English Vocabulary: Parts of Your Body

• hair

The mass of things like fine threads that grows on your head

• temple

One of the two fairly flat areas on each side of your forehead

• ear

One of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with

• ear lobe

The soft piece of flesh at the bottom of your ear

• cheek

The soft round part of your face below each of your eyes

• mouth

The part of your face which you put food into, or which you use for speaking

• forehead

The part of your face above your eyes and below your hair

• eye

One of the two parts of the body that you use to see with

• nose

The part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathing

• nostril

One of the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things

• chin

The front part of your face below your mouth

• eyebrow

The line of hair above your eye

• eyelid

A piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed

• eyelash

One of the small hairs that grow along the edge of your eyelids

• iris

The round coloured part of your eye, that surrounds the black pupil

• pupil

The small black round area in the middle of your eye

• cornea

The transparent protective covering on the outer surface of your eye

• white

The white part of your eye

• lip

One of the two soft parts around your mouth where your skin is redder or darker

• tongue

The soft part inside your mouth that you can move about and use for eating and speaking

• molar

One of the large teeth at the back of the mouth that are used for breaking up food

• palate

the roof of your mouth

• teeth

The hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food

• uvula

A small soft piece of flesh which hangs down from the top of your mouth at the back

• gum

Your gums are the two areas of firm pink flesh at the top and bottom of your mouth, in which your teeth are fixed

• nail

your nails are the hard smooth layers on the ends of your fingers

• middle finger

The longest finger on your hand

• ring finger

The finger, next to the smallest finger on your hand, that you traditionally wear your wedding ring on

• little finger

The smallest finger on your hand

• palm

The inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things

• wrist

The part of your body where your hand joins your arm

• forefinger

The finger next to your thumb

• knuckle

Your knuckles are the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers join your hands

• thumb

The part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things