Introduction to Anatomy

Question 1

Femur

Answer 1

Thigh - long bone between hip and knee

Question 2

Tarsus

Answer 2

Ankle - 7 ankle bones (cuneiform, navicular, cuboid, talus, calcaneus) and proximal part of the foot. Articulates distally with metatarsals and proximally with tibia and fibia

Question 3

Hypoglossal

Answer 3

Under tongue - cranial nerve supplying tongue muscles (talking and swallowing)

Question 4

Psoas

Answer 4

Loins - groin muscle

Question 5

Inguinal

Answer 5

Groin - relating to or affecting the groin

Question 6

Fibula

Answer 6

Pin - long, thin outer bone of the lower leg, articulating with the tibia and one side of the talus (ankle bone)

Question 7

Cuneiform

Answer 7

Wedge - 3 ankle bones in the tarsus

Question 8

Navicular

Answer 8

Boat - boat shaped bone of the tarsus, articulating with 3 cuneiform bones and talus

Question 9

Digastric

Answer 9

2 bellies - facial nerve with anterior and posterior bellies (2 bellies=muscles supplied by nerve)

Question 10

Hamate

Answer 10

Hooked - hook shaped wrist (carpus) bone

Question 11

Vagus

Answer 11

Wandering - cranial nerve from the brainstem to transverse colon

Question 12

Lambda

Answer 12

Greek symbol - join of sagittal and lambdoidal sutures in the skull

Question 13

Caesum

Answer 13

Blind ending - blind ended pouch between small and large intestines

Question 14

Cornu

Answer 14

Horn - horn shaped structure

Question 15

Mitral

Answer 15

Mitre - heart valve with two flaps (cusps) attached to walls of the opening between left atrium and left ventricle

Question 16

Sternocleidomastoid

Answer 16

Muscle articulated to the sternum, clavicle and mastoid process

Question 17

Cricothyroid

Answer 17

Muscle articulated to cricoid cartilage and thyroid cartilage

Question 18

Geniohyoid

Answer 18

Muscle articulated to the mandible gene and hyped bone

Question 19

Genu

Answer 19

Knee/bend

Question 20

Flexor carping radialis

Answer 20

Flexor muscle in the forearm on the radial side of the wrist

Question 21

Extensor digitorum

Answer 21

Extension of fingers - forearm muscle

Question 22

Massetes

Answer 22

Chewer - muscle that closes the jaw

Question 23

Trochlea

Answer 23

Pulley - structure with pulley function e.g. elbow

Question 24

Condyloid

Answer 24

Knuckle - joint with ovoid and elliptical cavity