Unit 1 - B Flashcards
To fasten or join something to another
Attach
A joint between bones or cartilages in the vertebrates’ skeletons
Articulation
Close or near to something else
Adjacent
Fitness/ suitableness
Convenience
The outer layer of an organ
Cortex
A shared relationship in which something affects or depends on the other
Correlation
The large round upper part of the skull enclosing the brain
Cranium
Fibrous connective tissue forming most of the temporary skeleton of the embryo
Cartilage
Careful thought
Consideration
To make up or form a part of a whole
Constitute
The basic structure about which something is built
Framework
An elongated thread-like structure
Fiber
A cell, or a group of cells, that remove material from the blood, alter them and secrete them for further use in the body
Gland
The combining of subjects previously kept apart
Integration
The act of interfering to improve pr control a situation
Intervention
Only / just
Merely
Related to or situated on the outer limit of an object
Peripheral
The bony framework supporting the soft tissues and protecting some of the internal organs of a vertebrate
Skeleton
A fibrous joint between bones
Suture
If or relating to the surface
Superficial
To make addition to something to improve or complete it
Supplement
The part of the central nervous system that is lodged in the vertebral canal
Spinal cord
The part of the body situated between the neck and the abdomen and supported by the ribs, costal cartilages, sternum, and 12 thoracic vertebrae
Thorax
Relating to blood vessels
Vascular