Injuries and infections in the earlobes can happen when the earlobe gets bitten by an animal or insect or caught in something. Many earlobe injuries are the result of a piercing that gets snagged or tears through the earlobe. Some studies have pointed to evidence of a correlation between the ...
An earring insert is provided for a pierced earlobe and other pierced parts of the anatomy having an orifice therethrough. The insert consists of a first sleeve that is inserted into the orifice of the pierced earlobe and other pierced parts of the anatomy. A first flange extends about an ou...
The antitragus isa feature of mammalian ear anatomy. In humans, it is a small tubercle on the visible part of the ear; the pinna. The antitragus is located just above the earlobe and points anteriorly. It is separated from the tragus by the intertragic notch. What is antitragus? The a...
An earring insert for a pierced earlobe and other pierced parts of the anatomy having an orifice therethrough. The insert consists of a first sleeve (16) that is inserted into the pierced orifice. A first flange (18) extends about an outer end (20) of the first sleeve. A second sleeve...
of the temporal bone. Projecting inferiorly from this region is a large prominence, themastoid process, which serves as a muscle attachment site. The mastoid process can easily be felt on the side of the head just behind your earlobe. On the interior of the skull, the petrous portion of ...
We unconsciously touch our bodies to comfort or release stress. Perplexity, disagreement, frustration, uncertainty manifest in the fingers touching the lips, the hand scratching the head, holding the neck, grabbing an earlobe, rubbing the cheek, massaging the other hand, etc. Self manipulations...
A wood'sspecific gravityis a measurement ofrelative density: it is the ratio of the weight of the specimen to the weight of an equal volume of water; in other words, the ratio of the density of the specimen to the density of water. The density of pure water is set at one gram per...