10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIGHBONE»
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The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
THE THIGHBONE TRUMPET (Tib. rkang-gling, rkang-dung) Fashioned as a
bored horn from a human femur, the Tibetan thighbone trumpet is said to produce
a sound that is pleasing to the wrathful deities, but terrifying to all evil spirits and ...
2
The Edinburgh encyclopædia
Spine of the ilium, sacrum, coccyx, the sacro-sciatic ligament, great trochanter,
and linea aspera of the thighbone. Spine of the ilium, and great trochanter <n the
thighbone. Peripheral surface of theilium, and great trochanter of the thigh-bone-,
...
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The Healthy Body Handbook: A Total Guide to the Prevention ...
THE TROCHANTER THE THIGHBONE (femur) is the longest, largest, bone in the
body, and it is so strong that it can bear the weight of a compact car. It is
structured on an engineering principle that says ounce for ounce, a tube is
stronger than ...
David C. Saidoff, Stuart C. Apfel, 2004
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The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is a separation within the thighbone (femur) at
its growth plate in the hip joint. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis usually
develops in overweight adolescents, most commonly boys. The cause is not
known.
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13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering: ...
In the first step, the direction of the prosthetic axis was aligned with the
mechanical axis of the thighbone model, and the prosthesis could be moved
proximally and distally. Then the inner and outer diameter of the prosthesis was
aligned with ...
Chwee Teck Lim, James Goh Cho Hong, 2009
At dawn the thighbone said, 'Us! us!', andthedog said to the maiden, 'He says,
Canyou make "fura" cakes?' She said, 'Yes.' The thigh bone said, 'Us! us!'Then
thedog gotup (and) came (and) lifted onegrain of corn;he brought it and gave her.
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ARCHAEOLOGY AND WOMEN: ANCIENT AND MODERN ISSUES
In the cross-legged position, lateral rotation of the thighbone (femur) is combined
with abduction and flexion exceeding 90°. The range of rotation depends on the
angle of anteversion of the femoral neck, which is usually quite wide in the child.
Sue Hamilton, Ruth D Whitehouse, Katherine I Wright, 2007
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Advances in Heterogeneous Material Mechanics 2011: ...
In this paper we tested the dynamic mechanical properties of the fresh swine
thighbone with the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB). The collected data
were processed automatically by the software with Tow-wave and Tri-wave
methods, ...
Jinghong Fan, Junqian Zhang, Haibo Chen, 2011
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Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of ...
sound on a melodious, unimpaired thighbone. “An unimpaired thighbone is one
that has both upper and lower joints.4 White is best, brown is mediocre, and
mottled is the least best. Gray and other sordid ones will cause problems, so they
are ...
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Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins
In any event, Dubois was convinced that thighbone, skullcap, and tooth had all
belonged to the same individual. But was it a chimpanzee? The thighbone
suggested not, because it quite obviously had belonged to a creature with an
habitual ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THIGHBONE»
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thighbone is used in the context of the following news items.
Huge Dinosaur Thighbone Found on Washington Beach
A fragmented femur bone hidden underwater for millions of years has become the first evidence that a dinosaur once roamed Washington, a new study finds. «Live Science, May 15»
Biggest sauropod thighbone ever found
Maybe Fred wasn't too far wrong. Such a culinary delight looks a little more likely judging from a sauropod thigh bone, the biggest yet recorded, found by French ... «USA TODAY, Jun 12»
Fosamax Femur Fracture
The 59-year-old was jumping rope with some neighborhood children when her left thighbone snapped. She had been taking Fosamax for eight years. Another ... «DrugWatch.com, Mar 10»
T. Rex Soft Tissue Found Preserved
Taken from a 70-million-year-old thighbone, the structures look like the blood vessels, cells, and proteins involved in bone formation. Most fossils preserve an ... «National Geographic, Mar 05»
