Floating about in microgravity might seem like a blissful reprieve for the human body's weight-bearing skeleton, but when ...

The hyoid bone is a small horseshoe-shaped bone located in the front of your neck. It sits between the chin and the thyroid cartilage and is instrumental in the function of swallowing and tongue ...

Skeletal muscle is joined to bones. Its cells contract to make bones ... jointPart of the body which allows movement including the neck, elbows, hips and knees., like your elbows and knees ...

According to a recent study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, the impacts of everyday physical activity do not attenuate the accelerated hormonal bone loss that occurs during menopause.

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against a database of standard markers to learn the age of the skeleton.