Human body
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| - | [[Image:Painting showing opisthotonos in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir Charles Bell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Painting showing [[spasm]]s in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir [[Charles Bell]] ([[1809]]).]] | + | [[Image:Vitruvian Man by Da Vinci.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Vitruvian Man]]'' by Leonardo da Vinci, see [[man is the measure of all things]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Jacques Fabian Gautier d'Agoty back.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"The Flayed Angel", [[anatomical]] drawing ([[1746]]) from "Myologie Complette En Couleur Et Grandeur Naturelle," by [[Jacques Fabian Gautier d'Agoty]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | [[The first thing that presents itself to man, when he surveys himself, is his body]].--Pascal | ||
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| + | [[Image:Frontispiece to 'De Culto Sacro Sancti Cordis Dei', 1726 by Charles-Joseph Natoire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Frontispiece to ''[[De Cultu Sacrosancti Cordis Dei ac Domini Nostri Jesu Christi]]'', 1726 by Charles-Joseph Natoire]] | ||
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| - | :''See [[Mikhail Bakhtin]]'s concept of the [[grotesque body]]'' | + | The '''human body''' is the entire structure of a [[human]] [[organism]] and comprises a [[human head|head]], [[neck]], [[torso]], two [[arm]]s and two [[human leg|leg]]s. |
| - | With regard to [[organism|living things]], a '''body''' is the integral [[physical]] material of an individual, and contrasts with [[soul]], [[personality]] and [[behavior]]. | + | By the time the human reaches [[adulthood]], the body consists of close to 100 [[Orders of magnitude (numbers)#1012|trillion]] [[Cell (biology)|cells]], the basic unit of [[life]]. These cells are [[biological organisation|organised biologically]] to eventually form the whole body. |
| - | In some contexts, a superficial element of a body, such as [[hair]] may be regarded as not a part of it, even while attached. The same is true of excretable substances, such as [[feces|stool]], both while residing in the body and afterwards. | + | |
| - | [[Plant]]s composed of more than one [[cell (biology)|cell]] are not normally regarded as possessing a body. | + | |
| - | "Body" often is used in connection with [[appearance]], [[health]] issues and [[death]]. | + | ==Reproductive system== |
| - | The body of a dead person is also called a [[corpse]], for [[human]]s, or [[cadaver]]. | + | [[Human reproduction]] takes place as internal fertilization by sexual intercourse. During this process, the [[Erectile tissue|erect]] [[penis]] of the [[male]] is inserted into the [[female]]'s [[vagina]] until the male ejaculates semen, which contains [[sperm]], into the female's vagina. The sperm then travels through the vagina and cervix into the [[uterus]] or [[fallopian tube]]s for fertilization of the [[ovum]]. |
| - | The dead bodies of [[vertebrate]] animals and [[insect]]s are sometimes called carcasses. | + | |
| - | The study of the structure of the body is called [[human anatomy|anatomy]]. The study of the workings of the body is [[physiology]]. | ||
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| - | The [[human anatomy|human body]] consists of a [[head (anatomy)|head]], [[neck]], [[torso]], two [[arm]]s and two [[Human leg|legs]]. | ||
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| - | A body is also a held-together collection or group of physical objects or abstract ideas and, in particular, an [[organisation]] of such. | ||
| - | The whole is more than the simple sum of the individual [[member]]s, because the whole contains, in addition, [[information]] about the relationships among the elements of the whole. The body of evidence is a [[phrase]] which defines the sum total of all knowledge or evidence of some thing. | ||
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| - | Body [[Ecology]] focuses on the interactions among animals and various microbes living inside them. | ||
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| - | There are 206 different bones in the human body, and over 600 muscles. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | :''See [[Mikhail Bakhtin]]'s concept of the [[grotesque body]] and notes on an [[embodied philosophy]].'' | ||
| + | * [[Anatomical wax model]] | ||
| * [[Anatomy]] | * [[Anatomy]] | ||
| + | * [[Bodily function]] | ||
| + | * [[Body orifice]]s | ||
| + | * [[Body parts]] | ||
| + | * [[Body politics]] | ||
| * [[Body genre]]s | * [[Body genre]]s | ||
| + | * [[Death]] | ||
| * [[Disease]] | * [[Disease]] | ||
| + | * [[Embodied philosophy]] | ||
| * [[Grotesque body]] | * [[Grotesque body]] | ||
| - | * [[Somatopia]] | + | * [[Human beauty]] |
| + | * [[Human biology]] | ||
| * [[Health]] | * [[Health]] | ||
| + | * [[John Bell]] | ||
| * [[Orifice]] | * [[Orifice]] | ||
| + | * [[Somatopia]] | ||
| * [[Ugliness]] | * [[Ugliness]] | ||
| + | * [[Vesalius]] | ||
| + | * [[Visceral]] | ||
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The human body is the entire structure of a human organism and comprises a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. These cells are organised biologically to eventually form the whole body.
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Reproductive system
Human reproduction takes place as internal fertilization by sexual intercourse. During this process, the erect penis of the male is inserted into the female's vagina until the male ejaculates semen, which contains sperm, into the female's vagina. The sperm then travels through the vagina and cervix into the uterus or fallopian tubes for fertilization of the ovum.
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See also
- See Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the grotesque body and notes on an embodied philosophy.
- Anatomical wax model
- Anatomy
- Bodily function
- Body orifices
- Body parts
- Body politics
- Body genres
- Death
- Disease
- Embodied philosophy
- Grotesque body
- Human beauty
- Human biology
- Health
- John Bell
- Orifice
- Somatopia
- Ugliness
- Vesalius
- Visceral
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