The Body Beautiful Trivia Quiz

Answer: Orbicularis Oris

The orbicularis oris is a group of muscles that encircles the mouth and is used to pucker the lips, hence the nickname. Strong examples of this muscle are found in musicians whose instrument involves creating a tight seal, such as oboe players and saxophonists.

The stapedius is the smallest muscle in the body, supporting the smallest bone in the body, the stapes in the middle ear, while the sartorius is the longest muscle in the body, running from the hip bone to the knee bone. The superior rectus is a muscle that attaches to the top of the eye allowing it to move upward.

Answer: Enamel

Pulp is the innermost part of a tooth and contains the nerves and blood vessels, and is surrounded by dentin which is a yellowish colour and is as hard as bone. Cementum is also as hard as bone and is found under the gum line, keeping the tooth in the jawbone while enamel covers the dentin and forms the outer most layer of a tooth.

As well as being the hardest tissue in the human body, it protects the tooth from bacteria and allows the tooth to withstand the immense pressure of chewing.

Answer: Beard

Within the Hutterite family, only married men, therefore those with beards are allowed to move into positions of authority so there can be much pressure on men to marry in order to boost their social standing. Hutterites can be found in Canada, USA and Japan.

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Answer: Tibia

The femur, or thighbone, is on average 50.5cm long, but the tibia or shinbone isn't far behind, averaging 43cm in length. The humerus in the upper arm averages 35.5cm, while the seventh rib is the longest of all the ribs, averaging a little over 24cm.

Answer: Fingernails

Lunula is Latin for little moon and refers to the white half moon area at the base of finger and toe nails. The lunula is the only visible part of the root of the nail.

Answer: Pineal

The pineal gland, in the brain, is suppressed during the daytime, but activity increases at night as it secretes melatonin which regulates sleep and wakefulness. It takes its name from its shape, which is similar to a pine cone and is the smallest organ in the human body.

Answer: Skin Type

American dermatologist Thomas B. Fitzpatrick developed this guide to the tanning behaviour of various skin types based on skin colour, eye colour and patients' reports of how their skin responds to prolonged exposure to sunlight. The Fitzpatrick scale is used by sunscreen manufacturers and make up manufacturers in the development of their products.

Answer: Bone To Bone

Ligaments are the bone to bone connectors, such as the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, while fasciae such as the plantar fascia, which supports the arch on the bottom of the foot, connect muscle to muscle, leaving tendons to connect bone to muscle like the Achilles tendon in the back of the leg.

Answer: Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy, by Henry Gray, was very influential when first published and celebrated its 41st edition in 2015, showing that it still has great influence today. The original book came about after Gray and Carter spent 18 months dissecting unclaimed bodies from the mortuaries of workhouses and hospitals in order to produce an inexpensive textbook for anatomy students and it contained 363 of Carter's illustrations. Gray died just three years after publication, at the age of 34, from smallpox. The title of his famous book gave its name to the long running TV medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", with just a slight change of spelling to accommodate lead character Dr. Meredith Grey.

Answer: Fingerprints

A dactyloscopist deals with the classifications of fingerprints and specializes in the identification, by comparison, of fingerprints. Fingerprint identification is known as dactyloscopy. "Dactylo" is Greek for finger or toe and "scopo" means to see or observe.