Body parts

List of body parts.

Parts of your body. Not all of these are human parts - people don't have tails and wings but they still qualify as body parts! Sorry, no internal organs or reproductive parts, photographs of them don't really suit a site for children.

Ankle

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

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Antler

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.

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Photo by Tim Pearce

Anus

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.

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Photo by Celine Nadeau

Arm

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.

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Photo by Elvert Barnes

Armpit

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.

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Photo by Chris Hills

Back

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.

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Photo by Graham Richardson

Beak

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.

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Photo by Glen Bowman

Beard

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.

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Photo by Ayleen Gaspar

Belly button

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.

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Photo by StacyK