Elbow taken as six handbreadths; three to the elbow and three from the elbow to the shoulder. Another measure was the "cubit" (from "cubital"). This was taken to be the length of a man's arm from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. Though the elbow is similarly adapted for stability through a wide range of pronation-supination and flexion-extension in all apes, there are some minor differences. In arboreal apes such as orangutans, the large forearm muscles originating on the epicondyles of the humerus generate significant transverse forces on the elbow joint. The structure to resist these forces is
Ten More Turnips from the Tip of Dury as a child, in a pram being pushed by his father William Dury, with their dog Bella. Following a surprising lack of record company interest, negotiations with lawyers and Dury's accountant Ronnie Harris delayed the release of the album by six months but it was greeted by warm reviews and tracks from the album remain in the Blockheads live sets to this day. All tracks composed by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel, except where indicated. Additional Personnel Ten More Turnips from the Tip Ten More Turnips from the Tip is the final studio album by Ian Dury and