| A | B |
|---|
| abduction | movement away from midline |
| adduction | movement towards the midline |
| circumduction | circular movement at a joint |
| diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
| dorsiflexion | bending backwards |
| epiphysis | the end of the long bone |
| extension | act of increasing the angle between two bones |
| eversion | turning the sole outward away from the body |
| flexion | the act of bending a limb or decreasing the angle between two bones |
| fontanel | unossified areas in the infant skull |
| fracture | break in a bone |
| inversion | turning the sole inward so that it faces the opposite foot |
| ossification | the process of bone formation |
| osteoblasts | cells involved in formation of bony tissue |
| osteoclasts | cells involved in digestion of old bony tissue |
| osteocyte | mature bone cell |
| planter flexion | bending forward |
| pronation | lying on your belly, turning of palm of hand downward |
| protraction | movement of a body part forward |
| retraction | drawing backward of a body part |
| rotation | allows a bone to move around a central axis |
| supination | turning the palm of the hand upward |
