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Fun Fact: Acromion

Anatomy def: The outermost end of the spine of scapula (shoulder blade).

Outlander def: This delicious “point of the shoulder” presents a grand shoulder for Claire to cry on!

Learn about the acromion in Anatomy Lesson #2: “When Claire Meets Jamie” or “How to Fall in Love While Reducing a Dislocated Shoulder Joint!” (wow, that lesson posted a looong time ago!) The acromion forms a stable joint with the clavicle (collar bone) and serves as an attachment site for muscles.

Read about the acromion or point of the shoulder in Dragonfly in Amber book. Gratefully, Diana never fails to provide!

I put a stop to this by punching him as hard as I could on the point of the shoulder. Surprised, he let the arm collapse under him with a sharp “Oof!” and rolled onto his side, back toward me…

See Jamie’s acromion in Starz episode 201, Not in Scotland Anymore. Hey, students, look at the acromion, not his chest. Hee, hee. The bump just below Jamie’s acromion is part of the humerus. Uncle Jared is sorry he doubted his nephew, but we never did. Jamie is the best! Go anatomy!

A deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist

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Fun Fact: corrugator supercilii

corrugator-supercilii

Anatomy def: Paired corrugator supercilii muscles draw the eyebrows downward and inward, producing vertical wrinkles between the brows. Also known as the worrying muscles!

Outlander def: Muscles that wrinkle Clair’s brow in worry whenever her lovable laddie leaves!

Come back to her, James Fraser, ASAP!

Learn about the corrugator supercilii muscles in Anatomy Lesson #11: “Jamie’s Face” or “Ye do it Face to Face?”

Read about Claire and Jamie worrying for each other in Outlander book:

“I’d be sorry to leave ye, Sassenach, but it might be best.” “Don’t mind for me,” I said. I hadn’t realized before that his departure would necessarily leave me alone at the Castle, and the thought made me more than slightly nervous.

See both Claire and Jamie looking worried as they contract their corrugator supercilii muscles in Starz episode 110, By the Pricking of My Thumbs! Hear Dougal tell Jamie: “I said to kiss her; dinna swallow her!” Har har, that Dougal is a canny, clever clansman!

a deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist

P.S. Thanks to Ed for the idea!

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Fun Fact: orbicularis oculi

orbicularis-oculi

Anatomy definition: the muscle surrounding each eye that is responsible for closing the eyelids.

Outlander definition: the muscles closing Jamie’s eyelids whenever he conjures randy thoughts about Claire…..whinny and snort!

Learn about orbicularis oculi muscles in “Anatomy Lesson #11, “Jamie’s Face” or “Ye do it Face to Face?” and Anatomy Lesson #31 “An Eye for an Eye – The Eye Part 3!”

Hee, hee! Read about Jamie’s attempts to wink at Claire with his orbicularis oculi muscles in Outlander book:

“That’s not precisely what I had in mind.” Jamie, I had found out by accident a few days previously, had never mastered the art of winking one eye. Instead, he blinked solemnly, like a large red owl. “And just what did you have in mind?” I inquired. My suspicious look met an innocent, childlike gaze of blue. “I was just wondering what you’d look like … on the grass … under the trees … by the water … with your skirts up around your ears.”

See Jamie “wink and blink” in Starz, episode 106, The Wedding!

A deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist