Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-risk patent foramen ovale was independently linked to a higher risk for decompression illness in scuba ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the physiological foramen diameter, shape and distance between physiological and anatomical apex of maxillary and mandibular first and second molars. Accurate ...

Whether closure of a patent foramen ovale reduces the risk of recurrence of ischemic stroke in patients who have had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke is unknown. In a multicenter, randomized, open-label ...

March 17 (UPI) --New research by anthropologists at Stony Brook University and the University of Texas at Austin confirm the human skull and bipedalism co-evolved. Scientists have previously linked ...

The waste of the brain is drained by the CSF and exits the brain through the mLVs at the skull base (basal mLVs). The basal mLVs are connected to the lymphatic system through a hole in the skull ...

GERY 1 has recently described a pair of foramina in the frontal bones of Crenuchus spilurus Günther. These foramina underlie the posterior margin of a pad of fatty tissue which covers the anterior ...

Humankind has long held a fascination with its own mortality. We’re steering clear of that sensitive subject, but a popular symbol of that mortality tends to emerge at this time of year: the human ...

The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull -- a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers. The evolution ...

The 2.8 million-year-old Australopithecus africanus "Taung child" skull was discovered in South Africa in 1925. Source: Wikimedia/Creative Commons New research further validates that bipedalism ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The present paper is concerned with the phenomenon of interspecific allometry in primates and its relationship to the concept of adaptation. A ...