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There are a lot of parts to the upper body, but if you are referring to the chest, here are a few to try:  bent arm laterals,  chest cross-overs, incline press, decline movements, pectoral flies, and (of course) the bench press.  

Tips: Try to keep the stress on the pectorals, rather than the triceps, front shoulders or back when doing near-maximum poundages for the exercises.  CONCENTRATE on the pecs.  Practice deep breathing. It gives your system more oxygen to work with, helps in recovery time and increases chest expansion.  Posture is very important. No matter how hard you work to build your chest, slouching, slumping or rounding your shoulders is counter-productive. Standing erect, with head high, back straight, chest up and out, can add 2-4 inches to the size of your chest. 

Additional beneficial exercises include: medium-grip push-ups between stools, feet-elevated dips between stools, low-pulley chest laterals, lying low-pulley one-arm chest laterals, high pulley chest laterals, and pectoral cross-overs on the high pulley.

I got my information from "Getting Stronger" by Bill Pearl and Gary T. Moran.  If you go to a gym, check out the different machines; they usually give a visual of the muscles that are worked with the exercise performed.  You could probably talk to a gym teacher at the high school or local community college, too. 

PLEASE work on total body fitness!  Just having that big chest perched above toothpicks is not really attractive!