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Week 5 Vocabulary
Human Body
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ligament | tough band of tissue that connects bones to other bones |
| simple fracture | a bone that has broken into 2 pieces and has NOT broken through the skin |
| compound fracture | when the broken bone breaks through the skin |
| sprain | when ligaments are overstretched or torn |
| joint dislocation | when a bone is out of place, commonly occur at the shoulder or hip |
| arthritis | swelling and redness of a joint |
| osteoporosis | bone tissue becomes brittle, thin, and spongy |
| smooth muscles | the kind of muscle that makes up the many organs in the body |
| cardiac muscles | the kind of muscle that makes up the walls of the human heart |
| skeletal muscles | the kind of muscles that connect to bones and helps move the bones in the body |