In the 16th century, when the study of human anatomy was still in its infancy, curious onlookers would gather in anatomical theaters to catch of a glimpse of public dissections of the dead. In the ...

Cultures worldwide have spun curious and eerie tales about the human body’s quirks, shaping beliefs that persist to this day ...

The fabella disappeared from our lineage millions of years ago, but over the last century, its presence in people’s knees has become more common. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where ...

Superior High School students Mark Purcell, left, and Kaitlyn Forester tie a knot to a plaster bone and bucket to secure its ...

A joint is held together by ligaments which give the joints their stability. Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where joints meet. Tendons attach muscles to the skeleton. Synovial joints ...

In 2014 radiology professor Mark Griswold was looking for a new way to teach anatomy. Running a cadaver ... images into 3-D models of the human body’s bones and organs and enables students ...

The renowned firm provides Augmented Reality to study the human body. The representative at the firm stated, “The introduction of augmented reality to anatomy education offers a significant ...

Yet one great achievement that frequently goes unrecognized is his studies of human anatomy ... He drew and described nearly all the bones and muscles of the body in beautiful detail, as well ...