| 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 |
