While it’s not terribly difficult to bite through arteries, tendons, and skin, the bones of the hand are sturdy. “They’re probably the size of a small Sharpie in width,” Karan Desai ...
The risk is higher if you suddenly increase your physical activity. The quadriceps tendon attaches your quadriceps muscles to your kneecap (patella). It works to straighten your knee, which helps ...
The NHS undertakes more than 8,000 Achilles tendon repair operations a year. Here, Elizabeth Brooker, 32, a theatre nurse who lives with her husband near Penryn, Cornwall, tells us about her ...
Connective tissues consist of ligaments, cartilage and tendons. A joint is held together by ligaments which give the joints their stability. Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where ...