ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D. DEAR DOCTOR K: I've been having a lot of knee pain. Would you describe the anatomy of my knee so that I can understand more when I see my doctor about it? DEAR ...

DEAR DOCTOR K >> I've been having a lot of knee pain. Would you describe the anatomy of my knee so that I can understand more when I see my doctor about it? DEAR READER >> Joints are places where two ...

The human skeletal system consists of all of the bones, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments in the body. Altogether, the skeleton makes up about 20 percent of a person’s body weight. An adult’s skeleton ...

Bone spurs in the knees can cause pain and joint stiffness. They are bony projections that form along the margin of the knee joint, causing pain, stiffness, and loss of joint mobility. Referred to ...

The once-rare 'fabella' bone has made a dramatic resurgence in human knees, but who's likely to have a fabella or two -- and why? The once-rare 'fabella' bone has made a dramatic resurgence in human ...

Textbooks will tell you that the human body contains 206 bones. But sometimes, there are 208. The fabella, a small bone in a tendon behind the knee, was lost over the course of early human evolution, ...