Body parts

Your ankle is the joint between your foot and your leg. You can feel quite a bump on the side of your ankles.

Antlers grow in pairs on the top of the heads of most deer. They can be quite complicated, with many different forks and branches. Male deer grow antlers every year, then the antlers die and the deer sheds them. Antlers are similar to horns, but animals with horns do not shed them every year.

Your anus is the hole at the end of your digestive tract where undigested waste comes out when you go to the toilet. Your digestive tract starts at your mouth.

You have two arms, one on each side. They are connected to the rest of your body at your shoulder. Your hands are at the ends of each of your arms.

Your armpits are under your arms. When you put your arm up into the air they are easily seen as a dent under your arm. Adult men and women grow hair in their armpits, but women usually shave it off. Armpits can get very smelly so people often use deodorant on their armpits.

Your back is the part of your body that is behind you, between your bottom and your neck. The bone running down the centre of your back is called your spine.

A beak, or bill, is the hard mouth parts of a bird. Other animals like turtles that have hard mouths can also be described as having a beak.

A beard is the hair that grows on the chin of an adult man or animal. Male goats have beards. The hair that grows on your top lip is called a moustache.

Belly or tummy is a slang word for the part of your body where your stomach is.

Your bellybutton, or navel, is the little dent in the middle of your tummy. When you were born, there was a cord connecting your belly button to your mother.