Advanced Vocabulary - General Regions and Organs Inside the Body

General Regions and Organs Inside the Body 

apparatus noun

medical the organs responsible for the way a part of the body or mind works.

canal noun

a passage in the body shaped like a tube.

cavity noun

a space inside someone’s body.

chamber noun

an enclosed space, especially one inside a machine, a plant, or someone’s body.

entrails noun

the organs inside the body of a person or animal, especially the intestines.

guts noun

informal all the organs inside your body, especially the ones in the stomach area.

innards noun

informal the organs inside the body of a person or animal.

organ noun

biology a part of your body that does a specific job, such as your heart or brain Your vital organs are the organs that you cannot live without.

organic adjective

medical connected with the body’s organs.

part noun

a piece or area of the body.

passage noun

a tube in your body for air or liquid to pass along or pass through.

region noun

a particular area of your body.

system noun

a set of organs, tubes etc in your body that work together.

system noun

your body considered as a set of connected organs, tubes etc.

tract noun

medical a group of organs and tubes that work together in your body.

tube noun

a long thin part inside your body that is shaped like a tube.

valve noun

the part of an organ or tube in your body that opens and closes to keep liquid flowing in the right direction.

vessel noun

biology a tube in people, animals, or plants through which liquid flows.

viscera noun

medical the organs in your body, especially in your stomach.

visceral adjective

medical relating to the viscera.

vitals noun

old-fashioned the most important organs of the body, especially the heart and lungs.

wall noun

the outer layer of a body part such as the stomach or the chest.

someone’s inside(s)

informal the organs in a body, especially the stomach or intestines.

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