A

1. Abduction: the movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of
the body, or from another part.
2. Accessibility: the quality of being easy to obtain or use.
3. Adduction: the movement of a limb or other part toward the midline of the
body or toward another part
4. Anatomy: the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of
humans, animals, and other living organisms.
5. Assessment (valoración)
B
6. Body (cuerpo)
7. Bone (hueso)
C
8. Cartilage)
9. contraction
D
10. Diagnosis
11. Disability
E
12. Electrotherapy
13. Ethics (ética)
14. Excercise (ejercicio)
15. Extension
F
16. Flexion
H
17. Health (Salud): A state of complete physical, mental and social. Well-
being and not merely the absence of. disease or infirmity
I
18. Inflammation: a localized physical condition in which part of the body
becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a
reaction to injury or infection.
19. Injury (lesión): is damage to your body. It is a general term that refers to
harm caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and more. These injuries
range from minor to life-threatening.
20. Inspection: The visual examination of the body using the eyes and a
lighted instrument if needed
 21. Intervention: An activity directed at or performed on an individual with the
object of improving health, treating disease or injury, or making a
diagnosis
J
22. Joint: a structure in the human or animal body at which two parts of the
skeleton are fitted together.

K
23. Kinesitherapy: is the therapeutic and corrective application of passive
and active movements (as by massage) and of exercise.
24. Knee (rodilla): the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.

L
25. Ligament: a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which
connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
M
26. Movement: an act of changing physical location or position or of having
this changed.
27. Muscle: a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body
that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the
position of parts of the body.
O
28. Organism: the material structure of an individual life form.
P
29. Pain (dolor): is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential
tissue damage
30. Physiology (fisiología): the branch of biology that deals with the normal
functions of living organisms and their parts.
31. Physiotherapy (fisioterapia):
32. Patient
33. Palpation
34. Pathology
35. Prevention
36. Proprioception

R
 37. Reflection
38. Rehabilitation
S
39. Strength (fuerza)
40. Sinew
41. Swing (oscilación)
42. Sensitivity
43. Sprain
44. Syndrome
45. System
T
46. Techniques
47. Test
48. Treatment
V
49. Vertebrae
W
50. Wellness (bienestar): the state of being in good health, especially as an
actively pursued goal.