Within the skeleton there are different kinds of bone. The type of bone determines the amount of movement. Type of bone Example in body Description Long Femur Cylindrical in shape and found in the ...

Bones From Five Individuals Who Lived 2,500 Years Apart A team of archaeologists had discovered a skeleton in a Roman-era ...

Which three bones are found in the arm? One way to remember carpals and metacarpals are in the wrist and hands is that you use them to drive a 'car' ('car-' is the start of the word 'carpals').

A study of skeletal remains in Great Britain, spanning from the 12th to the 19th centuries, found that tobacco smoke causes permanent changes to bone structure and increases the risk of fractures.

Scientists at Leicester University explored the skeletons of the 12th-19th centuries to see how smoking changes bone structure and reveals the long-term effects of tobacco on the human body.