Ah, biology. I’ll never forget that one time in class when we dissected a Hulk. actually, I pretty much dropped out of high school rather than doing any of that animal dissection stuff, so I’m sure I wouldn’t have the stomach for something like this-but still the anatomy of a Hulk skull makes for pretty cool fan art. Artist and biologist Glendon Mellow, who assures me that no hulks were harmed in the makng of this pic, created it back in 2002. And he gets crazy specific with the anatomical details:
TOP LEFT
The Hulk Reviewed
Points of interest concerning the osteological and muscular systems.
TOP LEFT: The Skull
Note muscle-anchoring protuberances and ridges not found in average frontal and zygomatic bones.
Enlarged and bifurcated nasal cavities; see Appendix 3.1 for discussion and speculation of respiratory efficiency. See also; ribcage and spinal cord sinuses.
Note disproportion of maxilla to mandible.
TOP RIGHT: The Skull
Grossly enlarged frontal fontanelle, similarity to Zinjanthropus found in 1959.
Three scars unhealed grazing left ocular cavity; unusually, no traces of foreign molecules
TOP LEFT
The Hulk Reviewed
Points of interest concerning the osteological and muscular systems.
TOP LEFT: The Skull
Note muscle-anchoring protuberances and ridges not found in average frontal and zygomatic bones.
Enlarged and bifurcated nasal cavities; see Appendix 3.1 for discussion and speculation of respiratory efficiency. See also; ribcage and spinal cord sinuses.
Note disproportion of maxilla to mandible.
TOP RIGHT: The Skull
Grossly enlarged frontal fontanelle, similarity to Zinjanthropus found in 1959.
Three scars unhealed grazing left ocular cavity; unusually, no traces of foreign molecules present.
Connective tissue spurs above eyeteeth at gumline.
Note complete absence of tooth decay or erosion.
Analysis of blood vessel to marrow ratios reveals skeletal system itself surprisingly fragile relative to comparisons with muscle and tissue tensile densities.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Musculature
Layers of cartilage and dense marrow-like tumours surround blood vessels; protecting both vessels and braincase simultaneously.
Jaw muscles extend to skull ridge homologous to gorilla.
Note muscles allowing subject to shut nostrils: unheard of in primates. This trait normally found in desert-dwelling ungulates such as dromedary camel.
Jaw may lock while mandible is at any degree of extension.
Elasticity of muscle tissues allows striations and contractions on 4-axis per muscle. Eyes and mouth can close using enormous, continuous pressure.
Connective tissue spurs above eyeteeth at gumline.
Note complete absence of tooth decay or erosion.
Analysis of blood vessel to marrow ratios reveals skeletal system itself surprisingly fragile relative to comparisons with muscle and tissue tensile densities.
