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Undiscovered Human Body Parts?
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"Scientists have discovered a new ligament in the human knee..."
One would have thought that all such parts of the human body have been known about for decades, but apparently not. How could this have remained undiscovered for so long, or is it simply a case of people deciding that part of an existing structure should be considered as a separate body part in its own right?
"Scientists have discovered a new ligament in the human knee..."
One would have thought that all such parts of the human body have been known about for decades, but apparently not. How could this have remained undiscovered for so long, or is it simply a case of people deciding that part of an existing structure should be considered as a separate body part in its own right?
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BB writes percipiently and even presciently: is it simply a case of people deciding that part of an existing structure should be considered as a separate body part in its own right short answer yes.... God didnt design a knee and think- Oh I need two menisci - and a few popliteal ligaments No I like them - I will put in two.... They develop and are as a result of...
18:54 Wed 06th Nov 2013
Hardly unique, Quagmire came across this recently http://
I believe it was in recent years that a British scientist discovered previously unknown sensors in the eye in addition to the rods and cones that anatomy had traditionally identified for many years.
Scepticism was overcome by his demonstration that people who had no rods or cones could discern whether a light was on or off.
Scepticism was overcome by his demonstration that people who had no rods or cones could discern whether a light was on or off.
BB writes percipiently and even presciently: is it simply a case of people deciding that part of an existing structure should be considered as a separate body part in its own right
short answer yes....
God didnt design a knee and think- Oh I need two menisci - and a few popliteal ligaments No I like them - I will put in two....
They develop and are as a result of evolutionary pressure reasonably fit for purpose.
Given that - you have in the nineteenth century - is this one muscle (in two parts ) or two muscles? The main arbiter was Henry Gray (1858) and the main one before that was Quain (1838 ) . How different was one from the other ? well I have never met anyone who has read Quain, quite honestly.
It is surprising - in the nineteenth century you would have thought they got it straight, ssince they had nothing really else to do on those long winter evenings but cut up bodies......
short answer yes....
God didnt design a knee and think- Oh I need two menisci - and a few popliteal ligaments No I like them - I will put in two....
They develop and are as a result of evolutionary pressure reasonably fit for purpose.
Given that - you have in the nineteenth century - is this one muscle (in two parts ) or two muscles? The main arbiter was Henry Gray (1858) and the main one before that was Quain (1838 ) . How different was one from the other ? well I have never met anyone who has read Quain, quite honestly.
It is surprising - in the nineteenth century you would have thought they got it straight, ssince they had nothing really else to do on those long winter evenings but cut up bodies......
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