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  2. Infrahyoid muscles - Wikipedia

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    The infrahyoid muscles, or strap muscles, are a group of four pairs of muscles in the anterior (frontal) part of the neck. [1] The four infrahyoid muscles are the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles. [1] Excluding the sternothyroid, the infrahyoid muscles either originate from or insert on to the hyoid bone. [2]

  3. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The skeletal portion of the system serves as the main storage system for calcium and phosphorus and contains critical components of the hematopoietic system. [3] This system describes how bones are connected to other bones and muscle fibers via connective tissue such as tendons and ligaments. The bones provide stability to the body.

  4. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    1 rectus, inferior: head, eye, orbit (left/right) annulus of Zinn at orbital apex 6.5 mm inferior to corneal limbus: ophthalmic artery: oculomotor nerve [CNIII], inferior branch: adducts and depresses eye: Oblique Superior and inferior 2 1 rectus, medial: head, eye, orbit (left/right) annulus of Zinn at orbital apex 5.5 mm medial to corneal limbus

  5. Human body - Wikipedia

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    The study of the human body includes anatomy, physiology, ... , and about 23 litres (5.1 imp ... into the muscular system and the skeletal system. [34] Nervous system ...

  6. Skeletal muscle - Wikipedia

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    In skeletal muscles, muscle spindles convey information about the degree of muscle length and stretch to the central nervous system to assist in maintaining posture and joint position. The sense of where our bodies are in space is called proprioception , the perception of body awareness, the "unconscious" awareness of where the various regions ...

  7. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    Various bones of the human skeletal system. The axial skeleton, comprising the spine, chest and head, contains 80 bones. The appendicular skeleton, comprising the arms and legs, including the shoulder and pelvic girdles, contains 126 bones, bringing the total for the entire skeleton to 206 bones.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. Human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The axial skeleton (80 bones) is formed by the vertebral column (32–34 bones; the number of the vertebrae differs from human to human as the lower 2 parts, sacral and coccygeal bone may vary in length), a part of the rib cage (12 pairs of ribs and the sternum), and the skull (22 bones and 7 associated bones).