There are three main bones in the leg. The femur is the long bone in your thigh that connects your hip to your knee; it’s also your body's longest and strongest bone. There are two bones in your ...

Lucy's pelvic, hip, and leg bones offered more proof. As in a human, Lucy's thighbones (femurs) angle in from the hip toward the knee. Her shinbones (tibiae) then descend straight to the ground ...

Bursae (plural of bursa) cushion bones and other tissues. Trochanteric bursitis affects the pointed upper, outside edge of ...

Grade 2 heterotopic ossification happens when the bone fragments spread to other parts of your pelvis and femur (thigh bone). The bone growths will be at least 1 centimeter apart from each other.

Scientists have discovered the oldest known cerapodan dinosaur fossil in Morocco, discovered back 168 million years.

West Ham striker Michail Antonio is “100%” confident he will play again as he recovers from a car crash that left him with a ...

IMAGE] Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, shares six ways to help manage knee arthritis, and stay active ...

Paulson signed a three-year, $54 million contract with $38.5 million guaranteed because of the production he put on tape when ...

Debiparshad inserted the nail through the small window he’d created at the top of the femur and secured the nail inside the bone with four screws. The surgery on Mattern’s right leg took less ...

Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) may help lower the risk of children's bone fractures in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a study found.