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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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carpometacarpal joint metatarsophalangeal joint synovial joint synarthrosis knee elbow wrist sacroiliac shoulder ankle bone vertebral column jaw cartilage rib skull human skeleton axial skeleton exoskeleton coccyx

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Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet

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