Are your ears part of your face?

[davidnjoku@mastodon.world]

@pisheng I've been enjoying watching it. The Yeses were nowhere at the start - just around 20%. Now they're making a comeback

[semantikast@openbiblio.social]

@davidnjoku Dunno why but in German we have an expression "an ass/a butt with ears" ("Arsch mit Ohren") and somehow that popped into my head

[outer@mas.to]

@davidnjoku @DrorBedrack I'm shocked! Shocked!

[beecycling@wandering.shop]

@davidnjoku If ears are face then earmuffs are masks.

I voted no, but I'm now thinking about animals whose ears stand up on top of their heads, especially if they face forward and maybe even move, changing the look of their face.

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@davidnjoku

ears do convey expression and do interact with the facial/vocal muscles, so yes. Ears are absolutely part of the face.

[timmymac@social.vivaldi.net]

@davidnjoku I went with no, becasue while I"m comfortable with my cauliflower ears, I'm not sure I'd feel as good about having cauliflower face.

[skua@mastodon.social]

@davidnjoku

Forehead, temples, cheeks, jaw - the outer edges?

Top of head, hmm?, ears, side of neck, under-jaw, throat - next to the human face?

[marcotietz@infosec.exchange]

@davidnjoku glad we settled that!

[davidnjoku@mastodon.world]

Is your bum part of your legs?

[menneisyytesi@eliitin-some.fi]

@davidnjoku no, they are just good friends

[denny@boing.world]

@davidnjoku Having had relatively extensive reconstructive surgery on my right leg after a car nearly killed me, I can answer this one! The answer is 'no', because medically-speaking your leg is only the bit from the knee down.

It makes slightly more sense if you think about animal legs and how they're articulated.

[grumpydad@infosec.exchange]

@davidnjoku Not yet

[hcbunny@beige.party]

@davidnjoku

Having raised three girls I have explained there's an area where the leg ends and the ass begins and if we have to debate which it is the skirt is TOO SHORT.

[nerde@beige.party]

@grumpydad @davidnjoku
Right! It depends on how low it hangs

[davidnjoku@mastodon.world]

@denny From the knee down?! 🤯

[denny@boing.world]

@davidnjoku Apparently so!

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@denny @davidnjoku
That only accounts for the “knee joint + tibia + fibula”. What about the “femur” thigh bone, isn’t that part of the leg?

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@davidnjoku answered yes.
Anatomically, your “bum” is 2 sets of major muscles attaching your “pelvis” hip bone to the upper part of your “femur” thigh bone. While it is not part of the skeleton, without it we would _not_ be able to walk/run/climb/etc.

[denny@boing.world]

@dahukanna Apparently not

[denny@boing.world]

@dahukanna https://open.oregonstate.education/anatomy2e/chapter/bones-lower-limb/