Body parts that start with W

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!

Wis forWaist

Your waist is the middle part of your body. Your belly button is on your waist. Belts go around your waist, and skirts and jeans fasten around your waist.

Wis forWart

A wart is a lump of abnormal skin growth that is caused by a virus. Depending on where they are, they can be painful. Some warts go away by themselves fairly quickly, others need to be removed by applying acid or by freezing them or cutting them off.
Something that looks like it has warts is described as warty. Toads look very warty, and so does the gourd in the picture.
Many birds and animals that live near water have webbed feet. These creatures have skin stretching between their toes so their feet become little paddles and the animal becomes much better at swimming through the water.
Animals with webbed feet include ducks, swans, geese, seagulls, platypuses, otters, turtles and many, many other birds and animals that can swim.

Wis forWhiskers

Whiskers are hairs that grow around the nose and mouth of most animals. On people, whiskers are usually called a beard or moustache.
Animals use their whiskers to tell when they are near something, as the whisker hairs hit things before the animal's face does. Cats have the most well-known whiskers. The cat in the picture is yawning, and you can clearly see its whiskers.

Wis forWindpipe

The windpipe is a tube inside your neck that helps air get to your lungs.

It is also called the trachea. When you breathe in, air moves through the windpipe. When you breathe out, air moves back out the same way. The windpipe is lined with tissue that helps catch dust and germs. It starts below your voice box and goes down to the chest, where it splits into two smaller airways.

Wis forWings

Animals and insects with wings can fly. This means they can go over things without touching the ground, for much longer distances than if they just jumped over them.

Wis forWithers

An animal's withers is the highest point along their back, generally around their shoulders. Horse's height is measured from the ground to the top of their withers.

Wis forWomb

Womb is another word for uterus, the organ that a baby grows in when a woman is pregnant.

Wis forWrinkle

A wrinkle is a fold in something soft that can be bent, like your skin or the fabric in clothing. Clothes often get wrinkled when they are washed, and then they need to be ironed. As people get older, they get wrinkles in their skin. The man in the picture has wrinkles around his eyes.