After all, the body only has so many performers at its organ recital. Originally published on Live Science. Dani Leviss is a freelance science writer who covers water, animals, art, chemistry and ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power ...

But he soon threw himself into the study of anatomy. Here, an illustration of the cardiovascular system and major organs of a woman, drawn circa 1509-1510. Leonardo da Vinci was close to ...

The Federal Health Department has been forced to withdraw one of its Aboriginal health posters after ... about basic human organs. The poster, titled Female Human Anatomy, confuses the stomach ...

which they say could be the largest organ in the human body. Understanding this network as an organ could help us understand how diseases like cancer spread and it help explain what healing ...

A new organ has been discovered hiding in plain sight inside the human body. Known as the mesentery, it was previously thought to be just a few fragmented structures in the digestive system.

Back in 2012, DARPA wanted to create a version of the human body that could be put onto a series of chips: a collection of 10 separate organs connected with blood vessel-type structures and ...

It’s not a second stomach or a mini-brain. But scientists have discovered an important new organ that may play a critical role in how many tissues and other organs do their jobs, as well as in ...

To the 78 organs that make up the human body, a group of scientists says we should add one more: the mesentery. Located in our abdominal cavity, the mesentery is a belt of tissue that holds our ...