The skeletal system is made from bones and joints. The femur bone in the thigh is the longest and strongest bone in the body. The smallest bones in the body are called the ossicles in the ear.

In 1983, archaeologists were excavating a cave in South Africa when they came across a strange-looking femur bone. It dated back 7,000 years ago and belonged to some kind of antelope. X-rays ...

Your new hip is a ball and socket joint where the thigh bone (femur) meets the pelvis. A healthy hip has layers of smooth cartilage that covers the ball-shaped end of the femur and socket-part of the ...

We measured bone mineral content (BMC) and bone area at the lumbar spine, total body, and proximal femur. Proximal femur scans were also analysed for bone geometry and structural strength using the ...

During a 1983 excavation at Kruger Cave in South Africa, archaeologists uncovered the femur bone of an unspecified antelope, which contained three modified bone arrowheads embedded in its marrow ...