Here are the few specimen entries for the Android Makers Encyclopedia "I" topics:

Idolatry (you will need your browser's [Back] button to return)

     Iliac spine as used by [Ducroquet] is the Crest of the Ilium. Coincident with a plane and this was one point used for walking studies.

     Iliacus (see [Gray, Fig. 253]) fills the iliac fossa; the inside of the pelvis. It connects the crest of the ilium, the sacrum, and to one inch below the front of the lesser trochanter. This muscle is classified with the innermost layer muscles and fascia of the pelvis and waist area.

Because this extends to below the trochanter of the femur, this muscle pair could perhaps been included in the hip topic. It is put here because so much of it is in the pelvis area and it is one of the few muscles near here at the innermost layer that connects to the sacrum.

     Ilio-costalis, like the Erector spinae, Gray classified in his "Fourth Layer; Dorsal Region," likewise were put in the innermost-intermediate layer of the back. See "Erector spinae."

     Ilio-femoral ligature; [Gray, p.268] is wrapped over the synovia of the hip joint in a particular form. It is made from WhiFt. See Gray, Figure 164. Also see Gray, Figures 180 and 181. This could be an application to a middle layer, but the joint integrity and sealing is more important.

     Ilio-hypogastric nerve arising from the first Lumbar nerve has an android equivalent. Control, sense, and power wiring likely will follow a lot of human nerve paths.

     Ilio-lumbar ligament passes horizontally outward from the Fifth Lumbar's transverse process apex to the Crest of the Ilium. The Ilium attachment being at the immediate front of the Sacro-Iliac articulation suggest that this will be critical mating the spinal and pelvic subassemblies.

     Ilium is one of the component bones of the pelvic girdle; Os Innominatum; with the Ischium and Os Pubis. The pelvis is a complex shape and not really like anything else, hence the Latin name meaning "nameless bone" [Gray, p.171]. The shape of the Ilium is one of the indicators of a skeleton's sex.

The current engineering and design process of the HTA suggest that their pelvic structure may best be made from components alike biology. The complex shapes of these bones made with hybrid forming processes and the applications of ligatures can make a light, strong, and resilient frame structure for an android as much like a human as possible.

Note: The geometries and related expressions need to be known before component dimensions can be computed. The pelvis plan should be drafted before putting dimensions to the frame element working drawings.

     incarnadine is "to tinge with the color of flesh; to dye red." [Thatcher] This topic is in this encyclopedia because it will be important for lifelike hues through translucent materials of android bones, actuators, fascia, skin, etc.

     Inferior Maxillary: See the Superior Maxillary for note about teeth. This Mandible, an "irregular" bone, is the largest and strongest bone of the face which will be cast from composite within a deep mold. This part includes a pair of Rami to form the lower jaw. The shape and finish of this entire casting is important to the likeness of your android. See Gray, page 96 for more details of human anatomy.

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     Interosseous tissues; such as the connection between the Sacrum and the Ilium, are made from TEFC. An android for an older persona may have a synovial membrane also. An example of an interosseous tissue is the Posterior Sacro-Iliac (there is also an Anterior and Oblique).

     Interpupillary measurement; is probably the easiest measurement to take of a subject. (It is used by optometrists to size spectacle frames.) The specimen of women in the smallest 5 percentile range from 1.41-to-2.94 inches.a wide range.

     Interspinous ligament; of the innermost layer of spinal ligatures, is made of YETS. Vertebral processes have the Interspinous Ligaments in addition to the disks. In fact, the disks and the interspinous ligaments could be applied at the same time.

     Intertransverse ligaments of the innermost layer of the spinal ligatures are rounder than of the Lumbar or Cervical regions. See Gray, page 226 for more human information. These are intimately interconnected with the back's deep muscles.

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