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Fun Fact: cilia

cilia

Anatomy def: Eyelashes or short hair-like structures of some cells.

Outlander def: Awesome eye fringes, telegraphing desire from Jamie to Claire, and she to he!

Learn about eyelashes in Anatomy Lesson #29, “The Eyes Have It!” or “The Eyes- Part One.”

Read about Jamie’s unusual eyelashes in Diana Gabaldon’s book, Dragonfly in Amber

I undressed slowly, standing by the bed, looking down at him. He had turned onto his side and curled himself up against the cold. His lashes lay long and curving against his cheek; they were a deep auburn, nearly black at the tips, but a pale blond near the roots. It gave him an oddly innocent air, despite the long, straight nose and the firm lines of mouth and chin.

Watch Claire and Jamie flutter long lush lashes in Starz episode 204, La Dame Blanche!

A deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist

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Fun Fact: Vastus medialis

vastus-medialis

Anatomy def: vastus medialis, the most medial of four muscles constituting the quadraceps femoris muscle of anterior thigh.

Outlander def: long awaited, verra fine thigh muscle of Dougal MacKenzie, War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie!

Learn about the vastus medialis and quadraceps femoris muscles in Anatomy Lesson #7 “Jamie’s Thighs” or “Ode to Joy!”

Read about Jamie’s thigh muscles in Dragonfly in Amber book (alas, couldn’a find a Dougal quote):

I scooped out a good bit of the salve and spread it down the long muscle of the thigh, pushing Jamie’s kilt above his hip to keep out of the way. The flesh of his leg was warm; not the heat of infection, only the normal heat of a young male body, flushed with exercise and the glowing pulse of health. I massaged the cream gently into the skin, feeling the swell of the hard muscle, probing the divisions of quadriceps and hamstring. Jamie made a small grunting sound as I rubbed harder.

See Dougal’s kilt-kick showing a fierce and fine vastus medialis muscle in Starz episode 209, Je Suis Prest. Thank ye verra much, Dougal!

A deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist

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Fun Fact: smallpox

smallpox

Anatomy def: An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and prolific pustules, leaving survivors with permanent scars.

Outlander def: Ship-burning plague rendering Claire and Jamie enemies of the Frenchie, Comte St. Germain! Oopsie!

Learn about smallpox in Anatomy Lesson #21, “Smallpox” or “The Devils Mark.”

Smallpox (one word) was first used as a term in 15th century Great Britain to distinguish it from syphilis, the “great pox.”

Read about smallpox in Diana Gabaldon’s second book, Dragonfly in Amber!

I approached him cautiously, … He was flushed with fever, his skin a queer dark red, scabbed thick with white pustules. … I sank to my knees by the sick man and opened his filthy shirt. … His arms were relatively clear, but the pustules clustered thickly down his chest and stomach, and his skin was burning to the touch. I had seen smallpox many times before, in the uncivilized parts of the world to which my uncle Lamb, an eminent archaeologist, had taken me during my early years. …“I’m afraid it is smallpox,” I said.

See sailors stricken with smallpox in Starz episode 201 “Through a Glass Darkly.” Wonderful special effects – raised lesions with small dimpled centers typifying smallpox lesions. Well done Outlander! yay!

a deeply grateful,

Outlander Anatomist