| blade |
A blade is a certain type of bone in your back. You have two of these "blades." They are usually called "shoulder blades" because you have one on each side of your back just behind your shoulders. [1/5 definitions] |
| bony |
having to do with or looking like bone. [1/3 definitions] |
| breastbone |
the flat bone located in the center of the chest. A person's ribs on both sides of the chest are joined to the breastbone. |
| bridge1 |
The bridge of a nose is the the hard part of the nose where the skin covers bone. [1/3 definitions] |
| broken |
When your leg is broken, the bone inside has a crack in it or it is in pieces. [1/3 definitions] |
| brow |
the ridge of bone above the eye, or the hair growing on it; eyebrow. [1/2 definitions] |
| bruise |
to wound or damage without causing a break in the skin or bone. [2/3 definitions] |
| callus |
a thickened, toughened area of skin or other tissue, such as bone or bark. |
| caries |
bone or tooth decay. |
| cartilage |
a tough, white tissue that forms part of the skeleton of humans and other animals. Cartilage is not as stiff as bone. Cartilage is found in the ear, nose, and joints. |
| cast |
a thick, stiff covering for an injured limb or joint, especially one in which the bone is broken. A cast is made of cloth and some kind of liquid material that can become very hard and solid. [1/12 definitions] |
| chop1 |
A thick slice of meat with a rib bone in it is called a "chop." [1/3 definitions] |
| crest |
a tuft of feathers, bone, or fur on an animal's head, or something that looks like this. The comb of a rooster is one kind of crest. [1/4 definitions] |
| eyebrow |
the line of short hairs growing along the ridge of bone above the eye. [1/2 definitions] |
| fossil |
A fossil is something left behind by a living thing that lived on the earth a very long time ago. Sometimes a fossil is a part of an animal's body, like a bone from a dinosaur or a backbone of a fish. Sometimes it is a pattern formed by things like shells or leaves or animal tracks that you can see in the surface of a rock. It is the rock itself that has preserved these things so that we can see them now, even after such a long time. |
| injury |
a particular wound or other physical problem caused by damage, such as a cut, a broken bone, or a burn. [1/2 definitions] |
| kneecap |
the flat, round bone in front of the knee. |
| mollusk |
A mollusk is a type of animal that lives in water. Mollusks are invertebrates, which means that they do not have a back bone. Most kinds of mollusks live in the ocean and have soft bodies covered by a shell. Snails, clams, squid, and octopuses are examples of mollusks. |
| muscle |
Your body is made up of some different kinds of material called tissue. Some body tissue is bone, some is fat, and some is muscle. Muscle is a soft tissue and is used by the body to make it move. [1/3 definitions] |
| rib1 |
A rib is a piece of meat that contains a rib bone. Usually the meat is pork or beef. [1/3 definitions] |
| scallop |
A scallop is a small animal that lives in the ocean. It is an invertebrate, which means that is has no back bone. A scallop has a soft body, and it protects itself by living inside of two shells that are attached to each other. These shells can be opened and closed by the scallop using a large muscle of its body. People sometimes eat this muscle. Scallops are members of a group of animals called "mollusks" and they are closely related to clams. |