Have you ever stubbed your hallux? And do you know where your axilla is? And if you stuck your nares under water, what would happen?
Amaze your friends with weird body knowledge! It’s called anatomy.
On this page, I have written down the strange (and true!) names for lots of parts of the body.
- iris—colored part of the eye.
- pinna—visible part of the ear.
- canthus—corners on either side of the eye, right where the upper and lower lids come together.
- glabella—flat area just above the nose, in between the eyebrows.
- naris—nostril (plural = nares).
- frenum—skinny band of tissue that connects the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue.
- gnathion—lowest point of the chin.
- pate—top of the head, crown.
- clavicle—collar bone
- axilla—armpit
- thorax—the part of the chest where the ribs are
- condyle—knuckle
- navel—bellybutton
- coccyx—tailbone (in the back)
- patella—kneecap
- hallux—big toe
You can comment on these weird names—and add your own—but please remember my parents, grandparents, and Aunt Brenda read all the comments, so don’t be rude or nasty.
The bone in your fingers/toes are called flangese.
You’re right…except it’s spelled “phalanges.”
A boy from from Japan moved intu my neighborhood named Ectsa Yuni
A new girl moved to my school named Onysker Idlennwrit.
Cool name!
Columella nasi is the bit of skin on your nose between your nares
A new girl moved to my school from…Syria. And her name was Columella Nasi.
(just kidding…but it’s a v cool name.)
why didnt you add 9.rear end:butt
Because everyone knows that word…and it’s not particularly weird.
gluteos maximus means “butt!” Oh, and sorry about your parents, grandparents and aunt bRENDA for this comment, Chee-chee!
Haha!
These are really weird and funny body part names
Yes, they are.
Uvula- fleshy punching bag that hangs in your throat.
Septum- piece of skin separating the two nostrils
Sacrum- hip bones
Goods one…the first two. But your sacrum is the bone at the very bottom of your spine, sometimes called your tailbone.
Did you get annoyed after Kevin and Ty pantsed you over and over again
Of course I did!
Do you remember Lincoln School Highland Park Ill? Im a student and I met you last year. Do you remember me Noah Weiss 4th grade (now)?
I totally remember Lincoln…but there were a lot of kids, so you, personally? Not so much.
You never went to my school… I don’t even know youre real face! I just like your books..
Your by the way
Wow! I never knew there were sooooooooo many difficult words for names of body parts. Its cool.
Very cool.
Felanges (i think thats how you spell it) it means fingers
It’s spelled phalanges. And you’re right…it’s a neat word.
you little whipper shaper kerffufle
I like your gludius maximus cheesie
Is there another (obscure) name for the upper mid-back; the area between the scapulae?
Thanks
I don’t know of such a name. I asked Granpa. He didn’t know either.
YOU LITTLE KERRFUFLE
Kidney
That is weird. A kid knee!
really????????????????????
Wenis-elbow
I don’t know how to spell it right
That is very weird
pupil!
You’re right. That is a weird sounding word.
Most of these names. I find them…
Humerus
😀
I love it!
This is sooooooooo cool!
I’m reading the 2nd book of the series now that you signed!!
Go, Angie!
I also am still reading that 1 book you got me signed back at 2014…
At Fremont Intermediate School.
That one book is “Cheesie Mack is Not a Genius or Anything”
Still lovin’ it 😀
I remember. I was there on Halloween!
I like your abdomen muscles
Your Shnoz ( nose)
Ha! Good one.
Zygomatic arch is a weird name for a body part.
It REALLY is.
spline. A artery near hip.
you forgot golgi apparatus
You are right. That is a weird name. (It’s in the brain.)
The golgi apparatus is actually inside every cell. It packages the ribosomes after they are made from rRNA.
Granpa says he used to do tricks on the golgi apparatus he had in his backyard when he was a kid. (Heehee)
the back of your elbow where all the extra skin is called a wenis
True, but that’s a slang term…not a real medical or physiological term. My dad told me the word “physiological” (fizzy-o-LAH-ji-kul). It means “about the body.”
Biceps, triceps, quadriceps (I think they’re just running out names for -ceps.)
I wonder if there are quinticeps anywhere on any animal.
wonder if they have octoceps:)
Yay
gludius maximus = butt musle
Abominable muscle
I think you mean abDominal muscle. (But yours is funnier!)
Thanks Cheesie
🙂
Metatarsals, metacarpals, patella, humerus, femur, ulna, radius, and gluetaus maximus.
You are very humerus!
Tibia and phibia-
leg bones
Tibia is right, but the other bone is a fibula. I know because my father broke his fibula skiing when he was a teenager.
Broke his bone skiing.
I didn’t know half of this words until I read your book.
Epiglotis is another one. It’s a little flap of cartilage in your throat that keeps food from going into your lungs, or air from going into your stomach.
Cool word. Thanks.
P.S. uvula-the thing that hangs in the back of your throat sternum-chest vertebra-backbone
Good ones.
i love the word uvula it just sounds fun to say
If you yodel when you say it with your mouth open wide, your uvula wobbles!
phalanges-fingers or toes
Cool word.
I was most surprised when cheesie and Kevin became BFF s I was like whatttttttttt?
Yeah. Weird, huh?
pancrease (or however you spell it)
pancreas
Pancreas.
My friend Yasmin has diabetes, which means the pancreas can’t make enough Insulin to control her blood sugar.
PS She left our school! DANG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phalanges– fingers
Good one! You deserve a high five phalanges for it!
WENUS[WEENUS]is the patch of skin on your elbow!
That’s actually a slang word, not a real term for a body part.
Wenus also means penus
I looked it up penus means your shoulder bone
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Okay… I did not need to know that.
No it’s not a slang word it’s really the skin on your elbow
It actually is a slang word. It’s not a medical term for a body part. I looked it up here:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_weenus
gludious maximas
That is a funny name, isn’t it. (I looked it up. It’s actually spelled gluteus maximus.)
Kidneys. also how do you pronounce gnathion , coccyx , and clavicle?
gnathion is weird. how do you even pronounce it?!
i do know how to spell it, it’s just sometimes i just push the wrong keys.
YOUR BOOKS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
oops my bad. not what i meant to say. i’m not a good speller.
I wasn’t the covor for your 1st book the picture of you and the pictures of evryone else? ps. what is your favorite computer game? my favorite is minecraft.
hey chessiy I love your books I should know I read alot and I just want to say your
the best writer I know
That’s very nice of you, Faith!
i cant believe your dad made your sister take of her shorts!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant believe your dad made your sister take of her shorts in front of every body!