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A person can live with only one of these blood filtering organs
What are the kidneys?
Another name for the nostrils
What are the nares?
The humerus, the ulna, and the radius all meet here
What is the elbow?
This large sensory organ is made up of layers
What is the skin?
The tympanic membrane is found inside of this
What is the ear?
This pair of fatty, fibrous structures are divided into 15 to 20 lobes that hold small clusters of milk-producing glands
What are breasts?
These are known as nephrolithiasis or renal calculi
What are kidney stones?
You're getting surgery for a torn meniscus. This joint is being repaired
What is the knee.
This organ has four major lobes, the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal
What is the brain?
These tiny air sacs are found at the end of the bronchioles
What is alveoli?
This pair of muscular tubes carry the ova to the uterus
What are Fallopian tubes?
Sometimes called the breastbone
What is the sternum?
This fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the heel bone and is named after a Greek hero
What is the Achilles tendon?
The hypoglossal nerves control the muscles of this digestive system organ
What is the tongue?
The external part of the human ear
What is the auricle?
Humans have 23 pairs of these; one too many causes a condition called 'trisomy'
What are chromosomes?
Also known as the cholecyst
What is the gallbladder?
The bones in this body part include the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and the capitate.
What is the hand?
The islets of Langerhans are groups of cells that produce insulin and glucagon in this organ
What is the pancreas?
The type of tissue that forms the outer surface of organs
What is epithelial?
This pair of suprarenal structures help to regulate metabolism, blood pressure and your response to stress
What are adrenal glands?
Also known as cerumen
What is earwax?
This upper back muscle got its name from a four-sided polygon shape
What is the trapezius?
This non-vital organ is divided into 5-subparts, three of which are the cardia, the fundus, and the antrum
What is the stomach?
The sensory organ that contains the choroid and the uvea.
What is the eye?