| A | B |
| abstemious | Eating and drinking moderately |
| autopsy | Examining a cadaver to find the cause of death |
| capillary | a very small blood vessel |
| clavicle | collarbone |
| contusion | bruise, the skin is not broken |
| cuticle | the strip of hardened skin at the base of a fingernail |
| dissect | to cut apart |
| embryo | an organism in the early stages of development |
| extremities | bodily limbs, hands & feet |
| pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body |
| pulmonary | affecting the lungs |
| recuperate | to recover from illness |
| rupture | to break open, burst |
| shank | the part of the human leg between the knee and foot |
| visceral | affecting the soft internal organs or intestines |