HeadThe bones inside are the skull: 22 of them, and they protect the brain. Only one can move, the lower jaw.
EyeThe colored ring is the iris. The dark circle in its middle is the pupil, a hole that lets light in. Eyelids and lashes block specks that could scratch the surface.
EarThe curved part on the outside is the auricle. Its curves guide sound waves into the ear canal, the opening that leads inside.
NoseAir goes in through two openings, the nostrils. The cells that detect smells sit high up inside, in the roof of the space behind the nose.
MouthChildren have 20 baby teeth. Between about ages 6 and 12 they are replaced, and a full adult set is 32. Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the body.
ArmIn everyday English it runs from the shoulder to the hand. In anatomy class the word means only the upper part, shoulder to elbow. The lower part is the forearm.
HandEach one has 27 bones: 8 in the wrist, 5 in the palm and 14 in the fingers and thumb.
Tummy (stomach)Tummy began as a small child's way of saying stomach. In anatomy class the area is the abdomen, and the stomach is one organ inside it.
LegIn everyday English it runs from the hip to the foot. In anatomy class the word means only knee to ankle, and the part above is the thigh. The thigh bone is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
FootEach one has 26 bones: 7 at the ankle and heel, 5 in the middle and 14 in the toes. Two of them are feet, not foots.
Head and neck 2
HairEach strand grows from a tiny pit in the skin called a follicle. The part you can see is made of dead cells filled with a tough protein, keratin. Nails are keratin too.
NeckSeven bones of the backbone are in here, the cervical vertebrae. Almost all mammals have seven, even a giraffe, whose seven are just much longer.
Body, arm and hand 5
ShoulderA ball-and-socket joint: the round top of the arm bone sits in a shallow cup. It can move in more directions than any other joint in the body.
ChestThe ribs make a cage inside it. There are 12 pairs of ribs, and the cage protects the heart and the lungs.
ElbowA hinge joint. It bends and straightens the arm in one direction only, the way a door swings on its hinge.
WristEight small bones called carpals sit here, in two rows of four.
FingersEach has three bones, and the thumb has two. Some people say four fingers and a thumb, others say five fingers. Both are correct English.
Leg and foot 3
KneeThe largest joint in the body. The kneecap at the front is a bone of its own, the patella.
AnkleThe bony bump on each side is the end of a leg bone. The joint between them is a hinge, so it moves the foot up and down.
ToesThe big toe has two bones and each of the others has three: 14 in each foot, the same count as the fingers and thumb of one hand.
How this list was compiled: The 20 words are everyday English and the list is our own. Spellings, plurals and usage (tummy, hair with no plural for a head of hair, foot and feet): Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tummy, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stomach, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/belly, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finger, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hair, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toe and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nostril, read 2026-09-19, tummy and belly again 2026-09-20. The thumb counted as a finger or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger, read 2026-09-20. Body facts in the hints and detail lines: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, sections 1.6, 5.2, 7.2 to 7.4, 8.2, 8.4, 9.6, 14.1 and 23.3, https://openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e/pages/1-6-anatomical-terminology, read 2026-09-19, CC BY 4.0. The song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is traditional, with no known author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head,_Shoulders,_Knees_and_Toes, read 2026-09-19. The wording of every line is our own. Licence: own work
The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-20 and redrawn the same day after the art editor's review. Own work: nothing was traced or copied, and no other picture was used. The head is drawn a little larger than life so the parts of the face are big enough to tap. Licence: own work
How it works
These are the words a child says, tummy and not abdomen, chosen for young children and for people learning English. One of each pair has a ring, and both eyes, both knees and both feet light up together.
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From head to toes
The labeling of the body runs top to bottom: head is 1, tummy is 15 and toes are 20, so the printed answer lines read down the body too. You can label part of the body at a time: Head and neck has 7 words, and Where the body bends has 6.
The first 10
Simple asks head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, arm, hand, tummy, leg and foot. The other 10 are hair, neck, shoulder, chest, elbow, wrist, fingers, knee, ankle and toes.
The song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes names numbers 1, 8, 17 and 20, in order down the body.
One foot, two feet. Hair takes no s when it means all the hair on a head.
In anatomy class, arm means shoulder to elbow and leg means knee to ankle. Everyday English means the whole limb.
Questions and answers
Is there a labelling body parts worksheet to print?
Yes. Print blank gives the child figure with rings numbered 1 to 20 and an answer line for each, the kind of sheet that says label the major body parts shown. Print labelled fills the words in. It is line art to color.
Is it tummy, stomach or belly?
All three count here, and so does abdomen. Tummy is a colloquial, often childish word that began as a child's attempt to say stomach. In anatomy class the area is the abdomen, and the stomach is one organ inside it.
Is the thumb a finger?
English counts it both ways: four fingers and a thumb, or five fingers. The thumb has two bones, and each of the other fingers has three. On this drawing the thumb belongs to the hand, and Fingers lights the other four.