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Fun Fact: Scapula

Outlander episode 312, The Bakra

Anatomy def: Scapulae are paired, flat triangular bones, each forming the back part of the human shoulder – commonly known as the shoulder blades.

Outlander def: Twin blades, shadowed and drenched with goats’ blood, reveal themselves to a terrified young Ian. Puir lad!

Learn about scapulae in Anatomy Lesson #2, When Claire Meets Jamie or How to Fall in Love While Reducing a Dislocated Shoulder Joint! 

Scapulae are extremely important bones because together with each upper arm bone (humerus) they form the shoulder joints. Large, flat and triangular in shape, each scapula also creates the point of the shoulder (acromion) and provide important attachments for muscles such as trapezius, deltoid, and biceps brachii. Fractures of the scapula commonly take 6-8 weeks to heal and some types may require surgery to stabilize. Ergo, take good care of your scapulae!

Read about Jamie’s scapulae in Voyager book. Ahhhh….well, this passage contains a wee bit more anatomical detail than just shoulder blades! <G>

He made a small grunting sound of content as I moved his head into my lap and began to stroke it, rubbing his temples, smoothing back the thick wavy mass of his hair. The back of his neck was damp; I lifted the hair away and blew softly on it, seeing the smooth fair skin prickle into gooseflesh at the nape of his neck.

“Oh, that feels good,” he murmured. Despite my resolve not to touch him beyond the demands of caretaking until everything between us was resolved, I found my hands molding themselves to the clean, bold lines of his neck and shoulders, seeking the hard knobs of his vertebrae and the broad, flat planes of his shoulder blades.

See Geillis’ scapulae emerge from a film of goats’ blood in Outlander episode 312, The Bakra. What a vision!!!

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Outlander Anatomist

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Fun Fact: Iris

 

Starz, Outlander episode 307, Creme de Menthe

Anatomy Def:  Flat, colored, ring-shaped layer behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening (pupil) in the center. In Greek mythology Iris was goddess of rainbows, an apt metaphor for the many colors of the human iris.

Outlander def: “Claire!”… His goddess, as far as Jamie’s bonny blue irises are concerned. His orbs fix on a face – not seen in 20 years! And, Claire’s irises fix on her soul mate:

Sing me a song of gal who’s not gone,

Say, could that lass be Claire?

Some were dead wrong, as she loves her man strong,

Challenge her will if you dare!

Jamie’s her man,

She belongs to his clan,

She’s part of his blood and bone!

Her eyes are for him; she’ll risk life and limb,

‘Till their life on earth shall be done!

Learn about irises in Anatomy Lesson #31, An Aye for an Eye. Irises are shaped a bit like those old 45 records: thin and flat with a hole in the center. The hole in the center of an iris is the pupil. Pupil diameter increases when the dilator pupillae muscle contracts; its diameter decreases when the constrictor pupillae muscle contracts.

Read about Jamie’s eyes in Voyager book: 

“You’re real,” he whispered. I had thought him pale already. Now all vestiges of color drained from his face. His eyes rolled up and he slumped to the floor in a shower of papers and oddments that had been sitting on the press—he fell rather gracefully for such a large man, I thought abstractedly.

See Jamie’s blue irises in Starz, Outlander episode 307, Creme de Menthe. He canna believe his irises! She’s baaack!!!!

The deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist

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