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====II The Temperament of the Several Members==== Each member of the body is described to be given each its individual temperament, each with its own degree of heat and moisture. Avicenna lists members of the body in "order of degree of Heat", from hottest to coldest.<ref name="Bakhtiar" />{{rp|66}} #The breath and "the heart in which it arises"; #The blood; which is said to be generated from the liver; #The liver, which may be looked upon as concentrated blood; #The flesh, which would be as hot as the liver were it not for the nervous tissue which pervades it; #The muscles, which are cooler than the flesh because of their tendons and ligaments, as well as the nerves; #The spleen, which is colder because of the faex of the blood; #The kidneys; #The wall of the arteries; #The veins; #The skin of the palms and soles. Then a list is given of coldest members to hottest.<ref name="Bakhtiar" />{{rp|66}} #The serious humour; #The hairs; #The bones; #The cartilage; #The ligaments; #The tendon; #The membranes; #The nerves; #The spinal cord; #The brain; #The fat; #The oil of the body; #The skin. Then a list is given in order of moisture. Avicenna credits [[Galen]] with this particular list.<ref name="Bakhtiar" />{{rp|67}} #The serious humour #The blood #The oil #the fat #the brain #the spinal cord #the breasts and the testicles #the lung #the liver #the spleen #the kidneys #the muscles #the skin Finally, a list is given in order of dryness<ref name="Bakhtiar" />{{rp|67β68}} #the hair #the bone #cartilage #ligaments #tendons #sereous membranes #arteries #veins #motor nerves #heart #sensory nerves #skin
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