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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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Tis forThroat

Your throat is the tube inside your neck that leads to your stomach.

Tis forThumb

You have four fingers on your hand and one thumb. You use your hands to hold things.

Tis forTobacco

Tobacco is a plant used worldwide as a legal recreational drug. It is also used to make pesticides. Tobacco is most commonly taken by smoking it in cigarettes, cigars or in a pipe but it can also be chewed or snuffed.
Most tobacco is grown in China, India, Brazil and the United States.

Tis forToe

You have five toes on each foot. Toes help you to walk and run. If you stand on your toes, you are taller and you can see more.

Tis forToenail

Your toenails are the hard, flat things on the tops of your toes. They help protect your toes from damage. Toenails grow much more slowly than fingernails.

Tis forTongue

Your tongue is a very strong muscle inside your mouth. It is covered in taste buds which let you taste your food. Your tongue is very important for talking with, and of course you can use it for making faces at people!

Tis forTonsil

Tonsils are glands located right at the back of your mouth. They are part of your immune system. When you get sick, often your tonsils get sore and swollen.

Tis forTooth

Teeth are the hard, white things in your mouth. Most animals have teeth, but birds and insects don't. Teeth are used for biting, tearing and chewing food. Once you are about five years old, you start to lose your baby teeth, one at a time, over several years.
Toothache is pain in a tooth or around a tooth, and can be so bad you can't sleep. Many people get toothaches when something is wrong with their teeth.

Tis forTorso

Your torso, or trunk is the main part of your body, without your arms, legs and head.
The picture is of a sculpture of a torso.

Tis forTouch

You touch things with your fingers but you can feel something touching you anywhere on your body. When you touch something you can tell if it is hard or soft, rough or smooth.
A trunk is an adaptation of an elephant's nose and top lip, fused together. Elephants have very long trunks, and use them as a tool. They can use them to pick up tiny objects, to break down trees, to drink with, and to spray themselves with water or mud.

Tis forTummy

Tummy or belly is a slang word for the part of your body where your stomach is.

Tis forTusk

A tusk is a large tooth that sticks out of the mouth of some animals. Elephants, walruses and warthogs have tusks. Elephant tusks are used to make ivory.

Uis forUdder

An udder is the part of the female cow or goat that milk comes from. Baby cows or goats drink from their mother's udder, but people also collect the milk using machines so they can sell it in shops.

Uis forUlna

Ulna is one of the two long bones in the lower arm. It is found between the elbow and the wrist. The other bone in the lower arm is the radius.
An ultrasound is a medical scan that uses soundwaves to "see" what is happening inside you. Ultrasounds are most often used to look at unborn babies while they are developing.

Vis forVaccine

A vaccine is something that increases the body's immunity to a disease or condition like measles or the flu. Vaccines do not provide complete protection, but if enough people are vaccinated they can minimise outbreaks, or in some cases actually wipe out a disease.

Vis forValerian

Valerian is a hardy plant with pink or white flowers. The roots of the plant can be used for medicinal purposes, usually by making them into a tea. Valerian has a sedative effect and helps you to sleep.
You may also be interested in red valerian, an unrelated plant with a similar name.

Vis forVein

Veins are tubes that run all the way around your body, taking blood back to your heart once it has been used by organs in your body. The tubes that take fresh blood from your heart to where it is needed are called arteries.