This wrist bone gives the thumb both motion and stability The trapezium bone is one of eight small bones that make up the wrist joint. It is also known as the greater multangular bone. The trapezium ...

The lacrimal bone is perhaps the most fragile bone of the face and one of the smallest bones in the body. Spanning between the middle of each eye socket, each lacrimal is thin and scalelike and serves ...

It's not just wrinkles that reveal age. A new study finds that changes in bone structure make faces look older, too. While scientists had known there are general bone changes with age, such as bone ...

Fossils of an ancient egg-laying mammal indicate that the configuration of the bones in all living mammals’ ears arose at least twice along independent evolutionary pathways, paleontologists say. The ...

External dimensions of human femora and humeri from preagricultural, prehistoric agricultural, and protohistoric agricultural sites in northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama are examined ...