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The Shoulder Joint

June 14th, 2007 at 11:02 pm » Comments (0)

The Shoulder Joint. — The shoulder joint, formed as it is by the shoulder-blade (scapula), collarbone (clavicle), and the arm bone, is most beautifully designed and executed. It comprises a shallow ball and socket joint, the supporting the freest rotary movements. The shallowness of the socket, however, accounts for the frequent dislocations [...]



The Pelvis

June 8th, 2007 at 10:54 pm » Comments (0)

The Pelvis.  — The pelvis is an irregular-shaped basin, formed by the hip bones and the pubic bones in front.  In the upper and back part is the foot of the spinal column, consisting of a wedge-shaped bone called the sacrum.  It is observed firmly planted between the wide spreading hip bones of the pelvis, [...]



The Ribs

June 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pm » Comments (1)

The Ribs.– the ribs are twenty-four in number, arranged in pairs, well moneyed set in the chest.  At the back they are fastened to the spine, confront the seven upper pairs are tied by cartilages to the breast bone, three are fastened to each other in the cartilage above, and two, the floating ribs, are [...]



Man the Most Complex Body

April 29th, 2007 at 9:15 am » Comments (0)

Man the Most Complex Body.– it embodies in the epitome of the whole universe!  Man is more elaborate, more complex, more God-like, than any other living organism; more wonderful, more beautiful, more marvelous, that any work of human ingenuity, conception or construction.
Indeed, the mechanism, the skill and the workmanship displayed in the human body is [...]



Chart II - THE INTERNAL WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY REVEALED

April 26th, 2007 at 9:15 am » Comments (0)

CHART II
THE INTERNAL WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY REVEALED
THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS MARVELOUS PERFECTION
Wonderful Structure of the Body — The human body is the highest form of animal life.  It is full of beautiful proportions and divinely symmetrical in shape, form, mould and outline.  We look with honest pride and glowing admiration upon the [...]



VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE BRAIN, AND THE THOUHGTS IT SUGGESTS

April 7th, 2007 at 5:46 pm » Comments (0)

We now kick off a new section focusing on the base of the brain.
Shape of Brain– As so graphically delineated in this beautiful as well as natural illustration of the human brain, we glean a knowledge of the origin and source of its blood supply; the arteries are observed to distribute numerous branches in very [...]