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Muscles

Part of
Musculoskeletal System
Tissues

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Images about Muscles

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  • Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.
  • Muscles of the leg and foot: four figures. Pencil drawing by J. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
  • Muscles of the trunk: four figures, including the ribcage and shoulder. Pencil drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
  • An écorché with left arm extended to the side, seen from the front. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
  • Two figures: a kneeling human skeleton, with hands tied behind its back, and an écorché figure tied to a tree-trunk. Engraving by Barlow, ca. 1800.
  • Muscles of the leg: left leg right anterior view (left); left leg right anterior view (centre); right leg right posterior view (right).
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
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    A muscleman, seen from the front. Engraving, 1713, after a woodcut, 1543.

    | Date: 1713 | Reference: 32328i
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    A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Reference: 18362i
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    A male écorché figure in three-quarter view seen from the right, holding the skin of his legs in his right hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.

    Bonasone, Giulio, approximately 1498-approximately 1580. | Date: [between 1550 and 1559] | Reference: 26250i
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    The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 27954i
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    Muscles of the trunk: side view. Pencil and chalk drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

    Mongrédien, Adêle. | Date: 1880 | Reference: 568587i
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Human anatomy
Anatomy
Leg
Head
Arm
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