Medicine and Anatomy by Letter - B

Answer these questions about the human body, disease, and the field of medicine. All answers start with the letter B!

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Original insertion of the umbilical cord, in the centre of your stomach	Belly button
A large muscle in the upper arm that flexes the arm	Biceps brachii
Bodily fluid that carries oxygen, nutrients and waste to and from cells	Blood
Common name for the bone that is made up of vertebrae	Backbone
The most energy consuming organ, located in the skull	Brain
Storage organ for urine produced in the kidneys	Bladder
An airway that branches from the trachea and conducts air to the lungs	Bronchus
Bodily fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder	Bile
Common name for the sternum, the bone at the front of the ribcage	Breastbone
When you get a mammogram, a scan is made of this organ	Breast
'Harmless', the opposite of malignant when talking about tumours	Benign
Single celled organisms that cause diseases like tuberculosis and cholera	Bacteria
The deadliest pandemic in human history, killed between 75 and 200 million	Black Death
A kind of white blood cell that produces antibodies to help fight infection	B-lymphocyte
Vital part of the brain that plays a role in consciousness, breathing and heart rate	Brainstem
This should normally be 120/80, but is too high in many people	Blood pressure
Psychiatric disorder characterized by periods of depression and mania	Bipolar Disorder
A small, living piece of tissue that is taken for study under the microscope	Biopsy
A pocket of fluid in the skin, can be caused by friction or burning among others	Blister
An indication of how healthy someones weight is, with a healthy range being 18.5-25	Body mass index
A waste compound of red blood cells, can cause the skin to turn yellow if it builds up	Bilirubin
An addictive group of of sleep and anxiety medications, such as Valium	Benzodiazepines

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2 Comments

Level 70

Apr 16, 2021

I like these quizzes!

It's making me realise though how I don't know the common names for many body parts. I didn't know people called the spine a backbone and I was too specific with my thinking for the brainstem (was thinking of the Medulla, but it doesn't begin with B!)

Level 58

May 11, 2024

"biceps" not accepting the answer "bicep" is supremely dumb

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