Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A bustline is an arbitrary line encircling the fullest part of the bust or body circumference at the bust. [1] It is a body measurement which measures the circumference of a woman's torso at the level of the breasts. It is measured by keeping a measuring tape horizontal and wrapping it around the body so that it goes over the nipples and under ...
A corset diagram showing the lines of measurement for bust, waist, hip, and back underarm to waist. Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. They match the three inflection points of the female body shape.
By this method, body diagrams can be derived by pasting organs into one of the "plain" body images shown below. This method requires a graphics editor that can handle transparent images, in order to avoid white squares around the organs when pasting onto the body image. Pictures of organs are found on the project's main page. These were ...
Hourglass body shapes have a wide bust, a narrow waist, and wide hips with a similar measurement to that of the bust. This body shape is named for its resemblance to that of an hourglass, where the upper and lower half are wide and roughly equal while the middle is narrow in circumference, making the overall shape wide-narrow-wide.
Kathryn Bowles is an American nurse who is Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research looks to improve outcomes for people discharged from hospital care. She is an elected member of the American College of Medical Informatics, American Nurses Association and National Academy of Medicine.
Body shape has effects on body posture [30] and gait, and has a major role in physical attraction. This is because a body's shape implies an individual's hormone levels during puberty, which implies fertility, and it also indicates current levels of sex hormones. [1] A pleasing shape also implies good health and fitness of the body. Posture ...
It is a scientific discipline that is concerned with the measurement of individuals in a variety of morphological perspectives, its application to movement and those factors which influence movement, including: components of body build, body measurements, proportions, composition, shape and maturation; motor abilities and cardiorespiratory ...
Body shapes are often categorised in the fashion industry into one of four elementary geometric shapes, [30] though there are very wide ranges of actual sizes within each shape: Rectangular. The waist is less than 9 inches (23 cm) smaller than the hips and bust. [30] Body fat is distributed predominantly in the abdomen, buttocks, chest, and face.