thigh
/θaɪ/The thick part of your leg between your hip and your knee.
Example: He pulled a muscle in his thigh during the race.
B114 words · Intermediate
More Body Parts vocabulary — B1
Body parts vocabulary for bones and internal organs, including the rib, the skull, the liver and the bowel, the parts of the body that show up on a scan rather than in conversation.
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14calf
/kæf/The thick muscle at the back of your leg below your knee.
Example:
My calves ached after the long climb.
rib
/rɪb/A curved bone that helps protect your chest.
Example:
He cracked a rib when he fell off the ladder.
skull
/skʌl/The bones of your head that protect your brain.
Example:
The helmet protected his skull in the crash.
nostril
/ˈnɑstrɪl/Air goes into your nose through these two openings.
Example:
He blocked one nostril and breathed through the other.
liver
/ˈlɪvər/The large organ that cleans your blood and helps you digest food.
Example:
Too much alcohol can damage your liver.
iris
/ˈaɪrəs/The coloured ring around the dark centre of the eye.
Example:
Each iris is as individual as a fingerprint.
instep
The curved upper part of the foot between toes and ankle.
Example:
The strap sat across the instep and rubbed all day.
shinbone
/ˈʃɪnˌboʊn/The long bone at the front of the lower leg.
Example:
A kick to the shinbone ends most arguments on a pitch.
gullet
/ˈɡʌlət/The tube food travels down from the throat to the stomach.
Example:
Something lodged in his gullet and would not go either way.
bowel
/ˈbaʊəl/The long tube below the stomach where food is broken down.
Example:
Bowel screening is offered from the age of fifty.
colon
/ˈkoʊlən/The lower part of the bowel, where water is absorbed.
Example:
The scan showed inflammation along most of the colon.
septum
The wall of cartilage dividing the two sides of the nose.
Example:
A deviated septum is why he has never breathed evenly.
sinew
The tough tissue joining muscle to bone.
Example:
Every sinew in his neck stood out when he lifted it.
