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Basic Body Parts

With this activity you are going to learn some of the most usual names of body parts. You probably know some of them already, but there will be some new ones, too. Follow the instructions.

Study this picture carefully and identify the different parts of the human body. Then do the following exercise.

Let’s see how much you remember. Complete the words in the table using the definitions. This crossword may help you.

DEFINITIONS BODY PART
The fleshy back part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
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The part of the body between the legs and the chest that contains the stomach and bowels.
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The hollow place where the tops of the legs meet the front of the body.
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The part of the body between the head and shoulders.
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The five movable parts with joints at the end of each human hand.
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The five small movable parts at the end of each foot.
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The top part of the human leg between the knee and the hip.
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The upper front part of the body enclosing the heart and lungs.
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Either of the two parts of a woman's body that produce milk.
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The outer sex organ of males.
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The passage that leads from the outer sex organs of women to the womb, the organ in which young are formed.
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A joint is, in simple words, a place where two bones meet and it can usually bend. How many body joints do you remember?

DEFINITIONS
 JOINTS
This is the part of the body at each side of the neck where the arms are connected.
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The middle joint of the leg, where it bends.
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The joint where the arm bends.
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The joint between the foot and the leg.
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The joint between the hand and the lower part of the arm.
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Next activity: the human skeleton.

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