The spine, or backbone, is a long column of bones that runs down the center of a person’s back. It is essential for many functions, such as movement, support, and protecting the spinal cord.

But in a new description of Tarrasius published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Lauren Sallan describes a five-segment column much more similar to the spinal anatomy of land-dwelling ...

[Anatomy Meets Art: Da Vinci's Drawings] Anatomists ... Leonardo was the first to draw the human spine with the correct curves. He also came tantalizingly close to understanding how blood moved ...

[Anatomy Meets Art: Da Vinci's Drawings] Anatomists ... Leonardo was the first to draw the human spine with the correct curves. He also came tantalizingly close to understanding how blood moved ...

But the human spine also reflects our distinctive mode ... a professor of evolutionary anatomy in the Department of Biosciences at the University College London. The scans indicated that Selam ...

From head to tail, the spinal vertebrae can be categorized into cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and caudal sections, each with its own characteristic anatomy. By contrast, fish vertebrae are ...

Many features of the human spinal column and rib cage are shared among primates ... a professor of evolutionary anatomy in the Department of Biosciences at the University College London. The scans ...