Bone vessels and cartilage. In the human body at birth, there are over 270 bones, but many of these fuse together during development, leaving a total of 206 separate bones in the adult, not counting numerous small sesamoid bones. The largest bone in the body is the femur or thigh-bone, and the smallest is the stapes in the middle ear. The Greek word for bone is ὀστέον ("osteon"), hence the many terms that use it as a prefix – such as osteopathy. Bone is not uniformly solid, but consists of a flexible matrix (about 30%) and bound minerals (about 70%) which
The Bone & Joint Journal publication of the British Orthopaedic Association, Canadian Orthopaedic Association, New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, Australian Orthopaedic Association, and Sociedade Brasileira de Orthopedia e Traumatologia. The journal is indexed in MEDLINE. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", it has a 2017 impact factor of 3.581. The Bone & Joint Journal The Bone & Joint Journal, formerly known as "The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (British Volume)", is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. It is the flagship journal within the society's 'Bone & Joint Publishing' imprint, which also includes "Bone &