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, each ...

RICHMOND, Va. — "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness," which is now open at the Science Museum of Virginia, explores how contentment impacts the human body. "Happiness is not just mental health.

For generations, medical students were taught that the map of the human body was essentially complete. Yet cancer imaging has ...

Coronal plane movements go side to side, like abduction and adduction, plus elevation and depression of the shoulder blade. Exercises include jumping jacks, side lunges, and lateral raises. Sagittal ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Your kidneys are like filters. Your brain is like a computer. Your digestive system is like a tube. Your hands are controlled a bit like a marionette. These comparisons exist in part because doctors ...

Illustration of a human body anatomy and internal organs. Each figure drawing is on a different layer. It’s probably not so much that pathologies themselves have changed that much during the last few ...