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Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Scientific :: Medicine :: SPINAL CORD - JOINTS - PELVIS - FEET - HANDS - HIPS, 1894 Color Antique Print

SPINAL CORD - JOINTS - PELVIS - FEET - HANDS - HIPS, 1894 Color Antique Print

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The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones (such as the skull), supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs. The skeleton is not unchanging; it changes composition over a lifespan. Early in gestation, a fetus has no hard skeleton — bones form gradually during nine months in the womb. At birth, all bones will have formed, but a newborn baby has more bones than an adult. On average, an adult human has 206 bones (according to Gray's Anatomy, but the number can vary slightly from individual to individual), but a baby is born with approximately 270. The difference comes from a number of small bones that fuse together during growth. They leave pockets of cartilage to allow more growth. The sacrum (the bone at the base of the spine) consists of six bones which are separated at birth but fuse together into a solid structure in later years. Growing is usually completed between ages 12 and 14. This means that the bones have no pockets of cartilage left, so there is no material left to allow more growth. Not all bones are interconnected directly. There are 6 bones (three on each side) in the middle ear that articulate only with each other. Another bone, the hyoid bone in the neck, does not touch any other bones in the body, and is supported by muscles. The longest and heaviest bone in the body is the femur and the smallest is the stapes bone in the middle ear. In an adult, the skeleton comprises 20% of the total body weight.

CONDITION: Wood Engraving. Folded. German Text. Blank on the back. As Scanned. Image is clear and sharp with beautiful depth and detail and in Good Condition. This beautiful print would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.

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