Flesh

Flesh

In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.

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Famous quotes containing the word flesh:

    “Heat, ma’am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.”
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

    “Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:39.

    “My Friend is not of some other race or family of men, but flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. He is my real brother.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)