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Medical

Medical conditions and body parts. But nothing good enough to self-diagnose with, just the basics!

Subcategories: Body parts (199), Phobias (6), Senses (5), Substances (22)

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Photo of a spider's abdomen

Ais forAbdomen

On people and animals, the abdomen is the part of the body between your chest and your hips.

On insects, the abdomen contains their digestive tract and other organs, and has no legs attached to it.

The spider in the picture has a triangular abdomen.

Zleng / CC BY-SA

Photo of a woman with a headache

Ais forAche

An ache is a dull pain that can take a long time to go away.

lindyi / CC BY-SA

Photo of looking down from a height

Ais forAcrophobia

Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Most people are afraid of heights to some degree, especially when there is nothing to stop them from falling, like the high edge in the picture where it is a very long way to the ground.

Pavel Marianov / CC BY-SA

Photo of a man's Adam's apple

Ais forAdam's apple

The Adam's apple is a small bump in the front of a person's neck. It is named after the Bible story of Adam.

It is made by the larynx (voice box) and the thyroid cartilage. The bump is generally more noticeable in boys and men.

medipics1066 / CC BY-SA

Photo of someone with a handkerchief

Ais forAllergic

You are allergic to something if your body has a bad reaction to it. Allergic reactions can include getting a rash, sneezing, getting watery eyes or having difficulty breathing.
People are often allergic to dogs or cats, pollen or insect stings.

Mojca-Peter / Pixabay License

Photo of an amputee running

Ais forAmputee

An amputee is someone who has had one or more limbs removed. People are most likely to lose a limb through an accident of some kind.

Expert Infantry / CC BY-SA

Photo of someone with their ankles up.

Ais forAnkle

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

Joyosity / CC BY-SA

Photo of an elk with antlers

Ais forAntler

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.

Tim (Timothy) Pearce / CC BY-SA

Generated image of a heart

Ais forAorta

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

The aorta starts from the left side of the heart and then goes through the chest and into the abdomen. It splits into smaller arteries to deliver blood to organs, arms, and legs.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Generated image of the digestive tract highlighting the appendix

Ais forAppendix

The appendix is a small, finger-like pouch in the lower right side of the belly. It is part of the digestive system and sits near the first part of the large intestine.

The appendix can sometimes get swollen or infected, which is called appendicitis. In that case, doctors may remove it with surgery.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Photo of a hairy scary spider

Ais forArachnophobia

Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders and other arachnids, like scorpions. Someone who is arachnophobic may get a panic attack simply from being somewhere they think there are spiders, like when they see cobwebs.

Rob and Stephanie Levy / CC BY-SA

Photo of an arm

Ais forArm

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.

in hiatus / CC BY-SA

Photo of an armpit

Ais forArmpit

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.

Tony Alter / CC BY-SA

Generated image of the circulatory system

Ais forArtery

Arteries are tubes inside the body that carry blood away from the heart.

Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to all parts of your body. Your biggest artery is the aorta, which starts at the heart and branches out. Your body uses the oxygen and carries the blood back via veins.

In the picture, the arteries are drawn in red.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Generated image of aspirin and a glass of water

Ais forAspirin

Aspirin is a drug that was originally made from willow bark. It is a commonly used painkiller for mild pain. It also thins the blood slightly and can be used to help people who get blood clots, but conversely might cause excessive bleeding and it is not recommended to take aspirin before you have surgery.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Photo of a mans back

Bis forBack

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.

Graham Richardson / CC BY-SA

Photo of a bandaged cat

Bis forBandage

A bandage is a long, thin strip of fabric that you wrap around a part of your body that is hurt. You often see people who have a sprained ankle with a bandage wrapped around it.

simon_music / CC BY-SA

Photo of a parrots beak

Bis forBeak

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.

Glen Bowman / CC BY-SA

Photo of a man with a beard

Bis forBeard

Hairstyles, Body parts

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.

Mike Mozart / CC BY-SA

Photo of a woman's tummy

Bis forBelly

Slang, Body parts

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

Caitlin Regan / CC BY-SA