The Hard Stuff! All About Bones - U -UD Flashcards
vertebrate
an animal that has a backbone
ligament
a tough piece of tissue in your body that holds bones together or keeps an organ in place
cranium
the technical name of skull
suture
a special joint that connects different bones of skull together
frontal bone
the bone under your forehead
ridge
a raised part or area on the surface of something
supraorbital ridge
the ridge of the bone above your eyes
parietal bone
the largest part of the skull that covers the top and the back of your head
rather
in an opposite way
cartilage
a strong but flexible material found in some parts of the body (such as the nose, the outer ear, and some joints)
rub
to move (two things) back and forth against each other
occipital bone
the part of your skull just above your neck in the back
temporal bone
the side of the skull above the ears
zygomatic bone
cheekbone
maxila
the upper jaw
mandible
the lower jaw
hammer, anvil, stirrup
three bones in your ear, they are the tiniest bones in your body
nerve
one of the many thin parts that control movement and feeling by carrying messages between the brain and other parts of the body, 神经
enamel
a material like colored glass that is heated until it is liquid and then used to decorate the surface of metal, glass, or pottery, the outside of a tooth is made of enamel
spinal column
the back bone
appendage
your arm and leg
hip
臀部
vertebrae
the ridges of the spinal column
