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Each of the two normal heads had a food channel to one stomach and a breathing channel, or windpipe, to the one set of lungs. The two briskets, or breasts, shared on each side by these calves, contained the one set of lungs on one side and the one heart on the other side.
Edward Mordake, a disputed story of a 19th-century man with a face on the back of his head; Futakuchi-onna, a female Japanese yōkai with mouth on back of her head/hair; Janus, a Roman god with two faces; Kara Mia, a Philippine TV series that tells the story of a young woman with two faces divided in one body. Polycephaly
Dicephalus means two-headed. [1] Parapagus means joined side by side. [7] [1] Dicephalic twins are called: dibrachius, if they have two arms altogether (one for each twin), [3] tribrachius, if they have three arms altogether, [8] tetrabrachius, if they have four arms altogether, [7] dipus, if they have two legs altogether (one for each twin). [7]
This is different from craniopagus parasiticus in that there is only one head, although there is a duplication of the craniofacial features. Diprosopus can range from having two fully formed faces to just a duplication of the nose or eyes. [citation needed] Cats with the condition are referred to as 'Janus cats'.
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These twins have four arms; one, two, three or four legs; and typically one set of external genitalia and one anus. [13] Survival rate is 63%. [14] Omphalo-Ischiopagus: Fused in a similar fashion to ischiopagus twins, but facing each other, with a joined abdomen, akin to omphalopagus. These twins have four arms, and two, three, or four legs. [13]
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Frank and Louie, sometimes referred to as Frankenlouie [1] (September 8, 1999 – December 4, 2014), was a diprosopus (also known as "janus" or "two-faced") cat known for his unusual longevity. He was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving janus cat in 2012.