For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife—from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct—are available for all to see, via their bones and ...

A medical research team at Saarland University, led by Professor Bergita Ganse, has discovered a new approach to monitoring ...

Understand why menopause causes bone density loss in women. Learn the hormonal changes responsible and effective strategies ...

Metal screws are indispensable in bone surgery, but they can fail under everyday stress and complications can occur when ...

A strange characteristic of dinosaur skulls amazed researchers, showing evidence of muscles nobody was anticipating.

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they've called the "exoparia." The finding deepens our ...

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur ...

Bone marrow is the soft, fatty tissue inside large bones like the hip and thigh bones. It develops the body's red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight infections, and platelets ...

The Anatomy team at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has successfully passed a rigorous inspection conducted by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA ... thousands of real bones and 190 potted ...

Most joints are mobile, allowing the bones to move. Joints consist of the following: Cartilage. This is a type of tissue that covers the surface of a bone at a joint. Cartilage helps reduce the ...

Female anatomy differs from male anatomy in many different respects. Generally speaking, girls and women are smaller, overall, than boys and men, and have less dense bones, more fat tissue, and ...

Compact tissue. This is the harder, outer tissue of bones. Cancellous tissue. This is the sponge-like tissue inside bones. Subchondral tissue. This is the smooth tissue at the ends of bones, which is ...