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 ...

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, with past research suggesting the size ...

Human thigh bones have tiny holes -- known as the 'nutrient foramen' -- on the shaft that supply blood to living bone cells inside. New research has shown that the size of those holes is related ...

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, with past research suggesting the size ...

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 ...

Human thigh bones have tiny holes – known as the 'nutrient foramen' – on the shaft that supply blood to living bone cells inside. New research has shown that the size of those holes is related ...