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Ray Nitschke. Raymond Ernest Nitschke (December 29, 1936 – March 8, 1998) was an American professional football player who spent his entire 15-year career as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. [1] Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978, he was the anchor of the defense for head coach ...
Dicephalic parapagus ( / daɪˈsɛfəlɪk /) is a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. [1] Infants conjoined this way are sometimes called "two-headed babies" in popular media. [2] The condition is also called parapagus dicephalus.
Polymelia. Polymelia is a birth defect in which an affected individual has more than the usual number of limbs. It is a type of dysmelia. In humans and most land-dwelling vertebrates, this means having five or more limbs. The extra limb is most commonly shrunken and/or deformed. The term is from Greek πολυ- "many", μέλεα "limbs".
As in other Mannerist works, the proportions of the body – here the neck – are exaggerated for artistic effect. Body proportions is the study of artistic anatomy, which attempts to explore the relation of the elements of the human body to each other and to the whole. These ratios are used in depictions of the human figure and may become ...
For certain cancers, people born in 1990 face two-to-three times the risks that those born in 1955 did, according to the research published in the journal Lancet Public Health.
Human vestigiality. The muscles connected to the ears of a human do not develop enough to have the same mobility allowed to monkeys. Arrows show the vestigial structure called Darwin's tubercle. In the context of human evolution, human vestigiality involves those traits occurring in humans that have lost all or most of their original function ...
Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which results in a flipper-like appendage. [1] [2] A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother's use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined. [2]
Head East is an American rock band from Illinois. The band was formed by singer John Schlitt , guitarist Danny Piper, keyboardist Roger Boyd, bassist Larry Boyd, and drummer Steve Huston. They met and formed the band while John, Roger, and Larry were studying at the University of Illinois , Steve was at Eastern Illinois University 45 miles away ...