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 - 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 - Coelurosauria: Encyclopedia - Coelurosauria
Coelurosauria is a group of theropod dinosaurs that includes the subgroups Tyrannosauridae, Ornithomimidae, and Maniraptora. Coelurosaur ...   » 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 - 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 - Vesalius: Encyclopedia - Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius (December 31, 1514 - October 15, 1564) was a Flemish anatomist and author of one of the most influential books on human ...   » 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 - Ulna: Encyclopedia - Ulna
The ulna (Elbow Bone) [Figs. 1, 2] is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibula: Encyclopedia - Fibula
The fibula or calf bone is a bone placed on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller ...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Ankh: Encyclopedia - Ankh
The ankh (pronounced 'ahnk', symbol ☥) was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stood for the word ʿnḫ, which means life). Egypt...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Kundalini: Encyclopedia - Kundalini
Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning either "coiled up" or "coiling like a snake". There are a number of other translations ...   » 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 - 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 - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia - Breech Birth
A Breech birth (also known as breech presentation) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sternum: Encyclopedia - Sternum
Sternum or breastbone is a long, flat bone located in the center of the thorax (chest). It connects to the rib bones via cartilage, formi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Icd-9 Codes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Icd-9 Codes - 1. Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139
List of ICD-9 codes - Intestinal infectious diseases 001-009. (001) Cholera (002) Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (003) Other Salmonell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - Life
Leonardo da Vinci - Personal life. The first known biography of Leonardo was published in 1550 by Giorgio Vasari who wrote Vite de' piu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulna: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulna - The Upper Extremity
('proximal extremity') [Fig. 1] The upper extremity presents two curved processes, the olecranon and the coronoid process; and two concav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - Early Life And Education
Vesalius was born in Brussels, then in the Holy Roman Empire, to a family of physicians. His father, Andries van Wesel, was the illegitim...   » 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 - Palatine Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Palatine Bone - Processes
Palatine bone - The pyramidal process or tuberosity. The pyramidal process (processus pyramidalis) projects backward and lateralward fr...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

Encyclopedia - Scapula: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapula - Surfaces
Scapula - Costal. The costal or ventral surface [Fig. 1] presents a broad concavity, the subscapular fossa. The medial two-thirds of 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 - Sphenoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sphenoid Bone - Body
The body (corpus sphenoidale), more or less cubical in shape, is hollowed out in its interior to form two large cavities, the sphenoidal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breech Birth: Encyclopedia Ii - Breech Birth - Risks Of Breech Birth
Umbilical cord prolapse may occur, particularly in the complete, footling, or kneeling breech. This is caused by the lowermost parts of t...   » 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 - 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

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 - The Kundalini Syndrome
Theorists within the schools of Humanistic psychology, Transpersonal psychology and Near-Death Studies describe a complex pattern of moto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radius Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Radius Bone - The Body Or Shaft
('corpus radii') The body is prismoid in form, narrower above than below, and slightly curved, so as to be convex lateralward. It present...   » 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 - Spinal Cord: Encyclopedia Ii - Spinal Cord - Anatomy
The spinal cord originates inside the brain at the inferior end of the medulla oblongata, exiting the skull via the foramen magnum. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibia - The Upper Extremity
('proximal extremity') The upper extremity is large, and expanded into two eminences, the medial and lateral condyles. The superior artic...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Frontal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Bone - Squama Squama Frontalis Or Vertical Part
Frontal bone - Surfaces. The external surface [Fig. 1] of this portion is convex and usually exhibits, in the lower part of the middle ...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Scapula: Encyclopedia Ii - Scapula - Ossification
The scapula is ossified from seven or more centers: one for the body, two for the coracoid process, two for the acromion, one for the ver...   » 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 - 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 - Ulna: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulna - The Body Or Shaft
('corpus ulnæ') The body at its upper part is prismatic in form, and curved so as to be convex behind and lateralward; its central part ...   » 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 - 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

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 - Tibia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibia - The Body Or Shaft
('corpus tibiæ') The body has three borders and three surfaces. Tibia - Borders. The anterior crest or border, the most prominent of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sphenoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sphenoid Bone - Pterygoid Processes
The pterygoid processes (processus pterygoidei), one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the regions where the body and great wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - Imperial Physician And Death
Soon after publication, Vesalius was invited as Imperial physician to the court of Emperor Charles V. He informed the Venetian Senate tha...   » 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 - 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 - 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

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 - 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 - Sphenoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sphenoid Bone - Ossification
Until the seventh or eighth month of fetal life the body of the sphenoid consists of two parts: one in front of the tuberculum sellæ, th...   » 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

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 - Sphenoid Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sphenoid Bone - The Great Wings
The great wings (alæ magnæ), or ali-sphenoids, are two strong processes of bone, which arise from the sides of the body, and are curved...   » 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 - 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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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 - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - Art
Leonardo pioneered new painting techniques in many of his pieces. One of them, a colour shading technique called "Chiaroscuro", used a se...   » 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 - Frontal Bone: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Bone - Orbital Or Horizontal Part
This portion (pars orbitalis) consists of two thin triangular plates, the orbital plates, which form the vaults of the orbits, and are se...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Kundalini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kundalini - Kundalini Rising
According to Yogic terminology the force of Kundalini is supposed to be raised through meditative exercises and activated within the conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundalini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kundalini - The Interpretation Of Kundalini
Two early western interpretations of Kundalini were supplied by C.W. Leadbeater (1847-1934), of the Theosophical Society, and the Analyti...   » 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 - Ankh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh - Origin Of The Christian Cross Traces Back To Ankh In Egypt
The long standing importance of the Ankh, and its deep symbolism to the dynastic Egyptians, lead to it being gradually adopted by the ver...   » 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 - Ossification
The sternum originally consists of two cartilaginous bars, situated one on either side of the median plane and connected with the cartila...   » 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 - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - Science And Engineering
Renaissance humanism saw no mutually exclusive polarities between the sciences and the arts, and as impressive and innovative as Leonardo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - In Fiction
With the genius and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci having captivated authors and scholars generations after his death, many examples of "Da ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Icd-9 Codes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Icd-9 Codes - 16. Symptoms Signs And Ill-defined Conditions 780-799
List of ICD-9 codes - symptoms 780-789. (780) General symptoms (780.0) Alteration of consciousness (780.01) Coma, nondiabetic, nonhe...   » Read the article