It’s called a “nutrient foramen”. An artery passes through this gap, suffusing the bone with blood and oxygen. The hole is found in all thigh bones, from those of birds to lizards, and it ...

Somewhere on the side of your thigh bone, there is a tiny hole. It’s called a “nutrient foramen”. An artery passes through this gap, suffusing the bone with blood and oxygen. The hole is found in all ...

On the inside of the bone, the blood supply comes usually from a single artery and vein that pass through a hole on the shaft – the nutrient foramen," he says.

Rather than plodding along Earth like slowpokes, dinosaurs likely were pretty active beasts, even more so than today's mammals, researchers have now found.

To find out, researchers began measuring nutrient foramen, or the tiny holes located in thigh bones. The holes supply blood to the living bone cells inside, ...

Most people associate bone density and skeletal concerns with advanced age. However, healthy bones form during childhood with the majority of bone density established before kids reach their 20s. I… ...

A diet supplemented with powdered dried plum restored bone lost by mice during the course of normal aging, in a study led by Bernard P. Halloran, PhD, at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Skip to ...

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A decade ago, I wondered whether the size of the foramen could be an indirect measurement of the rate of blood flow to a bone. This turned out to be true, and since then the “foramen technique” has ...

Naturally sweet, chewy, and a delectable healthy ingredient for sweet or savory recipes, dried plums are having their day in the sun. New research reveals there's more to these gems of nutrition ...

On the inside of the bone, the blood supply comes usually from a single artery and vein that pass through a hole on the shaft -- the nutrient foramen," he says.