Bodybuilding Game

L Skull

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I hold your lower teeth in place and move when you talk or chew. What bone am I?

Mandible bone

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I’m the back of your skull and cradle your brain, with a big oval hole where the spinal cord came. What bone am I?

Occipital bone

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I help form the bridge of your nose, small and easy to break. What bone am I?

Nasal bone

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I form your forehead and the roof of your eyes and contain sinuses that can ache with your sighs. Which bone am I?

Frontal bone

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I form the high part of your cheeks – also known as the “cheekbone”. What bone am I?

Zygomatic bone

R Skull

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I slow your heart, help you digest,
and wander your body on a long, long quest. Which cranial nerve am I?

Vagus nerve (CN X)

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I help you see the world in front of you, from eye to brain, I carry the view. Which cranial nerve am I?

Optic nerve (CN II)

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I help you chew your food just right and give your face sharp/dull and light touch insight. Which cranial nerve am I?

Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

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I help you hear your friend call your name and keep your balance in a moving game. Which cranial nerve am I?

Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)

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I smell your coffee before you sip, I’m the first sense to start the trip. Which cranial nerve am I?

Olfactory (CN I)

L Arm

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I’m the long bone of your upper arm, from shoulder to elbow, I run like a charm. What bone am I?

Humerus bone

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I’m the forearm bone on the pinky side, I help form the hinge where your elbow can glide. What bone am I?

Ullna bone

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I’m the little hook at your elbow’s back, the “funny bone” spot when you hit the crack. What bony structure am I?

Olecranon process 

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I connect your arm to your chest in a straight line, a slender S-shaped bone that sits up fine. What bone am I?

Clavicle

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I sit distally on the lateral side, forming your wrist bump where the thumb resides. What bony structure am I?

Radial styloid process 

R Arm

1

I’m the whole network that starts in the neck,
roots C5 to T1 creating nerves without a wreck. What structure am I?

Brachial plexus 

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I power your thumb pinch and wrist flexion, and getting compressed in the carpal tunnel is my biggest affliction. What nerve am I?

Median nerve

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I supply the deltoid and teres minor pair, and passing through the quadrangular space is how I get there. What nerve am I?

Axillary nerve

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I run down your posterior arm, helping your triceps extend with charm. A Saturday night palsy puts me to sleep. What nerve am I?

Radial nerve

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I slide between your ribs to help you breathe, branching off the plexus before the cords take the lead. What nerve am I?

Long thoracic nerve

L Thigh

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I’m the longest, strongest bone you’ll see, from hip to knee I’m holding thee. What bone am I?

Femur bone

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I cross both hip and knee in one straight line,
flexing the hip and extending the knee just fine. Which quadriceps muscle am I?

Rectus femoris

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I run down the side from hip to knee, a thick band of fascia you often try to “release” in PT. What structure am I?

Iliotibial band (IT band)

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I’m on the back of your thigh, a powerful crew, I help you extend your hip and bend your knee too. What muscle group am I?

Hamstrings

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I’m the main nerve in the anterior thigh, I help your quads contract so you can straighten the knee high. What nerve am I?

Femoral nerve

R Thigh

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I move your leg out wide and free, but only if your pelvis stays steady on me. Snow angels love me, so does the glute med— what hip motion fits this need?

Hip abduction

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I twist your thigh so the kneecap points in, a small rotation, but key to win. Pivoting inward without hesitation— what is this subtle hip rotation?

Hip internal (medial) rotation

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I bend your knee when you sit or kneel, shortening the angle you can feel. Hamstrings pull, the joint draws near— name this motion happening here.

Knee flexion

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I send your leg behind your stride, your glutes and hamstrings as my guide. In late stance phase, I push you through— what motion lets this power brew?

Hip extension

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I lift the thigh like a marching band, bringing your femur toward your hand. I start your stride and climb each stair— name the motion happening there.

Hip flexion

L Lower Leg

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I’m the skinny bone on the outside of your leg, not the main weight-bearer, but don’t call me a peg. What bone am I?

Fibula bone

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I’m the thick cord at the back of your heel, helping you push off when you walk or sprint for real. What tendon am I?

Achilles (calcaneal) tendon

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I’m the “outside ankle bone” sticking out wide, a distal landmark on the lateral side. What structure am I?

Lateral malleolus

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I stretch from heel to toes under your sole, supporting your arch like a tensioned roll. What structure am I?

Plantar fascia

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I sit between the leg and foot like a dome of might, forming the ankle joint to move your foot just right. What bone am I?

Talus

R Lower Leg

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I wrap around the fibular neck, and if I’m injured, dorsiflexion is a wreck. What nerve am I?

Common fibular (peroneal) nerve

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I’m the pulse you feel on the top of the foot, between the tendons, where your fingers are put. What artery am I?

Dorsal pedis artery

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When you point your toes down like stepping on gas, this motion at the talocrural joint will pass. What motion is this?

Plantarflexion

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I run behind the medial malleolus in the tarsal tunnel, and I help your foot feel the sole and flex the toes in a bundle. What nerve am I?

Tibial nerve

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I run behind the medial malleolus, deep and neat, the pulse you feel just below the flexor retinaculum at your patient’s feet.
What artery am I?

Posterior tibial artery