Anatomy Vocabulary

one of the two organs in your face, which you use to see with: He has no sight in his left eye. (Auge)

the line of short hairs above each eye in humans: He's got really bushy (= thick) eyebrows. (Augenbraue)

either of the two pieces of skin which can close over each eye (Augenlid)

any of the short hairs which grow along the edges of the eye: long eyelashes (Augenwimper)

the coloured circular part of an eye surrounding the black pupil (= central part) (Iris)

the circular black area in the centre of your eye, through which light enters: Pupils contract in bright light, and dilate in darkness. (Pupille)

the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe and smell: I've got a sore throat and a runny nose (Nase)

either of the two openings in the nose through which air moves when you breathe: The horses came to a halt, steam streaming from their nostrils. (Nasenloch)

the soft part of your face which is below your eye and between your mouth and ear: The tears ran down her cheeks. (Wange)

one of the two bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eye and towards your ear: She has the high cheekbones of a supermodel. (Wangenknochen)

the lower part of your face which moves when you open your mouth: a broken jaw; a punch UK on/US in the jaw (Kiefer)

the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and the space between them, or the space behind containing the teeth and the tongue: (Mund)

one of the two soft, red edges of the mouth: She kissed me on the lips. He licked his lips. (Lippen)

the large soft piece of flesh in the mouth which you can move and which you use for tasting, speaking, etc: I burnt my tongue on some soup last night. (Zunge)

one of the hard white objects in the mouth, which are used for biting and chewing: Brush your teeth thoroughly morning and night. (Zahn)

either of the two areas of firm pink flesh inside the mouth which cover the bones into which the teeth are fixed: sore gums (Zahnfleisch)

the top part of the inside of your mouth (Gaumen)

the part of a person's face below their mouth: To keep the helmet in position, fasten the strap beneath the chin. (Kinn)

the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go: A fish bone got stuck in my throat. a sore throat (Kehle, Halsinnere)

INFORMAL: voice box a muscular hollow organ between the nose and the lungs which contains the tissue that moves very quickly to create the human voice and many animal sounds (Kehlkopf)

INFORMAL: eardrum the membrane of the middle ear, which vibrates in response to sound waves: These waves are channelled through the ear canal to hit the eardrum, causing vibrations. (Trommelfell)

one of the two tubes in your body that connect your ears to your throat and control the air pressure in your ears: A chronic middle ear infection is caused when bacteria or viruses that get in the nose or throat reach the middle ear through the Eustachian

the part of the body which joins the head to the shoulders: He had the thickest neck I'd ever seen. (Nacken, Hals)

SPECIALIZED: clavicle a bone between your shoulder and neck on each side of your body (Schlüsselbein)

one of the two parts of the body at each side of the neck which join the arms to the rest of the body: I rested my head on her shoulder. (Schulter)

the upper front part of the body of humans and some animals, between the stomach and the neck, enclosing the heart and lungs: She went to the doctor complaining of chest pains. (Brustkorb)

either of the two soft, rounded parts of a woman's chest that produce milk after she has a baby: breast cancer (Brust)

the long, flat vertical bone in the centre of your chest (Brustbein)

a bone that curves round from your back to your chest: My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder. (Rippe)

the structure of ribs that protects your heart and lungs in your chest (Brustkorb)

a woman's breasts: a large/ample bosom (Busen)

the dark part of the skin which sticks out from the breast of a mammal and through which milk is supplied to the young (Brustwarze)

INFORMAL: the stomach or the front part of the body between your chest and your legs: Now six months pregnant, Gina's belly had begun to swell. (Bauch)

INFORMAL: belly button the small round part in the middle of the stomach which is left after the umbilical cord (= long tube of flesh joining the baby to its mother) has been cut at birth (Bauchnabel)