While some of the human anatomy is covered in Duolingo’s Medical lesson, there are obviously many more terms to learn. Below are some visual diagrams and an extended vocabulary list for your learning convenience.

Some terms not included in the diagram above, but may prove helpful:

  • il corpo (body)
  • il cranio (skull)
  • la mascella (jaw)
  • l’addome (abdomen)
  • l’inguine (groin)
  • lo schiena (back)
  • la pelle (skin)
  • l’osso (bone)

TIPS: The human chest is most often referred to as il petto, but sometimes il torace (thorax). Similarly, lo stomaco (stomach) can be also be referred to as la pancia (belly, tummy).



Some terms not included in the diagram above, but may prove helpful:

  • il ciglio (eyelash)
  • l’unghia (nail)
  • il labbro (lip)
  • il dente (tooth)
  • la lingua (tongue)

TIPS: While il calcagno (actual heel bone) and il tallone (region of the foot that includes the heel bone) are often used as synonyms, they do have slightly different meanings.

The Italian terms la faccia and il viso (face) are purely synonyms (with subtle negligible uses).

The plural form of some body parts do not conform to conventional rules and will need to be learned through memorization and experience.

  • l’orecchio (ear) → le orecchie (ears)
  • il braccio (arm) → le braccia (arms)
  • il dito (finger) → le dita (fingers)
  • il ginocchio (knee) → le ginocchia (knees)
  • il labbro (lip) → le labbra (lips)

VOCABULARY
(53 Words)
il corpobody
la pelleskin
l'ossobone
la testahead
i capellihair
l'orecchioear
l'occhioeye
il viso, la facciaface
il sopracciglioeyebrow
la palpebraeyelid
il colloneck
la golathroat
il nasonose
la fronteforehead
la guanciacheek
il mentochin
la boccamouth
il petto, il toracechest
la costolarib
l'ancahip
la schienaback
il polsowrist
il braccioarm
il gomitoelbow
la manohand
il ditofinger
lo stomacostomach
la panciatummy
il pollicethumb
la spallashoulder
l'ascellaarmpit
la gambaleg
il ginocchioknee
il polpacciocalf
la cavigliaankle
la cosciathigh
il piedefoot
il dito del piedetoe
il talloneheel
il labbrolip
l'unghiafingernail
il cranioskull
lo stincoshin
il mignolopinkie finger
l'anularering finger
il mediomiddle finger
l'indiceindex finger
il ciglioeyelash
la linguatongue
il dentetooth
l'inguinegroin
la mascellajaw
l'addomeabdomen

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