The human body II

 The skin 

The skin is an elastic organ which covers and protects your body. You can feel heat, cold or pain throug your skin. 

The skin on your head has got a lot of hair. The skin that covers other parts of your body has got shorter, fine hair.

Skin contains a substance called melanin. Melanin protecs you body from sunlight. It makes your skin darker when you sunbathe.

Skin covers  and protects  you body. You can feel different things with your skin.

People are different

These are some of the things that make people different:

- Sexual charecteristics. Women and men have different bodies.

- Body constitution.

- Height. People can be tall or short.

Personal traits. People look different because of the color of their eyes, their hair the shape of their face or nose, etc.

Sexual characteristics, body constitution, height and personal traits make people different.

Questions

- Your skin changes colour sunlight. Why?

- Look at your partner. Write two differences an two similarities.

The body

 Parts of the body

The main parts of the body are the head, the trunk and the limbs.

- The head includes the face. Your face has a forehead, two cheeks and a chin. You also have a nose, two eyes and a mouth.

-The trunk has two parts: the thorax and the abdomen.

-You have  four limbs. The upper limbs include the arms, the forearms and the hands. The lower limbs are legs, the thighs and the feet. 

Inside your body 

Different organs are inside your body. These organs make your body function.

- Bones and muscles work together to support and move your body.

- Your brain is inside your head. It is protected by your skull. Your brain controls all the organs in your body.

- The heart, the lungs, the kidneys, the stomach and the intestines are organs. They are inside your trunk. 

Your organs all work together  to make your body function well.

Questions

- What are the parts of the upper limbs?

- And the parts of the lower limbs?

- Where is the thorax?

- And the abdomen?