Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Background: Penetrating craniovertebral junction (CVJ) injuries are rare. The mortality rate of these lesions is extremely high due to the complex anatomy of the region composed of a conglomerate of ...

How Breast Cancer Cells Survive in Bone Marrow After Remission Dec. 4 ... effective at increasing height and improving proportional limb growth in children with achondroplasia, the most common ...

Never Broke a Bone Theory refers to the supposed spiritual meaning of never breaking a bone, with the most prevalent claim being that if you have never broken a bone you have been chosen to go through ...

In a suggestion with far-reaching impact, a prominent Hindu monk heading the Kerala Sivagiri mutt Tuesday said the practice of men entering temples after removing their upper garment is “evil” and ...

HENRICO, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A registered nurse in Virginia was arrested after several NICU babies were found with mysterious injuries and bone fractures, according to authorities. Erin ...

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and coccygeal dermatomes are often grouped together as the lower extremity dermatomes. A spinal nerve root is a bundle of nerve fibers that branches off from the spinal cord and passes through an ...

It is the lower, or inferior, part of the vena cava—a large vein also made up of the superior vena cava that carries blood from the head, neck, arms, and chest in the upper body to the heart. The IVC ...