AnatomyStuff Blog

Some parts of our body, we take for granted will always work. The oesophagus or  gullet is one of those organs. The oesophagus or esophagus, as it can be known, is a 25cm long tube that works to transport food from the mouth to the stomach. The organ originates at the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage, at the level...Read More

The UK dog charity, Dogstrust has started the new year with a campaign to warn members of the public about puppy smuggling. It has named the practice it has named ‘dogfishing’, referencing the common parlance ‘catfishing’ which is often used when people try to convince others that they are someone else online, usually for the purposes of fraud. The charity...Read More

In 2019, scientists continued to test and push the boundaries in terms of what is possible in the diagnosis and treatment of some of the world's most difficult diseases. Here are a few more of the positive health news stories which were published in 2019.

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People can continue making new brain cells until at...Read More

From the many health news stories that we have followed over the last 12 months (and several that we didn't), here are some of the positive health studies that have helped to advance medical knowledge this year.

Blood tests are being developed to detect breast cancer

Blood tests are being developed to detect breast cancer
A team of scientists have found that a...Read More

A team of scientists from Duke University Health Center have found that the human body has the ability to repair joint cartilage, which causes osteoarthritis. This is an ability previously thought restricted to animals such as the salamander and zebra fish. The study was published in Science Advances in October 2019. The article is currently available to read in full...Read More

Of all mammals, humans have the least amount of hair. The hair they have still mostly covers the body, but it is fine and cannot really be seen unless you are looking closely.

Anatomy of Human Hair

The average human head will have around 100,000 hair follicles and each follicle is able to grow about 20 individual hairs during the body’s...Read More