Mid-morning. You have been leafing through the internet searching for a model of a woman’s body that you can note and tag geographically to remind yourself where each of the twelve cultures are and how Merlyn can describe an abstract in layman’s terms to Arthur.
I feel a bit self-conscious searching ‘female model forms’ – I have been in medical and/or artistic files but nothing strikes me as being useful. I suppose it would be fitting to look for a cadaver. I have the photos from the Cleveland exhibit a couple years ago I could scan one or two or print a copy or two. I need something with a medical orientation not a photographic model. The circulatory system would be the ever bending and inner looping Styx clover-like outlined cross. – I cannot find anything appropriate. Perhaps I’ll just go with illustrations in my old Gray’s Anatomy text – probably that is the best.
You will need to have locations for each of the twelve cultures plus the marsupial-humanoids with lots of locations left over. I have a plan. – Amorella
I have thought about this but ten fingers won’t do and I don’t want to slight an ancient culture.
It is just like a human to want to manipulate with fingers and hands but that is not the way it is in here, boy. Merlyn begins with the navel – again arrogance and pride built in – the center of HeavenOrHellBothOrNeither – just like the earth being the center of the universe. That’s the way Merlyn sees it so we’ll go with that but everything else (cultural) is beneath the surface. – Amorella
I spent all this time checking out female forms thinking our cultures would at least be on the surface.
The female form was about to get the better of you boy. Remember Grandma Earth. I made her that way because if Mother Nature, as it were, was personified by a beautiful young lady the captivation would be too much of a diversion from the real nature which is beneath the surface. You don’t see heartansoulanmind out there physically except through inspirational moods first. Let’s go with navel connection and see what we have. – Amorella
Human “innie” Navel – Wikipedia
There you have it – the only flesh of Merlyn’s analogous female heaven. What a humor Amorella has – even more so; when I dug into the “belly button” subject in Wikipedia.
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The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, colloquially known as the belly button) is a scar on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord. All placental mammals have a navel, and it is quite conspicuous in humans.
Human anatomy
The umbilicus is a prominent mark on the abdomen, with its position being relatively consistent amongst humans. The skin around the waist at the level of the umbilicus is supplied by the tenth thoracic spinal nerve (T10 dermatome). The umbilicus itself typically lies at a vertical level corresponding to the junction between the L3 and L4 vertebrae, with a normal variation among people between the L3 and L5 vertebrae. The umbilicus forms a visible depression on the skin of the abdomen, and the underlying abdominal muscle layers also present a concavity; thinness at this point contributes to a relative structural weakness, making it susceptible to hernia. During pregnancy, the uterus presses the navel of the pregnant woman outward, however it usually retracts after birth.
The umbilicus is used to visually separate the abdomen into quadrants. The navel is the center of the circle enclosing the spread-eagle figure in Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing.
Aki Sinkkonen at the University of Helsinki in Finland thinks that the navel may be an indicator of mating potential in fertile women. In his article in the The FASEB Journal, he proposes that the umbilicus, together with the surrounding skin area, is an honest signal of individual vigor. He suggests that the symmetry, shape, and position of umbilicus can be used to estimate the reproductive potential of fertile females, including risks of certain genetically and maternally inherited fetal anomalies.
Erogenous zone
The navel is one of the many erogenous zones that has heightened sensitivity. The navel and the region below when touched by the finger or the tip of the tongue result in the production of erotic sensations. This is because the navel and the genitals have a common tissue origin, and in some people this connection still exists so that stimulation of the navel will elicit a distinct tickle in the genitals. In the Song of Solomon, a book in the Hebrew Bible, there are allusions to exotic things in nature, with frequent interweaving of nature with erotic imagery. In Solomon’s lavish praise of his love – the country girl, Sulaimi – the navel is mentioned as follows: "thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor" (7:2).
Bacteria
A team of scientists have discovered there are 1,400 strains of bacteria lurking in human belly buttons. North Carolina State University’s Belly Button Biodiversity study even found 662 unrecognised strains which could be unique new species.
Indian medicine
According to Ayurveda, the navel is an important site in the human body. Nearly 72,000 subtle nerves or nadis converge in this area. By the principles of Ayurveda and yoga, the human body is made up of six Chakras of which the Manipura chakra is located at the spine directly behind either the navel or the solar plexus, depending on the system, while its kshetram or superficial activation point is located directly on the navel and represents the element Fire. Vayu, which is one of the three Doshas specified in Ayurveda, is divided into five sub categories. Of these, Samana Vayu (situated in the navel region) is believed to aid in digestion and to give physical strength to the body.
From Wikipedia – Navel (edited)
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Lunch at Penn Station and this afternoon you and Carol put two coats of sealer on the limestone tile backsplash. You also have been doing some research on your “Readability” iPad app so you can read the Wikipedia articles offline. The Wikipedia articles (so far) are: Human Anatomy; Navel; Spinal Nerve; Umbilical Cord; Erogenous Zone; Porta Hepatis; Internal Iliac Artery; Round Ligament of Liver; Falciform Ligament; and the Hepatic Portal System. All these have graphic backups from Gray's Anatomy. – Amorella
I am feeling better about this anatomy business as it looks like all else I need is the Uterus and Liver as a final connection to the Navel.
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