reinterpretations of the ankh symbol part 2 - Asar Imhotep

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8 Looking at the thorax through a cross section, we notice that the loop is almost kidney shaped. To get a greater appreciation of the thorax, we must examine the thoracic wall. The thoracic wall is made up of the sternum, ribs plus three layers of intercostal muscles, diaphragm and the intercostal vessels and nerves. MUSCLES OF THE THORACIC WALL The muscles of the thorax consist of the intercostals and diaphragm (ntnt). The intercostal muscles are arranged as three layers between the ribs: external layer, internal layer and an incomplete innermost layer. The diaphragm closes the thoracic outlet and separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity. The three layers of the intercostal muscles are: � external layer -- external intercostal � internal layer -- internal intercostal � innermost layer -- transversus thoracic (anterior), innermost (lateral) and subcostal (posterior) The most important muscle of the thoracic wall is the diaphragm. During normal respiration, this muscle is the primary component. The diaphragm pulls air down into your lungs. As you can see in the images below, the innermost layer is split into three differently named muscle groups. The transversus thoracis, innermost intercostal and subcostal muscles make up the deepest layer of muscles from anterior to posterior, respectively.
9 THE RESPIRATION PROCESS diaphragm as seen from below All of this detail is critical in the understanding of the breathing process for human beings. The anx is a symbol for the respiration (breathing) process and although the bones are the primary structure of the emblem, it speaks to all that is involved in the breathing process. I remember in my biology class in undergrad where the first 4 or 5 weeks we focused on the respiratory system. It took me about 4 weeks to actually figure out we were talking about breathing. The technical details at the time overwhelmed me, but I stuck it out and got a better understanding of the breathing process. It’s interesting that 13 years later I am revisiting this same subject by way of ancient Egypt. If I would have learned it through Africa first, I may have retained a lot more (although I did retain quite a bit because I wrote out my assignments using poetry). Respiration is the process of exchanging O2 (oxygen) with CO2 (carbon-dioxide). Molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide are passively exchanged, by diffusion, between the gaseous external environment and the blood. This exchange process occurs in the alveolar region of the lungs. In order to get the oxygen into the lungs, all of the structures that we have discussed previously (and others not mentioned for the sake of space) act together to increase the area of the thoracic cavity. The respiratory system is like an upside down tree. When air enters your body, it goes down your trachea. This would be the trunk of your tree: the one airway at the beginning of the process. This one-way process quickly then divides into two airways to feed into two lungs; these are your bronchial tubes. And just like tree branches, those airways break off into four, then eight, then hundreds of thousands of little airways in each lung. 5 Those airways are your bronchi. At the end of 5 It would be interesting to discover that this numeration follows the 2 n series which is the basic binary counting system in Africa: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc. This numbering system is essential to the Yorùbá system of Ifa and for ancient Egyptian building and even market calculations. See Dr. Charles D. Finch’s The Star of Deep Beginnings: The Genesis of African Science and Technology (1999). Khenti Publishings.
Page 1 and 2: 1 REINTERPRETATIONS OF THE ANKH SYM
Page 3 and 4: 3 INTRODUCTION In part one of this
Page 5 and 6: 5 case in point is the htp (hotep)
Page 7: 7 What doctors call the “True Rib
Page 11 and 12: 11 Getting back to the bronchial tu
Page 13 and 14: 13 The association of the anx and b
Page 15 and 16: 15 In Imhotep (2011), I also demons
Page 17 and 18: 17 Cellular respiration is the set
Page 19 and 20: 19 behind all growth and developmen
Page 21 and 22: 21 This very root is also in the te
Page 23 and 24: 23 On the left is the god Wsr (Osir
Page 25 and 26: 25 OTHER BREATHING CONNECTIONS Aero
Page 27 and 28: 27 In this version one could say th
Page 29 and 30: 29 need it. That is what respiratio
Page 31 and 32: 31 The god Ptah holding the Dd pill
Page 33 and 34: 33 worship, one should look for the
Page 35 and 36: 35 Thompkins, Peter and Bird, Chris

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