This approach of using a name to label and identify a health issue has had success in the past. In 2012, a team of experts ...

Things to think about 1. How many bones and muscles make up our musculoskeletal system? 2. What are joints, ligaments and tendons? 3. What is bone marrow, and why is it important? Acknowledgements ...

Musculoskeletal system articles from across Nature Portfolio The musculoskeletal system is an organ system comprising the bones, muscles and connective tissues (including cartilage, tendons and ...

Bone and Joint Day emphasizes the need for early diagnosis, infection control, adolescent bone health, and national ...

Overweight teenagers with impaired glucose control showed poor bone quality, raising concerns for future osteoporosis risk.

Developing in the skeletal system, bone cancer can either be primary or secondary. In primary bone cancer, the cancer develops in the cells of the bone.

The skeletal system is made from bones and joints. The femur bone in the thigh is the longest and strongest bone in the body. The smallest bones in the body are called the ossicles in the ear.

Bones and skeletal muscles undergo a gradual age-related degeneration that accelerates frailty and makes older people more prone to sarcopenia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and falls With advancing ...

Skeletal aging processes are accelerated in mutant mice with a defective mtRC in chondrocytes. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads1842 ...