Centaur Anatomy

They were either of a warrior class or teachers. The skeletal anatomy of the centaur of volos.

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Centaur by alanlathwell this is one of my oil paintings inspired by old master pictures and statues.

Centaur anatomy. These toothed orifices are attached to a length of esophagus like tissue that runs the length of the centaurs limbs. Hodges library at the university of tennessee knoxville utk since 1994. There are many different kinds.

The vertical or anterior part shows all the characteristics of the species homo. The anatomy of a centaur varies to various humanoids due to the original humanhorse kind marrying other species. Their behavior was so erratic because they were stuck between the animalistic world and human society.

Though the centaur is a creature of folklore the skeletal remains of the centaur of volos have been on permanent display at the john c. Centaurs had two stomachs one of a horse and one of a man so they had to fill both of these stomachs making inviting a centaur over for the week end a serious thing. Centaurs graze through grasping mouths on the base of their four hooves.

For simplicitys sake however we will simply refer to it as anterior a. The sceleton of a centaur is like a skeleton from a horses body that is combined with the skeleton of a humans upper body through the spine at the horses withers and the humans lower back. A mans torso on the body of a horse in place of the head.

There are male and female centaurs in both a centaurs life and daily lives of monster girls. In the original myth centaurs are all male with the female centaurs appearing in the late classical period. Just in case you dont know a centaur is a half human half horse creature from greek mythology.

This means that it has two ribcages and six external limbs the legs and the hands plus the tail. The horizontal part is the posterior one. All possess the upper body head upper torso and arms of a humanoid and the lower body of a horse or any horse like creature.

In classic centaurs this quite obviously belongs to the species equus. Since centaurs cannot easily stoop their upper body to reach low lying plants they rely on a peculuiar method of ingestion to eat while on the move. Their breakfast might include porridge pavendors kidneys bacon an omelette cold ham toast marmalade coffee and beer.

The classic centaur consists of two body parts which meet at a right angle.

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