A joint is held together by ligaments which give the joints their stability. Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where joints meet. Tendons attach muscles to the skeleton. Synovial joints ...

In the 16th century, when the study of human anatomy was still in its infancy, curious onlookers would gather in anatomical theaters to catch of a glimpse of public dissections of the dead. In the ...

Andreas Otte examined the left hand, as too many bones are missing from the right hand. Using a photo of what historians believe to be Bach’s skeleton, Otte calculated the hand’s size—nearly ...

The Anatomy Laboratory Students study anatomy with a multidisciplinary approach to learning, using prosections, models, bones, and radiographic imaging. Twenty stations are each equipped with two PCs ...

To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy of "knuckle-walking" primates like ...

Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as well ... lobe fins are supported by the same basic bones as your arms and legs. Coelacanths even move ...

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...