped Disc: Encyclopedia Ii - Slipped Disc - Causes
This most often occurs because the facet joints at on the posterior part of the spine have degenerated (worn away) and fail to prevent ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy (CST, cranial balancing, cranial osteopathy, cranial sacral manipulation, cranial technique, cranial work, cranio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lounès Matoub: Encyclopedia Ii - Lounès Matoub - Political Events
During riots in October 1988 Matoub was shot five times by a policeman and left for dead. He was hospitalised for two years, requiring se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slipped Disc: Encyclopedia Ii - Slipped Disc - Causes
This most often occurs because the facet joints at on the posterior part of the spine have degenerated (worn away) and fail to prevent ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cranio-sacral Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Cranio-sacral Therapy
Cranio-Sacral Therapy is a manual therapy which addresses distortions in the structures of the spine, skull, sacrum and associated con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Vertebra - Cervical Vertebrae
Note: For more detailed information, see Cervical vertebrae These are generally small and delicate. Their spinous processes are short (wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedsore: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedsore - Prevention
The condition is prevalent in sedentary individuals, such as those living with paralysis or confined to a bed because of illness or impai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomer Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomer Bone - Articulations
The vomer articulates with six bones: two of the cranium, the sphenoid and ethmoid; and four of the face, the two maxillae; and the two p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Vertebra - Thoracic Vertebrae
Note: For more detailed information, see Thoracic vertebrae Their spinous processes point downwards, and are long relative to those in ot...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sacral Cranial Therapy: Holistic Health Dictionary I On Sacral Cranial Therapy
SACRAL CRANIAL THERAPY Works by helping the body’s natural healing mechanisms dissipate the negative effects of stress on the ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Vertebra - Lumbar Vertebrae
Note: For more detailed information, see Lumbar vertebrae These vertebrae are very robust in construction, as they must support more weig...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, noninvasive method of evaluating and enhancing the function of a physiological ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inferior Nasal Conchae: Encyclopedia Ii - Inferior Nasal Conchae - Articulations
The inferior nasal concha articulates with four bones: the ethmoid, maxilla, lacrimal, and palatine. This article is based on an entry fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lacrimal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Lacrimal Bone - Articulations
The lacrimal articulates with four bones: two of the cranium, the frontal and ethmoid, and two of the face, the maxilla and the inferior ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedsore: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedsore - Prevention
The condition is prevalent in sedentary individuals, such as those living with paralysis or confined to a bed because of illness or impai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpus: Encyclopedia Ii - Carpus - The Carpus Ossa Carpi
The carpal bones, eight in number, are arranged in two rows. Those of the proximal row, from the radial to the ulnar side, are: Scaphoi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcaneus: Encyclopedia Ii - Calcaneus - Human
It articulates with two other tarsal bones, the talus above and the cuboid toward the midfoot. In addition to receiving the weight of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedsore: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedsore - Classification
The ulcers are categorized into four stages, subject to size and depth: Stage I is the most superficial, with only superficial irritatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethmoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethmoid Bone - Articulations
The ethmoid articulates with fifteen bones: four of the cranium—the frontal, the sphenoid, and the two sphenoidal conchæ; and eleven o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metatarsus: Encyclopedia Ii - Metatarsus - Articulations
The base of each metatarsal bone articulates with one or more of the tarsal bones, and the head with one of the first row of phalanges. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nasal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Nasal Bone - Articulations
The nasal articulates with four bones: two of the cranium, the frontal and ethmoid, and two of the face, the opposite nasal and the maxil...   » 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 - Bedsore: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedsore - Complications
Pressure sores can trigger other ailments, and cause patients considerable suffering and financial cost (Brem et al., 2004). They are hig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh - Origins
What it was intended to represent remains a mystery to Egyptologists, and no single hypothesis has yet been widely accepted. Some have sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Berlin's Brancai And Chicago's High Flyer
The mounted skeleton of a B. brancai (or Giraffatitan) in the Humboldt Museum in Berlin is 4 stories tall, reaching 12 meters (39 feet) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palatine Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Palatine Bone - Articulations
The palatine articulates with six bones: the sphenoid, ethmoid, maxilla, inferior nasal concha, vomer, and opposite palatine. This articl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parietal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Parietal Bone - Ossification
The parietal bone is ossified in membrane from a single center, which appears at the parietal eminence about the eighth week of fetal lif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bedsore: Encyclopedia Ii - Bedsore - Complications
Pressure sores can trigger other ailments, and cause patients considerable suffering and financial cost (Brem et al., 2004). Some complic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia Ii - Breech Birth - Process Of Breech Birth
As in labour with a baby in a normal head-down position, uterine contractions typically occur at regular intervals and gradually cause th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Classification
Brachiosaurus has three known species: B. alataiensis de Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957: Is known from back bones (vertebrae), and par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - De Corporis Fabrica
In 1543, Vesalius published the seven-volume De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body), a groundbreaking work of human...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Bone - Articulations
The frontal articulates with twelve bones: the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the two parietals, the two nasals, the two maxillæ, the two lacrim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Vertebra - General Structure
A typical vertebra consists of two essential parts: an anterior (front) segment, which is the vertebral body; and a posterior part – th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundalini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kundalini - Pathological Kundalini
When practiced in a religious context, Kundalini is mostly beneficial and benevolent. However, examples exist of religious figures suffer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia Ii - Breech Birth - Breech Birth Versus Caesarean Section
Caesarean section is the most common way to deliver a breech baby in the USA and Great Britain. Like any major surgery, it involves risks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh - Usage And Importance Of Dynastic Ankh
The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art; it often appears at the fingertips of a god or goddess in images th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sternum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sternum - Overview
The sternum (Figs. 1 to 3) is an elongated, flattened bone, forming the middle portion of the anterior wall of the thorax. Its upper end ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sternum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sternum - Manubrium
('manubrium sterni') The manubrium is the broad, upper part of the sternum. With a quadrangular shape, wider superiorly and narrower infe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sternum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sternum - Xiphoid Process
('processus xiphoideus; ensiform or xiphoid appendix') The xiphoid process is the smallest of the three pieces: it is thin and elongated,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midnight: Encyclopedia Ii - Midnight - Start And End Of Day
Midnight marks both the start and the end of each day in civil time throughout the world. Since, therefore, two midnights are associated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trapezium Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Trapezium Bone - Overview Of Anatomy
The greater multangular bone may be distinguished by a deep groove on its volar surface. It is situated at the radial side of the carpus,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertebra: Encyclopedia Ii - Vertebra - Vertebral Development
During the fourth week of embryonic development, the sclerotomes shift their position to surround the spinal cord and the notochord. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palatine Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Palatine Bone - The Horizontal Part
The horizontal part (pars horizontalis; horizontal plate) [Fig. 1&2] is quadrilateral, and has two surfaces and four borders. Palati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palatine Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Palatine Bone - Ossification
The palatine bone is ossified in membrane from a single center, which makes its appearance about the sixth or eighth week of fetal life a...   » 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 - Ulna: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulna - Proximal And Distal Aspects
The ulna is broader proximally, and narrower distally. Proximally, the ulna has a bony process, the olecranon process, a hook-like struct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav Klimt: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav Klimt - Life And Art
Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria. He was educated at the Vienna Kunstgewerbe Art School in the years 1879-1883. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibia - Ossification
The tibia is ossified from three centers : one for the body and one for either extremity. Ossification begins in the center of the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Description And Environment
Brachiosaurus was a sauropod, one of a group of four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails, and tiny brains. Unlike ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sternum: Encyclopedia Ii - Sternum - Body
('corpus sterni; gladiolus') The body, considerably longer, narrower, and thinner than the manubrium, attains its greatest breadth close ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosmerta: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosmerta - Inscriptions
Jufer and Luginbühl list 27 inscriptions to Rosmerta (p.60) from France, Germany and Luxembourg, corresponding mainly to the provinces o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacques D'adelsward-fersen: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacques D'adelsward-fersen - On Capri
After his marriage plans were foiled, d'Adelsward-Fersen remembered the island of Capri from his youth and decided to build a house there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav Klimt: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav Klimt - Life And Art
Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria on the 14th of July 1862, the second of seven childen. Father (Ernst Klimt) was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parietal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Parietal Bone - Surfaces
Parietal bone - External. The external surface [Fig. 1] is convex, smooth, and marked near the center by an eminence, the parietal emin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh - Usage And Importance
The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art; it often appears at the fingertips of a god or goddess in images th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Description And Environment
Brachiosaurus was a sauropod, one of a group of four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails, and tiny brains. Unlike ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundalini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kundalini - Kundalini And Physiology
Contemporary spiritual literature often notes that the chakras as described in the esoteric kundalini documents bear a strong similarity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia Ii - Breech Birth - Diagnosis Of Breech Presentation
Early in pregnancy the baby changes position freely and frequently. By 28 weeks gestation, most babies are in the "head-down" position mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palatine Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Palatine Bone - The Vertical Part
The vertical part (pars perpendicularis; perpendicular plate) [Fig. 1&2] is thin, of an oblong form, and presents two surfaces and fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sphenoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sphenoid Bone - The Small Wings
The small wings (alæ parvæ) or orbito-sphenoids are two thin triangular plates, which arise from the upper and anterior parts of the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibia - The Lower Extremity
('distal extremity') The lower extremity, much smaller than the upper, presents five surfaces; it is prolonged downward on its medial sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scapula: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapula - The Spine 'spina Scapulæ'
The spine is a prominent plate of bone, which crosses obliquely the medial four-fifths of the dorsal surface of the scapula at its upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radius Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Radius Bone - The Lower Extremity
The lower extremity is large, of quadrilateral form, and provided with two articular surfaces - one below, for the carpus, and another at...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article