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• Word! Lyme Disease

  Lyme disease is an infection that can make you feel tired and sore all over. People get Lyme disease from being bitten by infected ticks.

• Word! Ligament

  Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that hold your bones together at your joints.

• Word! Lung Function Tests

  How well do your lungs function? In other words, how well are you breathing?

• Word! Lymph Node

  Your wonderful lymph nodes! Lymph nodes are little round or bean-shaped bumps that you usually can't feel unless they become swollen.

• Word! Lymph

  Lymph is a clear fluid that flows through its own vessels located throughout the body.

• Word! Lens

  The lens is the part of the eye that focuses on what you see.

• Word! Lunula

  Take a look at your thumb and you'll see this: it's the light half-moon shape at the very bottom of your nail.

• Word! Laxatives

  Laxatives are medicines that help you out when your bowels aren't moving.

• Word! Larynx

  If you can sing "la la la," then you have a larynx!

• Word! Laparoscopy

  Laparoscopy sounds a little scary at first, but it's actually pretty cool.

• Word! Lacrimal Glands

  Boo hoo hoo, crying is what these parts help you do!