What’s believed to be Bach’s skeleton, photographed in 1895 by anatomist Wilhelm His. Andreas Otte examined the left hand, as too many bones are missing from the right hand. Using a photo of ...

The male skeleton is usually longer and has a high bone mass. The female skeleton, on the other hand, has a broader pelvis to accommodate for pregnancy and child birth. Regardless of age or sex ...

Carl: A skeleton gazes at a skull, its hand draped lazily over the cranial vault. This image signifies more than just an anatomy lesson. Andreas Vesalius, the anatomist who drew it and many others ...

This article, the first in a two-part series on the structure and function of the skeletal system, reviews the anatomy and physiology of bone. Understanding the structure and purpose of the bone ...

By examining the skeleton of Bach’s left hand, Otte – a professor of medical technology at the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg – found Bach’s hand measured nearly 8 1/2 inches from wrist to ...

said the anthropologists who documented the unusual skeleton's discovery in the newest issue of the Journal of Anthropological Sciences. Grim details aside, the blade-armed man lost his hand ...