Vocabulary review materials

• Carpals


  Small pebble-like bones in the wrist
• Cranium


  Skull where the fontanels meet
• Femur


  Thigh bone
• Fibula


  Calf bone
• Fracture


  A broken bone
• Humerus


  Upper arm bone
• Joint


  The place where two bones meet
• Ligament


  The tissue where two bones connect
• Mandible


  Lower jaw bone
• Maxilla


  Upper jaw bone
• Patella


  Knee cap
• Pelvis


  Hip bone
• Phalanges


  Bones of the fingers and toes
• Radius


  Forearm bone
• Scapula


  Shoulder blade
• Sternum


  Breastbone where the ribs meet
• Tarsals


  Bones of the foot
• Tendon


  Tissues that connect muscles and bones
• Tibia


  Shin bone
• Ulna


  Forearm bone
• Vertebrae


  Small sections of the spine
• Dermis


  Middle layer of skin
• Epidermis


  Top, thinnest layer of skin
• Hair follicle


  The hair cell that is connected to nerves near the oil gland
• Hypodermis


  Bottom layer of skin
• Nails


  Attached to
• Sebaceous gland


  Gland near hair follicle
• Sweat gland


  Where sweat is stored, used to cool the body down
• Antagonistic


  Opposing muscle groups
• Bicep


  Muscle in the upper arm
• Cardiac


  Heart muscle
• Deltoid


  Shoulder muscle
• Extensor


  Muscle that straightens a joint
• Flexor


  Muscle that bends a joint
• Gastrocnemius


  Calf muscle
• Gluteus maximus


  Buttock muscle
• Hamstring


  Muscle at the back of the thigh
• Pectoral


  Chest muscle
• Quadricep


  Muscle at the front of the thigh
• Skeletal


  Muscle attached to bones