Orientations and Shapes
This is the name of the orientation of a person standing facing forward with thumbs pointed out.
What is anatomical position?
This part of the body is comprised of the carpus and metacarpus.
What is the hand?
This single-word term refers to the body’s ability to regulate various physiological processes to keep internal states steady and balanced.
What is homeostasis?
This type of tissue, which forms the outer surface of organs, is one of four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective, muscle, and nervous tissues.
What is epithelial?
With an average weight in adults of approximately 3lbs, this is the heaviest organ in the human body.
What is the liver?
This S-adjective describes a plane that runs from front to back, dividing the body or one of its parts into left and right sides
What is Sagittal?
This joint in your arm is where the humerus, ulna, and radius all meet.
What is the elbow?
The name for the main arteries in your head and neck that you wouldn’t want to compress since the vessels deliver blood to your brain.
What is the carotid?
The general term for the small tubes in the circulatory that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. It sounds like an adjective for a conceited person.
What is a vein?
This sensory organ is where the tympanic membrane is found.
What is the ear?
Also used in relation to planetary motion, this means the cavity of the skull that is the location of the eye.
What is the orbit?
The only bone in the human body not connected to other bones is the horseshoe-shaped "H" bone that's also known as the lingual or tongue-bone.
What is the hyoid?
Common in athletes, ACL surgery reconstructs or replaces a ligament located in this joint of the body.
What is the knee?
This fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus? It is named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
What is Achilles?
First published in 1858, this textbook was based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses. Its name was later used for a medical tv drama.
What is Gray's Anatomy?
The human retina contains receptor cells of two different types: rods and this tapered shape.
What are cones?
The four major plates of the human skull are the frontal, the parietal, the occipital, and
What is temporal?
This is the other name for platelets, the clear, colorless fragments that are created by bone marrow and regulate blood clotting.
What are thrombocytes?
Starting at the lower back and running down both legs, this nerve is the longest and widest in the human body.
What is the sciatic?
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of this organ, making it the largest in the human body.
What is the skin?
The name for the triangular sesamoid bone that covers the front of the joint connecting the femur with the tibia?
What is the patella?
Sharing its name with a carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, this “F” is a depression or hollow in a bone.
What is a fossa?
This medical term from the Latin terms for “blood” and “break forth” refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life-threatening.
What is hemorrhaging?
The "nephron," which is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule, is the basic unit that makes up this organ.
What is the kidney?
According to research, this day has the highest risk of heart attacks.
What is Monday?