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====Physiology====
[[Image:Human Skeleton Diagram 73.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Diagram of the Human skeleton included in [[The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]].{{Fn|22}}]]
The Imperium teaches that the sacred human form is a paradigm of perfection and purity. This believed superiority codifies a belief that it is right and just to dominate all "lesser creatures", being anything not human.{{Fn|22}}
The human body has 206 '''bones'''. This coincides with the [[Catechism of Sacred Form]]'s 206 stanzas. The principle bone configurations are: the skull, the rib cage (or chest wall), and the spine. To these configurations are attached the limbs.{{Fn|22}}