Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting, involves taking the weight of the body, at least in part, on the buttocks against the ground or a horizontal object such as a chair seat. The angle between the legs when squatting can vary from zero to ...
"they have pierced my hands and feet" [17] Footnoted: "Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet" Jewish Translations: JPS (1917) "like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet" [18] NJPS (1985) "like lions [they maul] my hands and feet" Footnoted: "With Rashi; cf ...
Human hand anatomy (pentadactyl) In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. The term is derived from the Greek word δακτυλος (dáktylos) meaning "finger." Sometimes the suffix "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous."
The distalmost portion or extremity of the limb, i.e. the hand or foot, is known as the autopodium (plural: autopodia). Hands are technically known as the manus, and feet as the pes. The proximal part of the autopodium, i.e. the wrist or ankle region, has many small nodular bones, collectively termed the mesopodium (plural: mesopodia).
Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Zeh", French: "doigt" and "orteil").. In other languages, e.g. Arabic, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Tagalog, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Persian, there are no specific one-word names for fingers and toes; these are called "digit of the hand" or ...
Anatomical terms used to describe a human hand. Several anatomical terms are particular to the hands and feet. [2] Additional terms may be used to avoid confusion when describing the surfaces of the hand and what is the "anterior" or "posterior" surface.
An ambidextrous artist is able to draw eight photo-realistic portraits at the same time using both hands and her feet. Rajacenna, 30, holds paintbrushes in all four limbs to create her masterpieces.
This position is one in which a person is standing, feet apace, with palms forward and thumbs facing outwards. [11] Just as maps are normally oriented with north at the top, the standard body "map", or anatomical position, is that of the body standing upright, with the feet at shoulder width and parallel, toes forward.