QUESTION: Are extra-tall people just prone to more injuries and broken bones? Can you grow so tall that you outgrow the density of your bones?

Giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is a rare primary osteolytic bone tumor with high local recurrence rate after surgical resection. Here the authors conduct a phase Ib/II trial, evaluating the ...

Variations in the anatomy of the temporal bone are not uncommon and usually have to do with the size and shape of its many openings. The most commonly observed variations include: The temporal bone ...

The movie adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's debut YA novel, Children of Blood and Bone, is officially on the horizon. After being years in the making, it looks like the literary phenomenon is finally ...

An iliac wing fracture occurs in the upper part of the ilium bone in the pelvis. It's also known as a Duverney fracture, named after French surgeon Joseph Guichard Duverney's first description of ...

Bone marrow resides in a network of thin, web-like bone columns known as trabecular or spongy bone, which forms a honeycomb pattern. This porous structure supports blood cell production by housing ...

Autogenous bone grafting continues to be the most desirable alternative for treatment of a number of common orthopaedic conditions. Autogenous bone graft has the advantage of being accessible ...

A skeleton buried in a fetal position is actually made of bones from at least five people who lived across a span of 2,500 years. A skeleton excavated from a Roman-era cremation cemetery in ...

Shirin van Anrooij will not compete in the cyclocross or early road racing seasons while she recovers from successful surgery to treat iliac artery endofibrosis undergone on October 31.

Now, researchers are studying the objects and bones from the wreck to better understand ... Now, astronomers have used a new instrument to map the 3D structure of strange filaments radiating ...