Explores the anatomy and functions of human joints, categorizing them into three main types: fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial. It details the characteristics and subtypes of each joint type, ...

It’s why space suits are made up of 16 layers of material that act like ... messes with the human body in ways that are still being studied and understood.

Researchers discovered that epithelial cells that line human skin are able to communicate danger to the body through a silent ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

We have two types of hair, says dermatologist Elizabeth Houshmand. Vellus hairs, or “peach fuzz,” cover virtually our entire ...

The Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA) and two other organizations have set ethical guidelines for students and doctors ...

Professor Im Joo Rhyu, director of the Korea University Graduate Program for Convergence & Translational Biomedicine and ...

Mireia Manzano explains why anatomy and physiology matter in nurse education, forming the scaffolding of safe and effective care. Read more.

For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

WEHI researchers have solved a decades-long mystery by determining the structure of human PINK1, a key protein linked to ...

A pair of University of Houston professors and experts in crystallization have captured the first-ever real-time images of ...