#2-Strange names for body parts
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.
cubital fossa – the inner part of the elbow
Cubital Fossa would be a great name for a Major League Baseball star!
Wenis is extremely funny to say especially if they don’t know what you’re talking about.
Wenis- the skin on the elbow.
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.
I think that the uvula is fun to say and is a little bit weird.
Haha! I agree.
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.
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.”
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.
Whoa! I never heard of those. Totally weird. Thanks for the info.
Thanks I hate it
You hate what?
I know almost all these words because my dad teaches me all this stuff about human anatomy. I think it’s very cool.
I think I’d like your dad.
Weenus: extra skin on your elbow
Yep, but that’s sort of a slang word, not a real physical/medical term.
I do not think some of these are weird
Which ones are not weird to you?
Have you ever heard of a Falange (finger)
I have! Cool word. It’s spelled phalange.
Glutius maximus- your butt
Where is wenis yo
Elbow yo yo
Chelidon is a name for the inside of your elbow, and it can also be called the cubital fossa.
Gluteus Maximus is a body part for butt!
Yes, it is.
Those body parts are
Humerus
Haha. You just hit my funny bone!
There’s one thing u didn’t put up there…… Your wenis which is your fat on your elbow (TRUE FACT)
yo yo yo im a potato lol
I am very sorry to hear that. I hope you don’t get mashed.
To me that is weird body parts!!!! Are those body parts even real ?
Shout “OW, MY _____” When you die at a first person shooter
I find all these books…
Humerus!!!!
🙂
Haha!
Hehehehheheh I’m a train