Body parts that start with N

Nis forNape

Your nape is the back of your neck, just below the hairline. It is where your neck stops and becomes your head. It is mostly used to refer to the hairline on the back of your neck.

Beebit. / CC BY-SA

Nis forNavel

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Your navel is the little dent on a person or animal's belly where the umbilical cord used to be attached. It is commonly called the belly button.

Max Charping / CC BY-SA

Nis forNeck

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Your neck is between your head and your body. Your neck is sometimes called your throat. It has several bones in it, and can turn in a variety of directions. People like to wear jewellery around their necks.

Tony Alter / CC BY-SA

Nis forNeuron

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A neuron is a special cell in the body that makes up the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Neurons communicate using tiny electrical and chemical messages. When you feel something, think, move, or remember, neurons help carry those signals to the right place.

NICHD NIH / CC BY-SA

Nis forNose

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Your nose is in the middle of your face. It sticks out. You use your nose to smell things with. Your nose has no bones in it except at the very top, nearest your eyes. Dogs have wet noses, and elephants have very very long noses called trunks. The nose in the picture belongs to a dog.

BuzzFarmers / CC BY-SA

Nis forNostril

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Your nostrils are the two holes in your nose that you use to breathe through and smell through.

Jeff and Mandy G / CC BY-SA