AWAD Quiz 19: Unusual Body Parts
(AWAD Monday Feb 2, 1998) OK,
so we all know where our noses, eyes and ears are. We learnt these
names for body parts in Kindergarten. Here is another crash course
in words that describe rather unusual places on our body. -Anu Garg
Match up each term with the appropriate definition
below:
| ___
axilla |
A:
The space between the eyebrows, just above the nose. |
| ___
canthus |
B:
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border
of the soft palate. |
| ___
frenum |
C:
Pertaining to the throat |
| ___
glabella |
D:
The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each
side of the eye. |
| ___
gular |
E.
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm
and shoulder. |
| ___
lunula |
F:
A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain
any part; as of the tongue |
| ___
uvula |
G:
The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
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