ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhy can't you just be normal?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down17
arrow-up1597arrow-down1imageWhy can't you just be normal?lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·3 days agoThis raises a valid point. Why is the default bone shape an elliptic cylinder with two symmetrical nodules at each end. Even as a kid (in the 1980s) I noticed this was weird, since no bone we take meat off of or have in our body looks like that.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThis is a much cooler (and much more 3D) bone than the two nodules at each end flat bone. I get that they flattened it to make it cheaper to stamp, but still. I’m counting at least three peaks at the top.
minus-squareGoretantath@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-23 days ago?? I just searched bones and joints look like this description, two nodules on the end of a stick.
This raises a valid point. Why is the default bone shape an elliptic cylinder with two symmetrical nodules at each end. Even as a kid (in the 1980s) I noticed this was weird, since no bone we take meat off of or have in our body looks like that.
This is a much cooler (and much more 3D) bone than the two nodules at each end flat bone.
I get that they flattened it to make it cheaper to stamp, but still. I’m counting at least three peaks at the top.
?? I just searched bones and joints look like this description, two nodules on the end of a stick.
Humerus?
Hilarious!