Blogs Babies are born with pieces of cartilage that will eventually become the bony kneecap, or patella, that adults have. Like bone, cartilage gives structure where it’s needed in the body, such as the nose, ears, and joints. But cartilage…

Blogs The spine is an amazing part of the human body. It is one of the differentiating factors that define humans. Though we use our spine constantly, there are so many amazing aspects of it that we don’t even realize!…

Blogs Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons). There are about 100 billion in the brain and 13.5 million in the spinal cord. The body’s neurons take up and send out electric and chemical signals (electrochemical energy) to…