The human skeletal ... axis of the body, such as the bones of the head, neck, chest, and spine. The hyoid is a U-shaped bone found at the base of the jaw. It serves as a point of attachment ...

The neck and shoulder region of vertebrates has undergone a complex evolutionary history. To identify its underlying mechanisms we map the destinations of embryonic neural crest and mesodermal ...

"Our skeleton with its bones, joints, and muscle attachments serves us so well in our daily lives that we hardly pay attention to this extraordinary system," says senior study author, Dr. Elazar ...

“As muscles themselves are not preserved in fossils, we inferred their presence and location in the hand skeleton based on their distinctive areas of attachment on the bone surface,” wrote ...