Anatomical position is a specific body position used when describing human anatomy. It’s often used by healthcare professionals to help discuss parts of the body in a clear and consistent manner.

A passerby discovered unidentified human skeletal remains on the side of a parkway exit ramp embankment in West Islip early Thursday morning, triggering an investigation, New York State police said.

Most males and females have the same number of ribs — 12 on either side of the body for a total of 24. Some people may have extra or fewer ribs.

Measuring roughly 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in length, it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body. Here, you can see the stapedius muscle connected to a small bone called the stapes ...

The human remains found on Monday, Feb. 12, in a house at 2835 W. Fitch Ave. have not been identified – and what happened to them remained unclear more than a week later.

A human skeleton. Our skeleton gives our body its shape and supports our weight. It provides protection for our internal organs, like our heart and lungs, and helps us to move around.

An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 ...