The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skeletal system includes your bones, ligaments that attach bone to bone ...

Imagine you are an archaeologist excavating at a new building site in East London, the location of an ancient cemetery. Deep down you uncover bones that look old. You recover a full skull with teeth, ...

The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti Ship Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other ...

The patient was referred to our care one month later, with an infected wound on the dorsal aspect of the third and fourth digits, comminuted fractures of the proximal and middle phalanges ...

A couple of patients underwent complex emergency surgeries at Srirangam Government Hospital carried out under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme on Thursday ...

Bioarcheologists estimate the age of child and subadult skeletons based on the maturation of the skeleton and the development of the teeth. As seen here, the growth plate (epiphysis) of her shin ...

The oracle bone below was discovered in China over 100 years ago. At first, nobody knew what they were. Later, historians realised the words inscribed on them were questions and they were able to ...

“The bones formed 21 sets of articulating phalanges from a minimum of four gazelle and six sheep. Gazelle bone fusion data indicate that at least two gazelle, represented by five limbs, must ...

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals that walked the Earth 260 million years ago. A new paper argues ...

Sep. 10, 2024 — Bioactive glasses, a filling material which can bond to tissue and improve the strength of bones and teeth, has been combined with gallium to create a potential treatment for ...

Bone is a mineralized connective tissue from which bones, the main component of the vertebrate skeleton, are formed. Bone tissue is composed of cells, namely osteoblasts, osteoclasts and ...