Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was ...

A team of international researchers affiliated to the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University), in South Africa indicates in new research that a group of ...

An analysis of high school soccer players suggests that incorporating a lower extremity injury prevention program results in ...

phosphorus per 100-gm. rat) of the phospholipid fraction isolated from the femur and the tibia within two hours after subcutaneous injection of phosphorus-32 as phosphate exceeded values found for ...

Hinge joint. Articulating bones are femur and tibia (the patella is not classed as part of the joint, nor is the fibula). Allows bending (flexion) and straightening (extension). Muscles which move ...

Surgical treatment of leg length inequality can be done at the tibia, femur, or pelvis. The choice of which bone to treat depends on the source of the inequality and the preference of the patient ...