The human skeletal system is not quite as simple as the popular children's song suggests. The "head bone" (actually made up of 22 separate bones) is not connected to the "neck bone," but rather to ...

This book consists of 21 chapters over 610 pages and is packed with information essential for any student wishing to qualify in the basic undergraduate degree of dentistry. It has clear details in ...

153 years ago, Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, was born. From the age of 13, he was a society reject and these photographs show his actual skeleton, together with post mortem casts of his head ...

A ligament that runs from the back of the skull and neck down to the thoracic vertebrae, and acts as a shock absorber and helps the arms and shoulders counterbalance the head during running.