BODY PARTS- DINH

Minh Nguyen (Vietnam)
This word list cam be used to teach lower level students about body parts
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  1. head
    the upper part of the human body or the body in animals
    Not bad for picking bugs off children’s heads.
  2. ear
    the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  3. elbow
    hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
  4. finger
    any of the terminal members of the hand
  5. toe
    one of the digits of the foot
  6. eyebrow
    the arch of hair above each eye
  7. shoulder
    a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
  8. eyelash
    any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
    Her false eyelashes, makeup trays and sensible shoes are also on display. Seattle Times (Oct 18, 2012)
  9. neck
    the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
  10. knee
    hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  11. leg
    a human limb
  12. foot
    the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
  13. ear
    the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  14. eye
    the organ of sight
  15. mouth
    the opening through which food is taken in
    In the U.S., the number is even higher, with a whopping 42 percent of all calories not reaching people’s mouths. Forbes (Nov 26, 2013)
  16. tongue
    a mobile mass of muscular tissue located in the oral cavity
  17. teeth
    the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
  18. hard palate
    the bony part of the roof of the mouth
    Something rose into her throat, that she wanted to articulate: tickled her hard palate, fell away again.
  19. soft palate
    a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
    Mechanisms controlling the jaw, tongue, lips and soft palate begin to deteriorate, and fine muscle coordination involved with producing speech becomes more difficult.
  20. chest
    the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
    The device was a futuristic pump implanted in patients’ chests to help their weakened hearts. Forbes (Nov 28, 2013)
Created on Mon Dec 02 20:22:32 EST 2013 (updated Mon Dec 02 20:27:25 EST 2013)

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