skeletal extension

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• skeletal system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  the internal skeleton that serves as a framework for the body. This framework consists of many individual bones (bone) and cartilages (cartilage). There also are bands of fibrous connective tissue the ligaments (ligament)… …   Universalium

• Extension — The process of straitening or the state of being strait. Extension of the hip and knee joints is necessary to stand up from the sitting position. * * * 1. The act of bringing the distal portion of a joint in continuity (though only parallel) with …   Medical dictionary

• Human skeletal changes due to bipedalism — The evolution of bipedalism approximately four million years agocite book |author=Kondō, Shirō |title=Primate morphophysiology, locomotor analyses, and human bipedalism |publisher=University of Tokyo Press |location=Tokyo |year=1985 |pages= |isbn …   Wikipedia

• Traction — In medicine, a procedure for manually pulling a part of the body to a beneficial effect. See traction, orthopedic. * * * 1. The act of drawing or pulling, as by an elastic or spring force. 2. A pulling or dragging force exerted on a limb in a… …   Medical dictionary

• List of muscles of the human body — Skeletal muscles homo sapiens Muscles of the human body: Overview Head  |  Neck  |&# …   Wikipedia

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium

• Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …   Universalium

• Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …   Medical dictionary

• Muscular system — Latin = systema musculare Muscles anterior labeled …   Wikipedia

• skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …   Universalium

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