superficial

Zoology

...tomical study has associated itself with the more superficial morphography until today no one considers a study of animal form of any value which does not include internal structure, histology and embryology in its scope. The real dawn of zoology after the legendary period of the Middle Ages is connected...

Muscle

...autonomic signals from the brain . Deep muscles, superficial muscles, muscles of the face and internal muscles all correspond with dedicated regions in the brain. In addition, muscles react to reflexive nerve stimuli that do not always send signals all the way to the brain, but most muscle activity is the r...

Joint

...ss. Articular cartilage is multi-layered. A thin superficial layer provide a smooth surface for the two bones to slide against each other. Of all the layers, it has a the highest concentration of collagen and the lowest concentration of proteoglycans , making it very resistant to shear stresses. Deeper tha...

Culture

...n of a natural way of life, and classical music is superficial and decadent. Equally, non-Western people are often seen as 'noble savages' living authentic unblemished lives that have not been complicated and corrupted by the highly-stratified capitalist systems of the West. Today most social scientists reject ...

Anatomy

...as medical, surgical, gynaecological, artistic and superficial anatomy. The comparison of the anatomy of different races of humans is part of the science of physical anthropology or anthropological anatomy. In the present edition of this work the subject of anatomy is treated systematically rather than topog...