A | B |
Abduction | Movement away from the body. |
Adduction | Movement towards the body |
Appendicular Skeleton | Bones of the limbs, pectoral, and pelvic girdle. |
Articulation | Where ever two bones meet. |
Axial Skeleton | The skull, vertebra column, ribs, and sternum. |
Ball and Socket Joint | Joints typical found in shoulder and hip. A round ball fits inside of a cup. |
Circumduction | A movement when the bones at the distal end make a circle but the shaft does not. |
Compact Bone | Dense bone |
Depression | Downward movement of a body part. |
Dorsiflexion | Elevation of the foot up. |
Ellipsoidal Joint | An oval face nestles within a depression. Carpal bones and ulna. |
Elevation | Movement is an upward direction. |
Extension | Movement that increase in the angle between two bones. |
Eversion | Turning the sole of the foot out |
Flexion | Movement that reduces the angle between two bones. |
Fracture | Breaks in the bone. |
Gliding Joint | Bones that slide past one another. |
Hinge Joint | Permit movement like a door hinge. |
Hyperextension | An extension that is past the normal extension, usually limited by ligaments. |
Inversion | Twisting your foot so the sole is inward. |
Ligament | Connect bone to bone. |
Marrow | Lose connective tissue found in the cannels of spongy bone. Responsible for the creation of red blood cells. |
Opposition | Special movement of the thumb |
Osteoblast | Precursor cells that create new bones. |
Osteoclast | Bone cells that help regulate the calcium and phosphate in the body. |
Osteocyte | Bone cells |
Periosteum | Outer covering of the bone |
Pivot Joints | Allow rotation. |
Plantar Flexion | Downward movement of the foot. |
Pronation | Turning your hand from front to back |
Protraction | Moving a part of the body anteriorly in the horizontal plane. |
Retraction | Move a part of the body inferiorly in the horizontal plane. |
Rotation | Turning on the longitudinal axis. |
Saddle Joint | Faces that resemble saddles, convex and concave sides that nestle together, your phalanges are examples here. |
Spongy Bone | Has lots of cannels that are filled with bone marrow. |
Supination | Turning you hand from back to front |