Through these processes, the tissue not only serves as a template for bone growth but also yields mature articular cartilage providing joints with a low-friction, wear-resistant bearing material.

A 63-year-old man who was seeking care for his knee pain was taken aback to hear ... "ossification" along its whole shaft, which means a bone had grown within the penis. The man was diagnosed ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Textbooks will tell you that the human body contains 206 bones. But sometimes, there are 208. The fabella, a small bone in a tendon behind the knee, was lost over ...

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is an enigmatic condition with confusing terminology ... Presentations of acute shin splints should be regarded as bone stress injuries until proven otherwise and ...

A tiny knee bone often found in people with a common type ... the cyamella and the medial fabella. They discovered that ...

Background: Bone contusions are often identified at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the acutely injured knee. Contusions of both surfaces of the joint are known ... 3 type I, 1 type II, 5 type III ...