NASA’s study on mice in space reveals how microgravity weakens bones, highlighting risks for astronauts and solutions for ...

There are three main bones in the leg. The femur is the long bone in your thigh that connects your hip to your knee; it’s also your body's longest and strongest bone. There are two bones in your ...

Explore 10 facts about fractures, from how bones naturally heal to breakthrough treatments. Learn essential recovery ...

Bursae (plural of bursa) cushion bones and other tissues. Trochanteric bursitis affects the pointed upper, outside edge of ...

Lucy's pelvic, hip, and leg bones offered more proof. As in a human, Lucy's thighbones (femurs) angle in from the hip toward the knee. Her shinbones (tibiae) then descend straight to the ground ...

A team of biomedical engineers at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science working with a team of bio-scientist colleagues from NASA Ames Research Center, both in the U.S., has found that test mice ...

Grade 2 heterotopic ossification happens when the bone fragments spread to other parts of your pelvis and femur (thigh bone). The bone growths will be at least 1 centimeter apart from each other.

According to the Arthritis Foundation, the hip is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints. It is where the thigh bone meets the pelvis to form a ball-and-joint socket. The hip joint ...

A bone discovered at a Corpus Christi facility was confirmed through DNA to belong to Caleb Harris, matching samples from his parents.