Femur is the strongest, heaviest & longest bone in a human body, protected by muscles. It connects muscle groups, ligaments, tendons and helps in carrying your body weight.

Imaging machine 1 of 4 in Canada Boyd said the imaging showed that the way the bone structure — what he calls micro-architecture — deteriorates with age is different for men and women.

Like the other three types of bones, long bones are composed of a combination of compact bone and spongy bone. While compact bone is harder, heavier, and denser (providing the bulk of the bone's ...

Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years, according to new research. Adapted training ...

A four-year study of the long-term effects of microgravity on the bones of International Space Station crew members showed that the astronauts, on average, lost roughly 11 percent of their total ...