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Human Body A-Z

Name these parts of the body starting with each letter of the alphabet.
We use colloquial names as well as scientific ones
We use the term "parts of the body" loosely
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First submittedNovember 10, 2013
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A
Largest artery
Aorta
B
Two-headed arm muscle
Biceps
C
Largest of three main
parts of the brain
Cerebrum
D
First part of
the small intestine
Duodenum
E
Outermost layers of skin
Epidermis
F
Largest bone
Femur
G
Bile storage organ
Gallbladder
H
Upper arm bone
Humerus
I
Colored part of the eye
Iris
J
Vein of the neck
Jugular
K
Blood filtering organ
Kidney
L
Voice box
Larynx
M
What's inside bones
Marrow
N
Another word for the belly button
Navel
O
Nerve connecting the eye and brain
Optic nerve
P
Gland that produces growth hormone
Pituitary gland
Q
Large muscle group above the
front of the knee
Quadriceps
R
Back of the eye
Retina
S
Divides your nostrils
Septum
T
Large endocrine gland of the neck
Thyroid
U
Weird-looking thing that dangles
above the throat
Uvula
V
Pumping chamber of the heart
Ventricle
W
Colloquial term for the uterus
Womb
X
"Process" of the lower sternum
Xyphoid process
Y
What makes a man, genetically speaking
Y chromosome
Z
Technical name of the cheekbone
Zygomatic bone
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70 Comments
TheWombat
+8
Level 72
Nov 28, 2013
I reckon 'cerebral cortex' should be accepted for 'cerebrum'. It makes up the majority of the cerebrum and could therefore reasonably be defined as the largest of the three 'main' parts of the brain.
kalbahamut
+19
Level 79
Jan 5, 2014
The three main parts are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. The cerebral cortex is not the largest of those three because it's not one of those three.. even if it makes up the largest part of one of the three.
OneMoreDown
+4
Level 48
Jan 5, 2014
Never new the cheekbone had a technical term. Learning something new everyday. Thanks, jetpunk.
ander217
+3
Level 73
May 30, 2014
Same here. Thought I had it done in a snap until I got to Z.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
May 20, 2016
You guys clearly don't watch enough medical dramas on TV. ;-)
plattitude
+2
Level 94
May 20, 2016
I fall in the category of having watched too many medical dramas, and can't recall hearing z.
ander217
+7
Level 73
May 20, 2016
My husband is an ICU nurse. The last thing he wants to do at home is watch a medical show.
TracyB121
+5
Level 44
Jan 30, 2022
Me too, except I am the nurse! My husband hates watching with me because I tell him how wrong it is.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Apr 5, 2017
Yep, clean sweep, then I get to z... dang.
Ampersandwich
+1
Level 61
Aug 1, 2025
I don’t even know how I managed to know the answer to it! Subconsciously I guess!
quizmaster23
+3
Level 57
Jan 6, 2014
got 21 with a minute to go and im 14 haha. I listen in biology class though;)
englishsystem
+11
Level 67
Dec 8, 2014
I got 22 and fell asleep in biology class.
Thebozzovall
+6
Level 44
Mar 6, 2020
did i ask
Time123
+1
Level 58
Jul 30, 2025
They taught you that in biology? We never went into any depth about the higher functions of the human body (we went up to cells and tissues)
theatrenut14
+1
Level 21
Jan 7, 2014
Thank you anatomy class...
NicSal14
+1
Level 62
Jan 8, 2014
Please accept Zygoma for Zygomatic Bone.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 9, 2014
Ok, that will work now.
DonTheLamplighter
+13
Level 87
Jun 1, 2017
Any chance you can also accept zablazazuglab? 'Cause that's all I could come up with. :-P
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Dec 5, 2019
I guess zygote wasnt acceptable.. ;) I knew it was wrong but couldnt come up with anything else.
TracyB121
+3
Level 44
Jan 30, 2022
Zygote is resultant at the other end! LOL
ColoHarpare
+2
Level 49
Apr 21, 2014
I was hesitant to try this quiz, but to my surprise, I knew them all! And had 2:03 left over!
Freestatebear
+2
Level 88
Jan 30, 2015
Watching "Bones" helped on this one! 25/26
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Aug 29, 2020
there are only a handful of questions about bones on this quiz
Freestatebear
+3
Level 88
Jan 28, 2022
True, but the show is based on a multi-discipline forensics lab, so lots of stuff about the human body are mentioned.
akwildrose
+1
Level 50
Apr 25, 2015
I tried cerebellum and cerebral...that was silly. I knew cerebral was an adjective, not a noun.
samrogerson
+2
Level 24
Apr 29, 2015
Technically the 'two-headed arm muscle' should be Biceps Brachii not just Biceps because there's the Biceps Femoris in the anterior compartment of the upper leg.
ChaosQuizzer
+1
Level 35
May 20, 2016
Technically it should. However the muscle he is referring to is commonly called biceps. Like in other clues, it would ask you for a scientific name if it wanted one.
sillie
+1
Level 75
Jun 27, 2015
How about "ventricular chamber" ? That's basicly the same, isn't it? Also spelling pituitary was hard. I tried "pituary" and knew I missed letters, but couldn't have figured out which ones.
ZZQuiz
+1
Level 35
May 3, 2016
I think you should accept 'umbilicus' for belly-button
ChaosQuizzer
+9
Level 35
May 20, 2016
'Umbilicus' doesn't start with a 'n'
CosaNostra
+1
Level 28
May 20, 2016
that's a good point...
trebek
+1
Level 68
May 20, 2016
Technicalities... sheesh
AlexaStone
+1
Level 33
Apr 12, 2025
"numbilicus"
leckscheid
+1
Level 36
May 20, 2016
I vote nuppa for navel
nanook
+6
Level 50
May 20, 2016
Please accept xiphisternum for xiphoid process.
emwcee
+1
Level 47
May 23, 2016
Good quiz. I got all by Q, X, and Z. X and Z were rather obscure, but I should have gotten Q.
JBrommit
+1
Level 67
Oct 8, 2016
Just missed Z, and I tried every dang brain-related C I could think of (cerebellum, cortex, core matter...) but missed cerebrum!
Sifhraven
+3
Level 76
Dec 20, 2018
cerberus:D
Mustafa7
+2
Level 35
Nov 18, 2017
For cerebrum, accept the cerebral cortex
torny81
+1
Level 74
Jan 3, 2019
spent about half of the time looking for translations in English! :-(
Pierre
+1
Level 28
Jan 16, 2019
Please accept "Gullbladder" next time.
Malbaby
+6
Level 70
Jan 24, 2019
I think birds such as gulls don't have a bladder as such, but the 'cloaca' would be the nearest approximate receptacle to one.
lstep
+3
Level 41
Mar 19, 2019
Should also accept xiphisternum fro xiphoid sternum
sacheth9
+1
Level 65
Mar 30, 2021
Great quiz!
GalileoS
+1
Level 85
Jan 28, 2022
Took neuroanatomy many years ago. Cranial nerve 2 is the optic nerve that brings messages from retina to brain for sight. Cranial nerve 3 is oculomoter & contols pupil size. Should be an alternate acceptable answer.
Damangio
+1
Level 64
Jan 28, 2022
Gaaah! I misread Q as "Large muscle group above the front of the eye."
Peter954460
+3
Level 47
Jan 29, 2022
should accept xiphisternum, which is interchangeable with xiphoid process. As a doctor I was a little embarrassed as it caused me to only get 25/26.
jbro
+2
Level 76
Jan 31, 2022
Can you accept "larnyx" for larynx
Cycloethan
+2
Level 67
Dec 27, 2022
There is no y in "xiphoid".
gonzit
+1
Level 72
Jan 27, 2023
Should accept galbladder for gallbladder

Just got the spelling wrong and assumed I was wrong since Jetpunk standard practice is usually to accept these kinds of mistakes

Nickelz
+3
Level 69
Sep 14, 2023
Why does "genetically speaking" have to be there
Unobtainium
+1
Level 49
May 14, 2024
Well, there's a social debate on what makes someone a "man"
Zhisque
+3
Level 71
Mar 2, 2025
Then what do you call someone who was born with male characteristics, grew up as a boy, lives as a man in our society, but has XX chromosomes with the SRY gene?

And this is just a basic example that does not take into account intersexuality or self-determination...

Koopa
+1
Level 88
Jul 29, 2025
Female.
Booki
+1
Level 64
Nov 16, 2023
22/26 with google translator
tshalla
+1
Level 78
Jan 4, 2024
Well, back to med school.
rebjeatho33
+1
Level 51
Jan 4, 2024
I think it would make sense to accept ocular nerve for optic nerve, I believe the terms are interchangeable.
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Mar 7, 2025
Is there a reason that the word "thigh" isn't used in the quad clue? I presumably misread the question and thought it meant literally where the knee is, but I also think it'd just make for a cleaner clue as well as being clearer?
Scythebrine
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2025
Ha, randomly got this quiz while in an Anatomy and Physiology class. Got both Xiphoid Process and Zygomatic Bone, didn't get womb.
AlexaStone
+1
Level 33
Apr 12, 2025
Got X and Z but somehow not A...

Also please tell me I'm not the only one who typed "Woman parts" for U

Isfjella
+2
Level 75
Jun 9, 2025
Wondering if it would make sense to change "man" to "male"? Admittedly, I don't know as many trans people as I should (so I might be wrong here) but it's my perception that "man" usually refers to gender, while "male" refers to sex (chromosomal in this case), which is the relevant factor here.
partdavid
+1
Level 74
Jul 29, 2025
It would be a bit more accurate since "man" refers only to an adult male in any case.
HighFidelity
+1
Level 59
Jul 31, 2025
A trans man usually identifies as male, and a trans woman with a y chromosome usually doesn't. So a more inclusive clue might be "one of two genetic markers for biological sex"
Elan
+1
Level 66
Jul 29, 2025
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Alouka
+1
Level 74
Jul 29, 2025
Damn, how didn't I think of the english spelling for "ventricule" XD
Whisper3439
+1
Level 59
Jul 29, 2025
Well what has been made apparent with my score, is that I can barely look at someone and tell you whether they're human or not....
thpepsiman
+1
Level 66
Oct 20, 2025
I should rewatch Bones...
Isssa
+1
Level 55
Nov 9, 2025
When you know all the answers but not how to spell them in English.
DialKforKarol
+2
Level 44
Dec 7, 2025
I'm pretty sure "xiphoid" is selled with an "i" (like xiphias or xiphisternum, it's derived from Greek "xiphos" meaning "sword-shaped,") and not a "y."
ViktorAmI
+1
Level 28
Feb 26, 2026
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