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Spanish Vocabulary List: Human Anatomy

©RCAguilar
OBJECTIVE:
Learn to identify yourself in parts: which means point to each piece of what comprises YOU and name it.
TASK:
Learn a few body parts a day, especially those that you're more likely to talk about. You may need to go to the doctor in a foreign country - and you shouldn't expect him to speak English !!!
PERPLEXED?
You must be taking your vitamins!
¿ Qué te duele ? - ¿Dónde te duele?
What hurts? Where are you having pain?
English speakers tend to identify body parts with possessive modifiers "my head," "my toes," "my elbow." Other languages recognize the body part as being a part of the whole individual and state instead "To me the head hurts," or "To me there is pain in the feet," etc.
There's a difference there, ... isn't there?
If you're addressing someone on a formal basis (using "Usted"), you need to replace the TE with LE.


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MEDICAL REFERENCE
 
Cada cabeza es un mundo.
[ Every head is a universe. ]
 
©Dan Austin 4/18/96
David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)

Recommended practice to learn these words:
Act like a 2-year-old and touch any part of yourself and name it over & over & over. It's okay to say it in English, then Spanish - but practice the Spanish mostly. Only try to learn 5 body parts per sitting. Add 5 more in a day or two, using both sets, then repeat 'til you've got it down.

When you're taking a shower practice: "Me lavo (body part)," naming the body parts as you wash them. This states: "I'm washing myself (the body part).

After showering, practice: "Me seco (body part)" naming the body parts as you dry them. This states: "I'm drying myself (the body part).

Pretend that you're in pain, and practice: "Me duele (body part)." This states: "(The body part) hurts."
If you want to use the plural for this you have to say "Me duelen los/las (body parts)." That would then state: "(These body parts) are hurting me." And remember to put the term into the plural.

Names of fingers:
thumb
pulgar
index finger
índice
middle finger
corazón
ring finger
anular
little finger
meñique

Click on the symbols below to hear the sound file:
A
abdomen
abdomen
Adam's apple
manzana de Adán
 
nuez de la garganta
anatomy
anatomía
ankle
tobillo
anus
ano
appendix
apéndice
arm
brazo
armpit
axila
 
sobaco
artery
arteria
B
back
espalda
beard
barba
belly
barriga
belly-button
ombligo
biceps
biceps
bladder
vejiga
blood
sangre
bone
hueso
brains
cerebro
breast, bosom
seno
butt-cheek
nalga
C
calf
pantorrilla
capillary
vaso capilar
cell
célula
cervix
cerviz
cheek (facial)
mejilla
chest
pecho
chin
barbilla
cranium
cráneo
cuticle
cutícula
D
dermis (skin)
piel
E
ear (inner)
oído
ear (outer)
oreja
eardrum
timpano
elbow
codo
esophagus
esófago
eye
ojo
eyebrow
ceja
eyelash
pestaña
eyelid
párpado
F
face
cara
finger
dedo
fingernail
uña
fist
puño
foot
pie
forearm
antebrazo
forehead
frente
foreskin
prepucio
G
gall bladder
vesícula biliar
gland
glándula
groin
ingle
gum
encía
H
hair
pelo
hairdo
cabello
hand
mano
head
cabeza
heart
corazón
heel
talón
hip
cadera
I
intestine
intestino
J
jaw
mandíbula
K
kidney
riñón
knee
rodilla
kneecap (patella)
rótula
knuckle
artejo
 
nudillo
L
leg
pierna
ligament
ligamento
lip
labio
liver
hígado
lung
pulmón
M
mandible
mandíbula
moustache
bigote
mouth
boca
muscle
músculo
N
neck
pescuezo
neckline (collar)
cuello
nerve
nervio
nipple
pezón
nose
nariz
nostril
ventana de la nariz
O
organ
órgano
P
palate
paladar
palm
palma de la mano
pancreas
páncreas
patella (kneecap)
rótula
penis
pene
prostate
prostata
pubis
pubis
R
rectum
recto
rib
costilla
S
scalp
cuero cabelludo
scapula
escápula
scrotum
escroto
shin
espinilla
shoulder
hombro
shoulder blade
paletilla
sinus
cavidad
 
seno
skeleton
esqueleto
skin
cutis
skull
calavera
sole
planta del pie
spine
espinazo
spleen
bazo
sternum
esternón
stomach
estómago
T
temple
sien
tendon
tendón
testicle
testículo
thigh
muslo
thorax
tórax
throat
garganta
thumb
pulgar
thyroid
tiroides
toe
dedo
toenail
uña
tongue
lengua
tonsil
amígdala
 
tonsila
tooth
diente
trachea (windpipe)
gaznate
 
tráquea
U
umbilical cord
cordón umbilical
ureter
uréter
urethra
uretra
uvula
úvula
V
vagina
vagina
vein
vena
W
waist
cintura
windpipe (trachea)
gaznate
 
tráquea
wrist
muñeca