Some wounds are worth it! Anatomy Lesson #37, “Outlander Owies, Part 3 – Mars and Scars!”, tomorrow, March 29th.
A deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
Fun Fact: 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!
Fun Fact: 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