Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The thoracic spine is made up of 12 bones that attach to your ribs and support your rib cage.Excessive curvature in the thoracic spine, ...

Selam is a 3.3 million-year-old toddler and human ancestor whose skeleton provides clues on how we transitioned to walking upright. Zeray Alemseged/University of Chicago Fossils of an ancient child’s ...

Archaeologists searching for the remains of Richard III under a city centre car park in Leicester say they have discovered a human skeleton showing evidence of ‘battle injuries’ and ‘curvature’ of the ...

It has long been known that the identity of each vertebra is due to the activation of a class of genes called "Hox." Now, researchers in Portugal show that besides determining the identity of the ...

Generalized disorders of cartilage and bone have been referred to as skeletal dysplasias, whereas those that affect an individual bone or group of bones have been referred to as dysostoses; however, ...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a systemic condition characterized by the ossification and calcification of ligaments and entheses. DISH is observed on all continents and in all ...

The brain (logic), heart (passion) and spine (courage) make up the anatomy of healthcare leadership in the 21st century, according to Dr. Robert Pearl, former CEO of the nation's largest physician ...