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what is it called when your forearm is the same size as your foot?

And your thumb is the same size as your nose, your arms stretched out is as tall as you.

What is that called?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    There is a branch of anthropology that measures the size, dimensions and proportions of the human body. This is called anthropometry.Others simply call it body proportions.

    As Bill M stated, Leonardo da Vinci has a famous drawing called the Vitruvian Man (named after the Roman architect Vitruvius), a drawing based on correlations da Vinci had made between proportions of the male human anatomy and Vitruvius' orders of architecture as found in his De Architectura-- a treatise of architecture, and the only source of architecture from classical antiquity that has survived.

    Some interesting ratios (I've included some of the ones you've listed):

    - The length of a man's arm span, measured from the tips of the middle fingers, is about equal to his height.

    - The length of the nose is about equal to the first two notches/bends (distal and middle phalanges) of the index finger. This is measured from the nasal bridge to the tip of the nose.

    - The length of the foot is about equal to the length of the forearm. Or vice versa. The measurement of the forearm is taken from the wrist to the crook of the elbow (the length of the radius).

    - The length of the shin (or tibia) is equal to the width of the hip.

    - The length of the hand is about equal to the height of the face.

    - The width of the base of the nose is about equal to the width of one eye.

    - The distance from the bottom of the nose to the (inner) corner of the eye is about equal to the height of the ear.

    - The distance between the eyes (inner corner to inner corner) is about equal to the width of one eye.

    - The distance between the pupils is about equal to the width of two eyes. (A little tricky, but some basic geometry*)

    *I'll try to roughly explain this. Let's assume the distance between the eyes IS equal to the width of one eye, and that one eye is 1inch in diameter. The pupil is the center of the eye (or the radius) and basic geometry teaches you that the radius is one half of the diameter. So the radius (or pupil) of the eye would be half an inch. A half inch plus a half inch (radius plus radius) equals the diameter, 1 inch, plus another 1 inch equals two.

    Those are just a few of the ones that I can remember. I only listed ones that I have personally tried, and my measurements were pretty accurate.

    Source(s): Having personally tried all of these, as well as many art, anatomy and geometry courses.
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Needles come in different diameters and lengths according to their intended use. Veins aren't all the same size either, so choosing the right size needle is important if you don't want to damage or collapse a vein.

  • 4 years ago

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  • 4 years ago

    get operating each day

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    nature I think

    your forearm is meant to be the same size as your foot

    strange as this may seem

    not sure about the thumb same size as noes

    probably nature too as its the same for me

    x

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Foot-forearmedness.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bill M is an idiot ... cuz it's supposed to be the same size.

    Source(s): Captain Obvious
  • 5 years ago

    Just about any exercise burns up calories

  • 5 years ago

    Just about any physical activity can burn calorie consumption

  • 6 years ago

    it is called ascterfot it has some thing to do with the golden ratio

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