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Hand (54 bones in total; 27 in each hand) Carpals. Scaphoid bone (2) Lunate bone (2) Triquetral bone (2) Pisiform bone (2) Trapezium (2) Trapezoid bone (2) Capitate bone (2) Hamate bone (2) Metacarpals (10 bones in total; 5 on each side) Phalanges of the hand (28 bones in total, 14 on each hand) Proximal phalanges (10 bones in total; 5 on each ...
Iron palm or iron hand (Chinese: 鐵沙掌, 鐵砂掌 or 鐵絲掌; pinyin: tiě shā zhǎng or tiě sī zhǎng; lit. 'hands hard as iron yet soft as silk') is a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts. It is one of the original 72 arts of the Shaolin temple. These conditioning techniques are typically meant to condition the ...
Cancellous bone or spongy bone, [12] [11] also known as trabecular bone, is the internal tissue of the skeletal bone and is an open cell porous network that follows the material properties of biofoams. [13] [14] Cancellous bone has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio than cortical bone and it is less dense. This makes it weaker and more flexible.
Bone feature Definition Etymologic memory aid; apophysis: Any of various processes or protuberances on a bone. apo-+ physis, "outward from the growth part; outgrowth" diaphysis: The long, relatively straight main body of a long bone; region of primary ossification. Also known as the shaft. dia-+ physis, "between the growth parts" epiphysis
In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, also known as the "palm bones", are the appendicular bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the phalanges and the carpal bones (wrist bones), which articulate with the forearm. The metacarpal bones are homologous to the metatarsal bones in the foot.
Instead, major sections are divided based on when the art originated (regardless of whether it is still practiced), and subsections are dedicated to the root type of martial art, such as jujutsu (the art of empty-handed combat through use of indirect application of force) or kendo (Japanese sport fencing), wherein notable styles or major ...
Iron Palm or Iron Hand, a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts; Operation Iron Hand, a US military operation conducted during the Vietnam War "Iron Hand", a song by Battle Beast from their album Steel "Iron Hand", a song by Grand Magus from their album The Hunt; The Iron Hand, the U.K. edition of The Iron Clew, a 1947 ...
Thor's hammer hold – 30 kg (66 lb) in each hand for 50.56 seconds (2014 Europe's Strongest Man) [44] Viking sword hold – 27 kg (60 lb) in each hand for 1 minute 0.81 seconds (2014 World's Strongest Viking / Giants Live Norway) [126] Battery hold – 20 kg (44 lb) in each hand for 1 minute 23.05 seconds (2014 Guinness World Records, Italy) [51]