Cheesie Mack
Strange Names for Body Parts (The stuff on this webpage is mentioned on page 13 & 31 of my book)

From left to right, Illustrations of: A body with an arrow pointing to the belly, labeled "Appendix (It's somewhere in here!)" A face with an arrow pointing to between the nose and lips, labeled "Philtrum" An ear with an arrow pointing to the pointy part that sticks out over the ear canal, labeled "Tragus" A hand giving a thumbs up with an arrow pointing to the thumb, labeled "Pollex"

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.

An illustration of Lincoln's head with the numbers 1-8 pointing to various parts

  1. iris—colored part of the eye.
  2. pinna—visible part of the ear.
  3. canthus—corners on either side of the eye, right where the upper and lower lids come together.
  4. glabella—flat area just above the nose, in between the eyebrows.
  5. naris—nostril (plural = nares).
  6. frenum—skinny band of tissue that connects the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue.
  7. gnathion—lowest point of the chin.
  8. pate—top of the head, crown.

An outline of a body with the numbers 1-8 pointing to various parts

  1. clavicle—collar bone
  2. axilla—armpit
  3. thorax—the part of the chest where the ribs are
  4. condyle—knuckle
  5. navel—bellybutton
  6. coccyx—tailbone (in the back)
  7. patella—kneecap
  8. 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.

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  3. You left out the part that when you ask a female to view it, if they are not listening closely, can lead to some very enjoyable times. Quoting Rod Serling, “…Submitted for your approval…,” the uvula .

    1. I admit “gullet” is a very funny word, but “coccyx” (KOK-six) is, IMO, way funnier.

  8. THE WEENUS IS NEGLECTED WHY HAS YOU BEEN SO MEAN a weenus needs a MOTHERINE

    1. Look back at previous comments. Lots of kids wrote comments about the weenus (elbow skin). Only problem is it’s not a real word. It’s made up. I mean try telling your pediatrician the next time you have a check up that you have a pain in your weenus. I bet the doctor will just look at you weird!

  11. hi Cheesie, did you know I read CHEESIE MACK is cool in a duel.[bet you did not]
    and + I did NOT know any unusual body parts that you mentioned in your book!
    I am 10 years old I got my first CHEESIE MACK book for a preasint at christmas!
    Are you some one that beilive in god?
    your camp sonds cool! wher do you live?
    how old are you? do you go to school too? I go to centnial in caledonia ON CAN.
    *show goon this [DO NOT BULLY YOUR BROTHER BE NICE!!]:* i do not know much body parts. but…i know armer!and clone wars stuff!! my phone number is [905]-xxx-xxxx.
    bye for now Timothy.:]

    1. First of all, you should NEVER put personal info (like your phone number) in an internet comment. Who know what weirdos might try to mess with you. I HAVE X’d it out!
      My books say where I live…which is in Gloucester, MA. It is EXACTLY 472.2 miles by air from my house to your town!

  12. You have forgotten something very important…. the skin on your elbow is called a wenis.

    2. Of course you know that “wenis” is a made-up word. (Not that I dislike made-up words!)

  13. suck my gigantic Hallux in the street i have a soft Flagina and my Wenis is ashy also my Wenis is very small and stretchy .

    1. Wenis and Flagina are not real medical terms, but lots of people use them, so maybe they will become real someday.

  15. Wenis is extremely funny to say especially if they don’t know what you’re talking about.
    Wenis- the skin on the elbow.

    1. Wenis is not a real word. It’s funny, but it’s a made-up word. My Granpa told me it started to be used in the 1990s exactly because it sounds like you-know-what.

  17. My brother’s a genius, and so is my dad, but I know nothing about this stuff and it all seems very weird to me. But I do know some of the words you put like iris, pate, and clavicle.

    1. You picked three especially excellent words.
      “Iris” is also the name of a flower.
      “Pate” is pronounced “payt”…but the same spelling can also be pronounced “pah-TAY”…which means mashed liver paste!
      And “clavicle” sounds like the name of a musical instrument: “clavichord.”

  18. Nothing particularly strange here to me… at least not compared to the End Bulbs of Krause. Now that really is a weird name for a body part.

  20. I know almost all these words because my dad teaches me all this stuff about human anatomy. I think it’s very cool.

  26. Chelidon is a name for the inside of your elbow, and it can also be called the cubital fossa.

  29. There’s one thing u didn’t put up there…… Your wenis which is your fat on your elbow (TRUE FACT)

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