The carotid arteries provide oxygen-rich blood to the brain and other parts of the head. In this article, learn more about their function and carotid artery disease.

Head injuries can cause bleeding inside the skull, which can result in these blood clots. Clots and the associated injuries can lead to significant brain damage, stroke, or death.

But it needs to be placed in a way that doesn't interfere with the many vital functions of the head, such as seeing, hearing, smelling and of course feeding," says Dr. Weisbecker.

Personalized head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) lie at the heart of contemporary spatial audio research, enabling immersive and accurate sound reproduction by replicating the unique acoustic ...

Sea anemones and all higher animals, including humans, share a common brainless ancestor, which lived between 600 and 700 million years ago. By revealing the function of "head genes" in ...