The skeleton allows movement, provides support and protection for vital organs and makes blood cells. Skeletal muscles move the bones in the body. The skeletal system is made from bones and joints.

A paraplegic walking using the EEG-controlled exoskeleton--Screenshot courtesy of UC Irvine Robotic exoskeletons to enable paraplegics to walk that are manually controlled have been around for years; ...

Muscles play a part in every function of the body. The muscular system is made up of over 600 muscles. These include three muscle types: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac. Only skeletal muscles are ...

A system that automatically generates a biologically accurate skeleton and muscles could help movie and games animators create characters who move more realistically. Computer animators working on ...

If robots that mimic animal or human behavior are your nightmare fuel, turn away now. Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology went one step further with a skeleton robot, giving it human-like ...

The skeleton, the frame of bones that supports a human or animal body, is an endocrine organ that helps control sugar metabolism and weight, and a major determinant of the development The skeleton, ...

Individuals struggling to recover from chronic infections and cancer usually experience reduced immune strength and weight loss, including from muscle mass. Researchers from a newly published study ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The skeleton allows movement, provides support and protection for vital organs and makes blood cells. Skeletal muscles ...

The skeletal system is made up of your bones and creates the support structure for the rest of your tissue and organs. Your skeletal system gives your body shape, supports your muscles, provides ...