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A labrum (Latin for "lip") is the large vessel of a warm bath in the Roman thermae. These were cut out of great blocks of marble and granite, and have generally an overhanging lip. There is one in the Vatican of porphyry over 12 ft. in diameter. Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and several geographic locations. ...
Koos The term thermae was the word the ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths. ...
Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ...
Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ...
(For other meanings of Porphyr, see Porphyry) Porphyry is a very hard igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. ...
The term labrum is also used in zoology and anatomy, of a lip or lip-like part; in entomology it is applied specifically to the upper lip of an insect, the lower lip, being termed labium. In anatomy the glenoid labrum is a lip-like projection of cartilage on the scapula. Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (walking sticks) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera...
A labium (plural is labia) is any of four folds of tissue of the female external genitalia. ...
Left scapula - front view () Left scapula - rear view () In anatomy, the scapula, or shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone). ...
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