Extensive Reading-Book A Unit 45 (E)

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adulthood

having attained full size and strength

As soon as you are 18 years old, you have reached adulthood.

approximately

nearly correct or precise

Without any measuring tool, we can approximately guess how much there is.

enormously

greatly exceeding the usual size

Larger animals tend to eat enormously to maintain their large size.

femur

a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.

The large bone in your thigh is called the femur.

flexible

easily bent

The gymnast was very flexible.

girdle

the bony framework that unites the upper or lower extremities to the axial skeleton

The girdle supports both the lower and the upper region of the abdominal area.

intricate

perplexingly tangled

The processor of a computer is intricately made. It’s impossible to create with just bare hands.

ligament

a band of tissue that connects body parts

After falling in an awkward way, the player was told he tore his ligament. He couldn’t run for the rest of the game.

mandible

the bone of the lower jaw.

The mandible is composed of several bones as in reptiles.

miniscule

small to relevance

The 13" laptop is miniscule compared to the 17" laptop.

pelvis

the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk

The pelvis holds the bottom part of the abdominal area intact.

perforation

a hole made or passing through a thing.

We need to make a perforation through the bone so that we may put a bolt to sustain the position of the bone itself.

permeate

seep through pores

Sweat permeates from the skin when the body is hot.

scapula

shoulder blade

I cracked my scapula when the hammer hit my shoulder bone.

skullcap

the dome of the skull

The skullcap protects the brain.

sturdily

strongly built; stalwart; robust

The tree grew sturdily in size and in grandeur.

tendon

a band of tough fibrous tissue

A torn tendon can take months to recover.

terminate

bring to an end

We had to terminate the program because it contained many flaws.

thigh

the part of the leg that is between the hip and the knees

The thigh is responsible for lifting the leg to the body.

vertebrae

Any of the bones or cartilaginous segments forming the spinal column.

Humans have long vertebrae that contain the peripheral nervous system.