Over at Scientific American , awe-inspiring science artistGlendon Mellowhas posted my current favorite scene in the entire universe : An anatomy drawing he did a few years ago of Hulk ’s skull , based on the skull of real early hominids . ( Click to enlarge — we ’ve also got the text below . )
write Mellow :
I tried to draw on not only my female parent ’s nursing school form school text , but also Gorilla gorilla and hominid ancestor skulls ( such as Paranthropus , though my cloudy text identitifies it with the outdated Zinjanthropus name ) , inhalation for thing like the cranial ridge and large jaw muscles . I included item such as 3 scratch on the ivory ( I ’m Canadian : Wolverine wrecked his grimace a few times and I want to document that ) and perfect radiate teeth . If anyone has perfect shiny teeth , it require to be Hulk .
skill geekery plus Avengers fandom match glad Friday , people .
Here ’s what the lilliputian textbook around the draftsmanship says :
TOP LEFT
The Hulk review
breaker point of interest group concerning the osteological and mesomorphic system .
TOP left hand : The Skull
preeminence muscular tissue - cast anchor jut and ridge not found in average frontal and zygomatic bone .
Enlarged and bifurcated adenoidal cavities ; see Appendix 3.1 for discussion and speculation of respiratory efficiency . See also ; ribcage and spinal corduroy sinus .
bill disproportion of maxilla to mandible .
TOP RIGHT : The Skull
Grossly enlarged frontal fontanelle , similarity to Zinjanthropus find in 1959 .
Three scars unhealed grazing get out ocular cavity ; unusually , no traces of foreign molecules present .
Connective tissue spurs above cuspid at gumline .
remark terminated absence seizure of tooth decay or erosion .
Analysis of blood vessel to marrow ratios let out skeletal system itself astonishingly fragile relation to comparisons with muscle and weave tensile densities .
BOTTOM RIGHT : Musculature
Layers of gristle and dense marrow - like tumours wall bloodline vas ; protecting both vessels and braincase at the same time .
Jaw muscles exsert to skull ridge homologous to Gorilla gorilla .
Note muscles allow subject to shut nostril : unheard of in prelate . This trait normally found in desert - dwelling ungulates such as dromedary camel .
Jaw may lock while mandible is at any degree of lengthiness .
Elasticity of muscleman tissues allows striation and contraction on 4 - axis per muscle . Eyes and mouth can fill up using tremendous , uninterrupted insistency .
viaSymbiartic on Scientific American
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