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PARTS OF THE BODY

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  1. 1. Limb used for walking and standing
  2. 7. Organ where food is digested
  3. 8. Organ used for sight

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  1. 2. Joint connecting the upper and lower arm
  2. 3. Tissue that contracts to produce movement
  3. 4. Organ that pumps blood through the body
  4. 5. Organ used for hearing
  5. 6. Area between the neck and the abdomen

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PARTS OF THE BODY

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  1. 2. One of the five digits on the foot.
  2. 4. The short, thick digit on the side of the hand.
  3. 5. The back part of the foot below the ankle.
  4. 6. The organ responsible for hearing.

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  1. 1. The lower limb used for standing and walking.
  2. 2. The flat region on either side of the forehead.
  3. 3. The soft part of the face below the eye.

Bald

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  1. 2. To remove hair from the head using a blade
  2. 4. The highest part of the head where hair might thin

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  1. 1. The skin on the top of the head
  2. 3. A smooth oval object often compared to a bald head

The Five Senses

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  1. 1. Clear, curved outer layer that covers and protects the front of the eye
  2. 3. Relating to the eyes or the sense of vision
  3. 6. Light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye
  4. 7. Specialized cell that detects a specific type of stimulus
  5. 9. Black opening in the eye that lets light enter
  6. 10. Relating to the sense of taste
  7. 11. Rapid back-and-forth movement that produces sound
  8. 12. How high or low a sound seems to the ear
  9. 13. Relating to the senses or to physical feeling
  10. 14. Number of sound wave vibrations that occur each second

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  1. 2. Thin fiber that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body
  2. 4. Spiral-shaped, fluid-filled part of the inner ear that helps you hear
  3. 5. Thin membrane that vibrates when sound waves strike it
  4. 8. Relating to the sense of smell
  5. 9. Brain's process of interpreting information gathered by the senses

The Five Senses

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  1. 1. Sense that lets your tongue detect flavors in food
  2. 6. Describes a sound that is very strong or noisy
  3. 8. How something feels, such as smooth, rough, or bumpy
  4. 10. Vibration that travels through the air and can be heard
  5. 12. Body part used for hearing sounds
  6. 13. Sense that lets you detect sound using your ears

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  1. 2. Muscular body part in your mouth used for tasting
  2. 3. Combination of taste and smell that you notice while eating
  3. 4. Another word for a smell, pleasant or unpleasant
  4. 5. Sense that lets you see using your eyes
  5. 7. Body part used for smelling
  6. 8. Sense that lets your skin feel pressure, texture, and temperature
  7. 9. Body part used for seeing
  8. 11. Body's largest organ, used to feel touch and temperature

immunology

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  1. 1. The state of not feeling well due to infection
  2. 4. A dull or steady pain caused by illness
  3. 7. The bodys first line of defense against invaders
  4. 8. An injection used to deliver a vaccine

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  1. 2. A treatment that ends a disease or condition
  2. 3. To become healthy again after an injury
  3. 5. An organism that a parasite lives inside of
  4. 6. Organ protected by immune cells in the chest

Human Body

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  1. 1. Airbags continuously deploying with every breath
  2. 6. The pea-sized maestro directing the symphony of hormones
  3. 9. A protective cap you wear permanently on your leg
  4. 10. Metabolic butterfly resting gently on your windpipe

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  1. 1. Its name implies a survivor, but its true job is heavy filtration
  2. 2. The central anchor keeping your ribcage tied together
  3. 3. A bean-shaped manager of liquid assets
  4. 4. Your built-in, bony counting tools
  5. 5. The narrowest, microscopic side street in your body's transit network
  6. 7. Rhythmic drummer locked inside a cage of bone
  7. 8. The wrinkly mastermind sitting at headquarters

Human Body

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  1. 1. Light-sensitive screen found at the back of the eye
  2. 4. Right one has three lobes while the left has two
  3. 6. The pale yellowish liquid component of blood
  4. 7. The shin's primary weight-bearing pillar
  5. 9. Hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs
  6. 12. Fiber bundle that relays pain and temperature sensations
  7. 13. Bean-shaped filter situated near the lower back
  8. 14. Romantic symbol that beats roughly a hundred thousand times a day

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  1. 2. The hardest substance found in the human body
  2. 3. Flexible column of interlocking vertebrae
  3. 5. Secretory structure producing hormones or sweat
  4. 7. Fibrous cord anchoring skeletal muscle to bone
  5. 8. Cartilaginous tube commonly known as the windpipe
  6. 10. Organ famously composed of gray and white matter
  7. 11. The body's heaviest internal organ and primary detoxifier

Human Body

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  1. 2. The largest organ that covers and protects the outside of your physical form.
  2. 5. A large, reddish-brown organ that filters toxins and aids digestion.
  3. 6. The organ of hearing and balance located on the side of the head.
  4. 7. A hard, rigid structure that makes up the skeleton.
  5. 8. The part of the face above the mouth used for smelling and breathing.
  6. 9. The internal organ where food is digested after you swallow it.
  7. 14. Threadlike strands that grow from the skin, especially on the head.
  8. 15. The series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the lower back.
  9. 16. The hard surface at the tip of a finger or toe.
  10. 17. The round organ in your face that provides the sense of sight.

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  1. 1. A blood vessel that carries oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart.
  2. 3. The joint between the thigh and the lower leg.
  3. 4. A bundle of fibers that transmits feelings and signals to the brain.
  4. 5. The pair of organs responsible for breathing air.
  5. 10. The passage from the back of the mouth leading to the stomach and lungs.
  6. 11. Tissue in the body that can contract to produce movement.
  7. 12. The protruding part of the face below the mouth.
  8. 13. The organ that pumps blood throughout your system.

Human Body

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  1. 2. Organ dedicated to hearing sounds
  2. 4. Respiratory organ responsible for taking in oxygen
  3. 7. Fibrous tissue that contracts to produce movement
  4. 10. Top part of the frame containing the intellect
  5. 11. Muscular structure in the mouth used for tasting
  6. 12. Joint connecting the base extremity with the lower limb
  7. 14. Control center inside the skull
  8. 16. Upper front area of the torso
  9. 17. Hard piece of the skeletal system

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  1. 1. Hinge joint midway down the lower limb
  2. 3. Upper limb extending to the hand
  3. 5. Grasping part at the end of the upper limb
  4. 6. Organ responsible for vision
  5. 8. Joint where the upper arm attaches to the trunk
  6. 9. Lower limb used for standing and walking
  7. 10. Vital organ that pumps fluid continuously
  8. 13. Narrow section connecting the head to the torso
  9. 15. Facial feature used for smelling and breathing
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