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Anatomical Parts
“And again, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu reflects on this body, upward from the soles of his feet, downward from the tips of his hair, enclosed by the skin and full of diverse impurities, thus: 'There are in this body...
head-hairs, body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin;
flesh, sinews, bones, bone-marrow, kidneys;
heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs;
bowels, mesentery, undigested food, feces, brain;
bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat;
tears, grease, spittle, nasal mucus, oil of the joints, and urine.'”