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The large bone forming the upper jaw
What is the maxilla?
Moving beyond the typical limit of movement
What is hyperextension?
The shock absorber of the knee joint
What is the meniscus?
The muscle that extends the fingers
What is the extensor digitorum?
The largest organ in the body that protects it from the environment
What is the skin?
The lobe of the brain responsible for processing visible information
What is the occipital lobe?
This bone disease, causing bowed legs, results from vitamin D deficiency
What is rickets?
This joint connects the left and right pubic bones
What is the pubic symphsis?
The term for "pertaining to the fingers or toes"
What is digital?
The common name for the scapula
What is the shoulder blade?
This muscle helps to open and close the eyelids
What is the orbicularis oculi?
This common sports injury results from a torn knee ligament
What is an ACL tear?
The fibrous joints between skull bones
What are sutures?
The bones of the palm of the hand
What are metacarpals?
The tissue that connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
This connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
This condition, where PTH is overproduced, can lead to osteoporosis
What is hyperparathyroidism?
This functional type of joint allows for the least amount of movement
What is a synarthrosis?
What is the calcaneus?
The major endocrine gland at the base of the brain
What is the pituitary gland?
The nerve that transfers information from the eyes to the brain
What is the optic nerve?
This spinal injury can cause pressure on the sciatic nerve
What is a herniated disc?
A structural type of joint that has a joint cavity
What is a synovial joint?
This pea-shaped bone is the smallest of the carpals
What is the pisiform?
The direction of the flow of transmission from receptors toward the central nervous system
What is afferent?