| A | B |
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| Cervical spine | The first seven vertebre of the spine, forming the neck region |
| Flat bones | Those bones of the body classified by their shape as flat - for example, skull, scapula and pelvis |
| Gluteals | The muscles of the buttocks |
| Iliac crest | The prominant upper part of the ilium, above the hip joint |
| Ligament | A thickened band of fibrous tissue, connecting bones and forming the capsules of joints |
| Lumbar spine | The section of the spinal column between the thorax and the pelvis, comprising the largest five vertabre |
| Marrow | A soft, highly vascular and specialised tissue found in the hollow centre of bones and the cancellous spaces of all bones, able to produce blood cells |
| Muscle endurance | The ability of a muscle to perform repeditive work over a prolonged period of time |
| Myofibril | The longitudinally arranged thread-like structures found in muscle cells |
| Prime mover | A muscle responsible for a specific movement, and producing it by shortning |
| Slow twitch fibres | Red fibres that make up skeletal muscle and contract slowly for long periods of time - for example endurance work |
| Smooth muscle | Involuntary muscles consisting of nonstriated, spindle shaped muscle cells, found in the walls of blood vessels and internal organs |
| Tendon | The band of dense fibrous tissue by which a muscle is attached to a bone or by which two muscle bellies are joined |
| Thoracic spine | The chest region of the spinal column, comprising twelve vertebre |
| Vertabre | The bony segments of the spinal column |
