Friday, May 5, 2017

125. Anatomy of an Alphabet

A is for Anatomy, it's what we'll describe

B is for bones that let you jive

C is for cartilage, your nose has this stuff

D is for diaphragm, it freaks, you hiccough

E is for eardrums that help you hear

F is for fingernails that scratch at your rear

G is for gastrointestinal tract

H is for heart, don't have an attack

I is for infections that make your gut bloat

J is for jugular: go for the throat

K is for kidneys that help you pee right 

L is for lids to close against light

M is for mucus that sits in your nose

N is for neurons that tell you to go

O is for optic, that nerve for your eye

P is for phalanges to point to the sky

Q is for quadriceps: you're buff, I can tell

R is for ribosomes, a part of a cell

S is for sinus, that space in your face

T is for tibia; you need it to race

U is for uvula, dangly and long

V is for villi that push things along

W is for white blood cells fighting off germs

X is for x-ray, to see all these terms

Y is for y-chromosome, the man-making mate

Z is for zygote that Y helped create

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