told The Washington Post that the skull bumps look like “a bird’s beak, a horn, a hook,” and that the bone spurs signal a potentially serious spinal deformity that can lead to headaches and ...

A bone spur, also called an exostosis or osteoma ... They may also develop around the skull, including inside the mouth and sinuses. Children and young adults are more likely to experience ...

In that position, the ligament that helps hold up the head pulls against the skull, and “the bone will adapt by forming a small mound or protuberance,” Dr. Johnson said. The bone spur itself ...

All the various skull bone parts come together to serve two major purposes. First, the skull surrounds and protects the brain, brainstem, and eyes. In addition, the skull provides the structure ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has shown that the skull bone marrow is an exception to bone marrow aging and actually increases ...

There are many types of skull cancers and tumors. Some tumors found in the bone of the skull are benign. Others are cancerous, meaning they’ll grow faster and spread to other parts of the body ...

A detailed look at the skull reveals that bone marrow cells there change and are recruited to the brain after injury, possibly traveling through tiny channels connecting the skull and the outer ...

A teenager's skull bone was placed in her abdomen to preserve it after surgery. Chelsey Smith was 15 when she got in a life-threatening car crash that caused her brain to swell. The procedure ...