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Herring bodies – Percy Theodore Herring (1872–1967), English physiologist; Heschl's gyri – Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881), Austrian anatomist; Hesselbach's triangle – Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759–1816), German surgeon-anatomist; Antrum of Highmore – Nathaniel Highmore (1613–1685), English surgeon-anatomist
Many noted body parts are of dubious provenance [1] and most were separated from their bodies post-mortem. [2] In some faiths, veneration of the dead may include the preservation of body parts as relics. Body parts supposed to belong to major religious figures are kept in temples, including the tooth of the Buddha, Muhammad's beard, and Jesus's ...
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).
This article contains a list of organs in the human body. It is widely believed that there are 79 organs (this number goes up if you count each bone and muscle as an organ on their own, which is becoming a more common practice [1] [2]); however, there is no universal standard definition of what constitutes an organ, and some tissue groups' status as one is debated. [3]
This is a list of personal titles arranged in a sortable table. They can be sorted: Alphabetically; By language, nation, or tradition of origin; By function. See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today.
An early example of the body used as an identity marker occurred in the Victorian era, when women wore corsets to help themselves attain the body they wished to possess. [81] Having a tiny waist was a sign of social status, as the wealthier women could afford to dress more extravagantly and sport items such as corsets to increase their physical ...
Martina Big; Pete Burns, (1959–2016) had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings and many tattoos; The Black Alien, real name Anthony Loffredo has his whole body tattooed and multiple body parts removed such as his nose, some of his fingers, and his ears.
This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric.