Did You Know?

Your abdomen helps you breathe too!

What is in the Abdomen?

The abdomen holds your stomach and intestines.

How to Keep it Healthy

Eat good food and drink water.

What abdomen Does

It helps you eat food.

It helps you digest food.

It helps you breathe.

It holds your organs safe.

It helps you move your body.

It helps you feel full.

More About abdomen

The abdomen is a big part of your body. It is soft and can stretch. It is where your food goes. It helps you feel good and strong.

Every day, we use our abdomen when we eat. It helps us digest food. If we eat good food, we feel happy and full.

Did you know? Some animals have a big abdomen too! They use it to store food and energy.

How Topics Connect

graph TD A["Abdomen"] --> B["Location: Between Thorax and Pelvis"] A --> C["Abdominal Cavity"] A --> D["In Humans and Other Vertebrates"] A --> E["In Arthropods"] E --> F["Posterior Tagma"] E --> G["Follows Thorax or Cephalothorax"]

What Do These Words Mean?

abdomen:The front part of the body between the chest and hips.
thorax:The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen.
pelvis:The lower part of the body that connects the spine to the legs.
vertebrates:Animals with a backbone.
arthropods:A group of animals with jointed legs, like insects and spiders.