Vocabulary

• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
• by blood: Connected through biological or family relationships.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strength: Condition of being strong
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• mundane: Being ordinary and therefore boring
• tiny: Very, very small
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• require: To demand that someone does something
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• leave: To go away from; depart
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• weak: Not having a strong character
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• callous: Hardhearted; uncaring
• tightrope: Wire high in the air on which acrobats perform
• bony: With the bones showing; skinny
• scaffold: To build on previous information or knowledge
• encase: (Of hard thing) to surround or totally envelop