The Human Machine at Work

The Human Machine at Work

At a first glance, with his trappings of civilization, seems a being far removed from the animal world. Yet in the development of his embryo no less than in the structure of his anatomy, Homo sapiens as he is known to Science, closely resembles the higher mammals. Particularly does he resemble the gorilla? It is [...]

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Metabolic Activities and upkeep of the Machine

Metabolic Activities and upkeep of the Machine

The respiratory and digestive systems are both concerned with the upkeep of the machine. The respiratory, or breathing system, serves the double purpose of supplying fuel in the form of oxygen necessary for combustion and of ridding it of carbon dioxide, the waste product of that combustion. Other fuel is provided by the digestive system, [...]

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News about Housing the Spinal Cord

News about Housing the Spinal Cord

The bony rings of the vertebrae are joined firmly together by tough fibrous bands called ligaments which pass from the processes of one to the other, so that in the middle of the knobbly rings is a hallow tube called the spinal canal. By this the spinal cord is housed and protected. The first cervical [...]

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Research Collaboration Eyes on Development of Bones

Research Collaboration Eyes on Development of Bones

There is lot of stress made for research collaboration on development of bones. The limbs may be thought of as being in three sections, an upper part, the humerus in the arm, the femur in the leg, a middle part, the ulna and radius in the arm, the tibia and fibula in the leg , [...]

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BioTech Companies unveils Chemistry of Bone

BioTech Companies unveils Chemistry of Bone

When you read about chemistry of bones it would be very interesting to know all the details. The bone derives its rigidity from the mineral salts, largely calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate, which go to make up about two-thirds of it. Flexibility comes from the gelatinous one-third. Most bones, when just formed, consist of cartilage [...]

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Expedient Mechanism of Ball and Socket Joints

Expedient Mechanism of Ball and Socket Joints

An example of a pivot joint which has already been mentioned is at the meeting of the axis and the atlas, allowing the head to be turned from side to side. Ball and socket joints both the hip and the shoulder joint come into this category permit of the greatest movement of all. Here the [...]

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News on How Weight of the Body Synchronized

News on How Weight of the Body Synchronized

In walking, the body’s weight is transferred alternately from one leg to another. When the foot in front touches the ground the calf muscles of the other leg contract. The body rises on the toes in order to be pushed on. The back leg swings forward, the other foot then being raised on the toes [...]

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A Report on the Muscles not Influenced by the Will

A Report on the Muscles not Influenced by the Will

All these are separate muscles, but in some parts of the body there are other made up of thin sheets of muscular tissue. These are found in the front wall of the abdomen and in the diaphragm, that fleshy partition which separates the abdomen from the thorax. Those muscles not under the influence of the [...]

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This Monkey Damnification- Controversial Evolution Research

This Monkey Damnification- Controversial Evolution Research

The Charles Darwin and his well fame research work depiction in the books of This Monkey Damnification accolade with much success. The work was a best seller from the first. Its publication gave rise to a controversy waged with bitterness hardly credible today. To churchmen Darwin’s case for evolution seemed a direct assail upon the [...]

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