6. Our hands and face and the whole body are covered with something as soft and smooth as the finest silk. It is the skin. What is it that grows from the skin on the head? and what at the ends of the fingers and the toes? We shall learn more about the skin, the hair, and the nails in another lesson.
7. The body has two sides, the right side and the left side, which are alike. We have two eyes, two ears, two arms, etc. We have but one nose, one mouth, and one chin, but each of these organs has two halves, which are just alike.
SUMMARY.
1. The body has a head and trunk, two arms, and two legs.
2. The parts of the head are the skull and face. The forehead, temples, cheeks, eyes, ears, nose, mouth and chin are parts of the face.
3. The parts of the trunk are, the chest, abdomen, and backbone. The neck joins the head and trunk.
4. Each arm has a shoulder, upper-arm, fore-arm, wrist, and hand. The fingers belong to the hand.
5. Each leg has a hip, thigh, lower leg, ankle, and foot. The toes belong to the foot.
6. The whole body is covered by the skin.
7. The two sides of the body are alike.