One of the ways our ears can differ is in the presence of what’s known as Darwin’s tubercle, a small bump on the outer ear that's thought to be an evolutionary hangover. A 2016 study found ...

The tubercle bacilli isolated by Petroff's method from the sputum of 90 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in man, of which 8 were incipient, 20 moderately advanced and 62 far advanced, were found to be ...

Then there's the olfactory tubercle, which is part of your brain's reward system. The study found weaker the connection between these two brain regions, the higher a person's body mass index is.

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The humerus is your upper arm bone. It is the longest bone in the upper part of ...

This is where an inner ring of catch apparatus is inserted. Catch apparatus is a special type of connective tissue that can clamp the spine firmly down onto the tubercle. Finally, there is a flat ...