Vocabulary

5. A place in your body where two or more of your bones come together
7. Attaches a muscle to a bone.
10. To increase muscle size and strength.
15. Spinal cord injuries
16. A smooth layer of tough cartilage cushions and protects the ends of bones where they meet.
20. A severe brain injury from trauma disease, or drugs
21. Overuse of tendons may lead to painful swelling, and irritation
22. Controls many of your body’s involuntary actions, such as breathing, sneezing and your eyes reaction to light.

1. During this process, minerals, such as calcium, and phosphorus, are deposited within the developing bone, making it hard
2. An overstretched or torn ligament.
3. Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
4. A tough supportive tissue that is softer and more flexible than bone
6. Muscles that you control to do activities such as walk or play a musical instrument.
8. The ends of bones in a joint are forced out of their normal positions.
9. Involuntary muscle that is found only in the heart.
11. A severe bump to the head could cause brain tissue to hit the skull.
12. Coordinates your body’s movements and helps you keep your balance.
13. Thich column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system.
14. An automatic response to your environment
17. Involuntary muscle that causes movements within your body.
18. Under certain conditions, a person's brain may experience sudden, uncontrolled nerve impulses
19. Tissue that fills the spaces in bones.