Body
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With regard to
living things,
a body is the integral physical material of
an individual, and contrasts with
soul,
personality and
behavior.
In some contexts, a superficial element of a body, such as
hair may be
regarded as not a part of it, even while attached. The same is true of
excretable substances, such as
stool, both
while residing in the body and afterwards.
Plants composed
of more than one
cell are not normally regarded as possessing a body.
"Body" often is used in connection with
appearance,
health issues and
death. The body
of a dead person is also called a corpse (human) or
cadaver. The dead bodies of
vertebrate animals and
insects are
sometimes called carcasses.
The human body consists of a
head,
neck,
trunk, two
arms, two
legs and the
genitals
of the groin, which differ between
males and
females.
The study of the working of a body is
anatomy.
A body is also a held-together collection or group of physical objects or
abstract ideas, and in particular an
organisation. The whole is of more than the sum of the individual
members.
Injury
Injury
is damage or
harm caused to the
structure
or function
of the body caused by an outside
agent or
force, which
may be
physical or
chemical.
See also
