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What type of bone, embedded in a tendon or muscle, gets its name from its small, seed-like size?
Sesamoid
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of which organ, making it the largest in the human body?
Skin
There are about 5.6 liters (or about 7% of their total body weight) of which fluid in the average adult's body?
Blood
What is the largest muscle in the human body by cross-sectional area?
Gluteus maximus
How many bones are in one human foot? (Talus down, no sesamoids)
26
Which medical term from the Latin terms for "blood" and "break forth" refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life threatening?
Hemorrhage
In addition to conditions of the gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, a hepatologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of what large internal organ?
Liver
What is the smallest muscle in the human body?
Stapedius
What is the only artery in the body that carries unoxygenated blood?
Pulmonary artery
What is the largest and most complex joint in the human body?
The knee
What is the only bone in the body with no muscle attachments?
Talus
Despite making up only about 2% of a person's body weight, the brain uses roughly what percentage of the body's total energy and oxygen intake to function?
20%
When babies are born, how many bones do they have?
300
The organs that make up the human digestive tract move food downward through a process with what name, a motion which is radially symmetrical and moves in a wave down the tubular structures?
Peristalsis
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes
Which structure in the vertebral column, which is formed of three to five rudimentary vertebrae, is named after the cuckoo bird due to its resemblance to the cuckoo's beak?
Coccyx
What word, from a Greek word meaning "crab's claw," describes a scar whose overgrowth of collagen makes it especially large, fibrous, and even shiny?
Keloid
What's the name of the small fold of mucous membrane that attaches the underside of the tongue to the floor of the human mouth?
Frenulum
What anatomical structure, Latin for “little brain,” not only helps you control your movements but also assists in regulating your emotions? Fear and pleasure, in particular.
Cerebellum
What is the strongest muscle in the human body based on weight and pressure?
Masseter
What joint in the human body is named after a word that was invented by William Shakespeare?
Elbow
The Hippiatrica is a Byzantine compilation of Ancient Greek texts concerning the care and healing of what animal? This animal was also the subject of the first comprehensive text on the anatomy of a nonhuman species, "Anatomia del Cavallo," written by Carlo Ruini in the 16th century.
Horse
Muscles in the ear, a small fold in corner of the eyelid, the caecum, and the appendix are all structures in human anatomy often described by what word, meaning they remain even though they no longer fulfill an ancestral function?
Vestigial
The malleus, incus, and stapes--or, in their familiar English names, hammer, anvil, and stirrup--are three small bones of the ear collectively known by what name?
Ossicles
Which spongy bone with a name that means “sieve” in Greek is located between your eyes and separates your nasal cavity from your brain?
Ethmoid