If you’re looking for the parts on the outside, try here.
- Brain: beyin or akıl (the latter can also mean “mind,” so it’s less tangible)
- Skull: kafatası
- Tooth: diş, plural dişler
- Spine: omurga
- Vertebra: omur
- Throat: boğaz or gırtlak
- Heart: yürek
- Lung: akciğer (pl. akciğerler) or ciğer (ciğer is a sort of generic word for the lungs and liver, and the lungs are distinguished by adding ak, which means “white“)
- Liver: karaciğer or ciğer (kara means “black”)
- Ribs: kaburga (pl. kaburgalar)
- Stomach: mide
- Intestines: bağırsaklar
- Small intestine: ince bağırsak (“thin intestine”)
- Large intestine: kalın bağırsak (“thick intestine”)
- Kidney: böbrek, pl. böbrekler
- Bladder: mesane
- Muscle: kas
- Bone: kemik
- Cartilage: kıkırdak
- Blood: kan
- Blood vessel: damar (means “vessel”) or kan damarı (specifically “blood vessel”)
- Artery: atardamar or arter
- Vein: toplardamar or just damar
- Nerves: sinir
Turkish Word a Day 