Flesh

Soft tissue covering bones and muscles of vertebrate animals.

meat body

Flesh is the soft tissue that covers the bones and muscles of vertebrate animals, including humans. It is composed of muscle, fat, connective tissue, and blood.

/flɛʃ/

From Old English flecsc, from Proto-West Germanic *fleiskaz.

Flesh is the soft part of animals, like humans and dogs, that covers our bones and muscles.

What is flesh? It's the soft tissue covering bones and muscles of vertebrate animals
Is all flesh edible? No, some animal flesh is poisonous or otherwise inedible
What gives flesh its color? Myoglobin in muscle tissue and melanin in skin contribute to flesh's color

body meat

tissue matter

muscle fat skin

skin muscle bone

body organism

biological substance