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scalp

Soft tissue covering the skull (excluding the face). It is arranged in five layers: (1) the skin; (2) the connective tissue binding the skin to the muscles beneath; (3) the epicranium, consisting of the two parts of the occipito-frontalis muscle and the aponeurosis or tendon between them; (4) a layer of loose areolar tissue or lymph space allowing free mobility of the surface layers; and (5) the pericranium or periosteum covering the skull bones.

The second layer of connective tissue contains the scalp's abundant blood supply, which is responsible for its remarkable capacity for healing.



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At the conclusion of each massacre in either country, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at stated regular periods, as may be provided by treaty, there shall be an exchange of scalps between the two Governments, scalp for scalp, without regard to sex or age; the Government having the greatest number is to be taxed on the excess at the rate of $1000 a scalp, and the other Government credited with the amount.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
my son," cried the old fellow, in imploring accents, "you are too brave, too honorable to scalp your father
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
If he is, and spouts a whole lot of that bone-dry stuff about the ancient Mayan civilization and their antiquities, with side lights on how the old-time Indians used to scalp their enemies, I'm going to the moving pictures
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