| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $200: L:
Sprains of them range from grade 1 to grade 3 ligaments |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $400: J:
The upper one is also known as the maxilla your jaw |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $600: O:
They're the major source of estrogen ovaries |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $800: T:
Adenoids are a type of these tonsils |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $1000: P:
Part of the alimentary canal, this passageway is between the esophagus & mouth the pharynx |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | THINGS PEOPLE SAY $800: Something that you can't get past is stuck here, a word for a part of bird anatomy your craw |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $400: It's held for about 2 weeks each May, & in 2023 awarded its Palme d'Or to "Anatomy of a Fall" the Cannes Film Festival |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $400: In 1861, 3 years after the publication of this classic medical textbook, its author died of smallpox at age 34 Gray's Anatomy |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $400: The collarbone, more technically known as this, is part of the pectoral girdle the clavicle |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $800: This part seen here is often transplanted the cornea |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1200: These major neck arteries get their name from the Greek for "to stupefy" carotid arteries |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1600: It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus the cervix |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $2000: If your left brain hemisphere needs to "cc" your right, it's a good thing they're connected by this "cc" corpus callosum |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $200: The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this the dermis |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $400: The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye the iris |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $600: The capitulum is a rounded protuberance in this arm joint, nudge nudge the elbow |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $800: The gastrocnemius & soleus, 2 muscles of the calf, act like a lever system with this largest tendon to lift or lower the heel the Achilles tendon |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): Familiar to pitchers, the group of muscles called this includes the subscapularis muscle the rotator cuff |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $300: The debate rages as to whether this is a finger:
pollex your thumb |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $600: Keeping this to the ground means you're staying up on events:
auris ear |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $900: BPM is an indication of its function:
cor the heart |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $1200: Some boxers are said to have a glass this:
maxilla jaw |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ANATOMY IN LATIN $1500: This largest joint in the human body figures into formal wedding proposals:
genu the knee |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LET'S GO TO THE SPORTS BOOK $400: "How to Find a Ballplayer" & "Anatomy of an Undervalued Pitcher" are chapters in this 2003 bestseller Moneyball |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | A DOCTOR FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS $600: (Torrey DeVitto presents the clue.) My TV roles have included Dr. Meredith Fell on "The Vampire Diaries" & ER doctor Natalie Manning for six seasons on this drama from Dick Wolf Chicago Med |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | EPONYMOUS TELEVISION $200: Challenges both professional & personal have played out at Seattle Grace Hospital on this series Grey's Anatomy |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | "OF" PAINT $2000: Enjoy an interior view of the arm of a Dutch criminal in this Rembrandt masterpiece depicting a renowned physician at work The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE LIFE SCIENCES $1200: With his descriptions of insect anatomy, Aristotle laid the groundwork for this life science entomology |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | QUOTABLE TV SHOWS $1000: Dr. Alex Karev:
"You made me love you, you made me let you in & then you freakin' died in my arms" Grey's Anatomy |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $1600: 1621's "Anatomy of" this sad mood rhymes, "All my griefs to this are jolly" melancholy |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | TV CHARACTER FIRST NAMES $1600: "Grey's Anatomy":
Dr. Grey, chief of surgery at long, long last Meredith |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $200: The flat part of a leaf is called this, like the flat part of a sword the blade |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $400: Rounded projections from the roots of cypress trees are called these, like big leg joints knees |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $600: The head of a tree's foliage is also called this royal headgear the crown |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $800: Phloem, which carries nutrients from the leaves to the rest of the tree, is the soft inner layer of this tough stuff bark |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $1000: The terminal type of this structure at the end of a twig is all about growth, not leafing or flowering a bud |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $200: The pericardium is the sac that contains this organ the heart |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $400: Hey--your epidermis is showing! Relax, it's just the outer layer of this your skin |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $600: Because it resembles an upside-down tree, the whole system inside this pair of organs is sometimes called the "bronchial tree" the lungs |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $1000: This other name for the voice box also ends with the letter "X" the larynx |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $1,500 (Daily Double): No butts about it--it's the 2-word name for the most massive muscle in the human body gluteus maximus |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | MEDICAL DRAMA $200: This medical drama began practicing on ABC in 2005 & is still operating today Grey's Anatomy |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | AS CREDITED ON THEIR IMDb PAGE $1600: Camille Travis in "Grey's Anatomy" & Valkyrie in "Thor: Ragnarok" Tessa Thompson |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $200: This big muscle runs from your shoulder to your radius biceps |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $400: The eardrum is also known as the tympanic this thin layer of tissue membrane |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $600: This pear-shaped sac can store about 1.7 ounces of bile the gallbladder |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $800: The fissure of Sylvius & the fissure of Rolando are features of this organ the brain |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $1000: These tiny air sacs in the lungs are where oxygen & carbon dioxide are swapped in the bloodstream alveoli |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | I WON AN EMMY FOR THAT DRAMA $600: 2007:
Katherine Heigl, playing doctor Grey's Anatomy |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TV FACTOIDS $600: A teaching hospital in this city has been the setting for "Grey's Anatomy" for 18 seasons Seattle |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $200: New to Texas, Cara offended many of the Houston guests with a slip of this the tongue (in Houston guests) |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $400: In the Middle Ages a fief in Germany could cost an arm & a leg or at least one of these a finger (in fief in Germany) |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $600: Stretches, ice & yoga probably should eradicate any pain you feel here the shoulder (in should eradicate) |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $800: Around here, if you rank leisure above hard work, you might get a swift kick in this the ankle (in rank leisure) |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $1000: In the creepy haunted house you could hear the sound of this loud & clear the heart (in hear the) |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $400: The forward end of an aircraft or submarine the nose |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $800: A spoken language tongue |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $1200: In tune with the latest fashion & music hip |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $2000: To climb a rope or pole using one's hands & legs the shin |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $8,000 (Daily Double): To gently tease another person rib |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | TV SHOWS BY SETTING $1200: St. Bonaventure Hospital, where Dr. Shaun Murphy works The Good Doctor |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | CHARACTERS NAMED ALEX $800: In 2020 this medical drama's character Dr. Alex Karev left after 15 years on the series Grey's Anatomy |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $400: Mom sent me a clip of this ABC medical drama that premiered in 2005 but is maintaining its practice in the 2021-22 TV season Grey's Anatomy |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $400: Fused together in adults, the Ilium, pubis & ischium form the hip bone & the 2 hip bones form this girdle the pelvis (or pelvic girdle) |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $800: On either side of the neck, you should be able to feel the pulse above this artery that supplies blood to the head the carotid |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $1200: This area of the brain involved in speech was named for a French surgeon Broca's area |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $1600: In the lungs, gas exchange takes place in the hundreds of millions of tiny air sacs called these the alveoli |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $2000: While the uvula is a soft flap at the back of the throat, this similar word is the pigmented middle layer of the eye the uvea |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | CHAPTERS IN THE NOVEL $2000: A Pulitzer winner from 2014:
"Boy with a Skull",
"The Anatomy Lesson" &
"Park Avenue" The Goldfinch |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ILLUSTRATORS $4,000 (Daily Double): British surgeon & artist Henry Vandyke Carter was the man behind the illustrations for this classic 1850s textbook Gray's Anatomy |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | NOTORIOUS $800: In 1820s Edinburgh, Burke & Hare were killers who sold their victims' bodies to the head of a school of this medical subject anatomy |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $200: Each of these organs has its own pleural cavity, not connected to the other the lungs |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: The orbital cavities contain these organs the eyes |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $600: Cardiac & smooth are 2 main types of this tissue muscle |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $800: This long, slender fiber that projects from a nerve cell carries impulses away from the cell body an axon |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: The name of this bone that helps form the elbow is a Latin word for "elbow" the ulna |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | GRAZE ANATOMY $200: Sheep don't have any upper front these, using a dental pad instead teeth |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | GRAZE ANATOMY $400: The rumen, the omasum & the reticulum are parts of this organ for a cow the stomach |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | GRAZE ANATOMY $600: Llamas are sure-footed grazers because of their padded feet, which have these on their toes instead of hooves nails |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | GRAZE ANATOMY $800: Camels' humps store nutrients from grazing as this substance, also called adipose tissue fat |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | GRAZE ANATOMY $1000: This manatee relative grazes on the sea floor with its tough lips a dugong |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $400: This "is pyramidal in form, and its upper angle or root is connected directly with the forehead" nose |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $800: This is "the largest part of the hindbrain. It lies behind the pons and medulla oblongata" cerebellum |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $1600: This "is composed of four bones: the two hip bones laterally and in front and the sacrum and coccyx behind" pelvis |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $2000: These organs "being situated at the back of the abdominal cavity and deeply placed cannot be palpated" kidneys |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY $6,000 (Daily Double): It "is the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body" aorta |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | CURRENT TV $1000: Charm, scenery & cow anatomy are features of this adaptation of James Herriot's veterinary memoir seen on PBS All Creatures Great and Small |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | KISS ME, KATE! $800: On this spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy" Kate Walsh got some kissy face from fellow doc Taye Diggs Private Practice |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | FACE THE PERFORMER $400: Loretta Devine checked into this ABC medical drama as Adele Webber in 2005 & checked out eight years later Grey's Anatomy |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | DEALING WITH THE PAINT $200: This painter's 1632 "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" shows Amsterdam's annual public autopsy, held in winter when the stench was less Rembrandt |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $1600: This creator of TV's "Grey's Anatomy" revealed how saying yes changed her life in her book "Year of Yes" Shonda Rhimes |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | THE A.V. CLUB $800: Andreas Vesalius' 1543 "De humani corporis fabrica libri septem" pioneered this study of human body structures anatomy |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | MOVIE & TV ROMANCES $800: This medical drama gave us the romance of Meredith & McDreamy Grey's Anatomy |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | TV SPIN-OFFS $1600: Set in Seattle, "Station 19" Grey's Anatomy |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | WOMEN ON TV $1200: Chandra Wilson not only plays Dr. Bailey, on this ABC drama, she's also directed many episodes Grey's Anatomy |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES $1000: This drama starring Ms. Brenneman as Ms. Gray, who presided over family court cases Judging Amy |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | COLOR TELEVISION $200: The trials & tribulations of doctors play out at a Seattle hospital on this show Grey's Anatomy |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $400: These adorable tree-climbing marsupials have fingerprints very similar to those of humans koalas |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $800: A leader in food storage, this popular rodent pet has internal cheek pouches that can stretch from its mouth to its hips hamster |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $1600: The musk variety of this herbivore is saber-toothed, not for prey but used by the males to fight during mating season deer |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): The omasum & the abomasum are 2 of the 4 stomach chambers of this suborder that includes cattle & giraffes ruminants |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | ANIMAL ANATOMY $2000: Term for the fibrous substance that makes up most of the exoskeleton or outer body protection of insects & spiders chitin |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | KILLED OFF THE TV SHOW $400: In 2015 Dr. Derek Shepherd, Patrick Dempsey's character on this show, could not be resuscitated Grey's Anatomy |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | "V" IN SCIENCE $1200: In vertebrate anatomy, it's the opposite of dorsal & means "on the tummy side" ventral |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | WOMEN ON TV $1000: She played Dr. Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy", & beginning in 2018, she's set the bar high as Samantha Wheeler on "Suits" Katherine Heigl |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | NONFICTION $400: In 1861, 3 years after he published a famous book on this title subject, Henry Gray passed away from smallpox anatomy |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE $400: The revolutionary 1543 work "Fabrica" gave its author, Vesalius, the title "Father of Modern" this field anatomy |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | -OLOGIES $1200: Osteology is the branch of anatomy that deals with these body parts bones |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | POSSESSIVE BOOK TITLES $1600: 2016 brought the 41st edition of this medical work about the body Gray's Anatomy |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE $400: Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" shows a procedure taking place in this world capital Amsterdam |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | TV $800: In 2018 this former "Grey's Anatomy" actress had the title role as she hunted a hit woman on "Killing Eve" Sandra Oh |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | FOREIGN FILMS $800: This 1969 French-language film with a 1-letter title was subtitled "Anatomy of a Political Assassination" Z |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | TIME FOR CLASS $1000: Anatomy: The lower end of this arm bone includes 2 projections called epicondyles; wait, that's not funny at all the humerus |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | MASTERCLASS $400: Shonda Rhimes discusses the importance of doing research, as she did when creating & writing this show Grey's Anatomy |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | SONGS FROM MUSICAL TV EPISODES $400: On this drama, Seattle Grace staffers sang tunes like "How We Operate" & "How to Save a Life" Grey's Anatomy |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | I SING THE BODY $400: Some of the anatomy John Mayer lauds in this song: skin like porcelain, candy lips & a bubblegum tongue "Your Body Is A Wonderland" |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $400: Full recovery after snapping this tendon named for a Greek hero can sometimes take a year or even more the Achilles tendon |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $800: Sharp central vision in your eye comes from the macula, a circular area at the center of this the retina |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $1200: 16 to 20 incomplete rings of cartilage hold open the windpipe, AKA this the trachea |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ACTORS $1600: TV viewers have seen this 3-named actor on "Grey's Anatomy", "The Good Wife", and "The Walking Dead" (Jeffrey) Dean Morgan |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $1600: The internal these veins help bring blood from the brain to the heart the jugular veins |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | ANATOMY? ANATO-YOU! $2000: Secreted in this organ, glucagon causes the liver to release stored glucose to fuel your body the pancreas |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | TEXTBOOKS $1000: First published in 1858, this textbook was based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses Gray's Anatomy |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | DUG OUT $1600: Britain's Anatomy Act of 1832 halted this practice that involved some digging, presumably at night grave robbery |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | PRESIDENTIAL CELEBS? $600: This actor was dismissed from "Grey's Anatomy" after using some colorful language in a run-in with Patrick Dempsey Isaiah Washington |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | TELEVISION CITY $600: "iCarly" & "Grey's Anatomy" Seattle |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | THE MOVIE/TV STAR $800: "Knocked Up", "Grey's Anatomy" (Katherine) Heigl |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | WHO'S THE BOSS? $1200: Miranda Bailey, Sloan Memorial's first chief of surgery Grey's Anatomy |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | STATE OF THE TV SHOW $200: "Grey's Anatomy" Washington |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | KIND OF A GREY AREA $800: Ellen Pompeo operates as the title character on this TV show Grey's Anatomy |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $400: The hypoglossal nerve moves this organ, allowing for speech & swallowing the tongue |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $800: Humans have 7 superior or true pairs of these bones & 5 pairs of inferior or false ones ribs |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $1200: High concentrations of these nodes in the human body are located in the armpits & groin lymph nodes |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve the ulnar nerve |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $2000: From Latin for "tailor", this longest muscle in the body crosses the thigh from the hip to the lower leg the sartorius |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $1600: Seen here, former Philly high school teacher Jesse Williams is Dr. Jackson Avery on this TV drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | TV NICKNAMES $1600: Quite the charmers, doctors Derek Shepherd & Mark Sloan on "Grey's Anatomy" had these rhyming nicknames McSteamy & McDreamy |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | STRIKE OUT $400: Strike "out" from a part of Australia & get this part of your anatomy back (from Outback) |
| #7190, aired 2015-12-11 | THE SPIN-OFF SOURCE $1200: of "Private Practice" Grey's Anatomy |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | ANATOMY $800: The labyrinth isn't just in Greek myth; it's also in this organ the inner ear |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | ANATOMY $1200: There are 3 types of these tissue masses at the back of the throat: palatine, lingual & pharyngeal tonsils |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | ANATOMY $1600: This seahorse-shaped structure is important in storing memories hippocampus |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | ANATOMY $2000: A cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure to remove this small pear-shaped sac that's prone to the stone a gall bladder |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | TV ROLES $600: Kate Walsh played surgeon Addison Montgomery on this spinoff from "Grey's Anatomy" Private Practice |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | ANATOMY $400: This outer layer of the skin contains no blood vessels the epidermis |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | ANATOMY $800: There are ascending & descending parts of this artery that carries blood away from the heart the aorta |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | ANATOMY $1200: The pectoral girdle consists of the clavicle & this other bone the scapula |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | ANATOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): Rhyming names of 2 of the respiratory system's passageways; one leads to the other pharynx & larynx |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | ANATOMY $2000: This gland that's the downstairs neighbor of the hypothalamus produces the hormone prolactin the pituitary |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | ANATOMY $400: Connective tissue called the renal fascia anchors these organs in place kidneys |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | ANATOMY $800: This bone that forms your lower jaw also forms your chin the mandible |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | ANATOMY $1200: These 4 veins--2 internal, 2 external--return blood to the heart from the head & neck the jugulars |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | ANATOMY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a photograph and brain diagram on the monitor.) In 1861, French surgeon & anthropologist Paul Broca identified the area of the brain now named for him that is responsible for this ability speech |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | ANATOMY $3,000 (Daily Double): Heart sac is another name for this 2-layered sac that surrounds the heart the pericardium |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | YOUR TV CHARACTER IS DEAD TO ME $2000: T.R. Knight's Dr. George O'Malley was pulseless in Seattle after getting bussed off this long-running drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | DISCOVERIES IN THE SCIENCES $800: An elemental unit inside the study of the physical structure of the human body atom (in anatomy) |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | LET'S EXERCISE! $1000: Here's your "K" ration for today: this is the study of the mechanics & anatomy of movement kinesiology |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | THE BLUE & THE GRAY $400: Dr. Henry Gray, the man behind this medical book, died from smallpox at the age of 34 in 1861 Gray's Anatomy |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | REMBRANDT $800: In the painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp", one of these postmortem exams is being performed an autopsy |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | CANADIANS ON TV $1200: In 2014 Cristina Yang fans bid goodbye to the good doctor played by Canadian actress Sandra Oh on this series "Grey's Anatomy" |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $800: Jessica Capshaw, who appears on "Grey's Anatomy", is the daughter of Kate Capshaw & the stepdaughter of this director (Steven) Spielberg |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID $600: "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of" this part of the human anatomy the bladder |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | COUPLING ON TV $400: Owen Hunt & Cristina Yang, playing doctor Grey's Anatomy |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | "GR"AD SCHOOL $600: Season 1 episodes of this TV drama included "Three Bad Wolves" & "Game Ogre" Grimm |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | EMMY M.D.s $400: As Dr. Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy", she saw dead people along with a 2007 Emmy win (Katherine) Heigl |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANATOMY $400: Of the 14 facial bones, it's the only movable one the mandible |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANATOMY $800: The shape of this pocket below the skin's surface determines whether hair will be curly, wavy or straight the hair follicle |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANATOMY $1,600 (Daily Double): The sigmoid section of this part of the digestive tract is named for its "S" shape the colon |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANATOMY $1600: Not to be confused with the trapezius muscle, the trapezium & trapezoid are 2 of the 8 carpal bones found in this joint the wrist |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANATOMY $2000: This cone-shaped area at the base of the brain regulates many activities, including the wake-sleep cycle the hypothalamus |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | TV BARS & SALOONS $600: The bar where the Seattle Grace Hospital doctors hang out on this series is really 72 North in Pasadena, Calif. Grey's Anatomy |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $400: The 2 lower chambers of the heart are the left & right these ventricles |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $800: The calcaneus is the bone that makes up this part of the foot the heel |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $1200: This bone of the forearm shares its name with a geometry term the radius |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $2000: Running from the back of the thigh to the foot, this nerve can be a real pain in the butt (& the leg) the sciatic |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $3,000 (Daily Double): Your tear glands are an example of this type of gland that secretes fluid through a duct & not directly into the bloodstream an exocrine gland |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | NONFICTION $800: This book of the human body was first published in London in 1858 Gray's Anatomy |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ANATOMY $400: One medical dictionary calls it "a wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the... cecum" the appendix |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ANATOMY $800: This triangular muscle helps form the roundness of the shoulder the deltoid |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ANATOMY $1600: Follicular cells in this gland secrete a hormone called thyroxine the thyroid |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ANATOMY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the abdominal nerves on the monitor.) One of the largest masses of nerve cells in the body sits behind the stomach in this network of nerves, which is why a blow there can be so disabling the solar plexus |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | ANATOMY $5,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of arm bones on the monitor.) Ligaments connect one bone to another; muscle is connected to a bone by one of these, which pulls the bone when a muscle contracts a tendon |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | A BIBLICAL ANATOMY LESSON $200: According to Matthew 5:30, we are supposed to cut off this body part if it causes us to sin (right) hand |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | A BIBLICAL ANATOMY LESSON $400: According to Mark 9:47, we are supposed to pluck out this body part if it causes us to sin eye |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | A BIBLICAL ANATOMY LESSON $600: One of this book's maxims is "the lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment" Proverbs |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | A BIBLICAL ANATOMY LESSON $800: "For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every" this "shall bow to me" knee |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | A BIBLICAL ANATOMY LESSON $1000: Trying to protect Jesus, he cuts off the ear of a man named Malchus Simon Peter |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | 2010s TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS $400: Dr. Cristina Yang, Dr. Miranda Bailey, Dr. Derek Shepherd Grey's Anatomy |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | TV SHOW SETTINGS $600: "Grey's Anatomy": this seat of King County Seattle |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | ENDINGS ON TV $1600: Transport that ended the life of George O'Malley of "Grey's Anatomy" a bus |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | MENTAL STATES $1000: The anatomy of this deep feeling of sadness is that it's from the Greek for "black humor" melancholy |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $2000: Loretta Devine, one of the original "Dreamgirls" on Broadway, plays Dr. Webber's wife Adele on this medical drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $1200: David Halberstam, author of books about this event like 1965's "Anatomy of a Quagmire", died April 23, 2007 the Vietnam War |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | TV MEDICAL DRAMAS $400: This show's title is a play on the title of a classic medical textbook Grey's Anatomy |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | GRAY'S ANATOMY SAYS... $400: The internal this vein "collects blood from the skull, brain, superficial parts of face and much of the neck" jugular |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | GRAY'S ANATOMY SAYS... $800: This, "medial to and much stronger than the fibula, is exceeded in length only by the femur" the tibia |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | GRAY'S ANATOMY SAYS... $1200: "The external" this "comprises the auricle, or pinna, and the external acoustic meatus" the ear |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | GRAY'S ANATOMY SAYS... $1600: These "veins return oxygenated blood to the left atrium" the pulmonary veins |
| #6334, aired 2012-03-15 | GRAY'S ANATOMY SAYS... $2000: This bone "extends laterally and almost horizontally across the neck from manubrium to acromion" the clavicle (or collar bone) |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $200: Daniel Okrent:
"Nine ____: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game" Innings |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS $400: Anatomy-wise, the subscapularis is a muscle in this "cuff" rotator |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | PULL A MUSCLE $1600: The anatomy prof brought in a human model to identify this shoulder muscle the deltoid (in model to identify) |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | TV SPIN-OFFS $1600: "Private Practice" from... Grey's Anatomy |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | CAMELOT $600: This sword-proffering lady was a Tony-winning role in "Spamalot" for Sara Ramirez of "Grey's Anatomy" The Lady of the Lake |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE FLOP $800: 2006's "Zyzzyx Road" cost $2 million, earned $30 (yes, $30) in the U.S. & starred her, Izzie on "Grey's Anatomy" Katherine Heigl |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | TEXTBOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): Dr. H.V. Carter illustrated this 1858 text, an instant success despite bad reviews in the British Medical Journal Gray's Anatomy |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $200: Le nez the nose |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $400: Le pied a foot |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $600: Les dents teeth |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $800: La langue the tongue |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $1000: Le foie liver |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | TV WORKPLACES $600: This city precedes "Grace" in the name of the hospital on "Grey's Anatomy" Seattle |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | FEELS LIKE "FALL" $600: This comic tumble is literally onto your rear, because the word comes from slang for that part of your anatomy pratfall |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | DOCTOR WHO $800: ...wrote a classic anatomy textbook first published in 1858 (Henry) Gray |
| #5933, aired 2010-06-02 | -OLOGIES $2000: K-State has a Dept. of this, from Greek for "movement"; it deals with the anatomy & mechanics of body movement kinesiology |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS $2000: The cadaver in his "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" was that of Aris Kindt, an executed robber Rembrandt |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | TOOL WORDS & PHRASES $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Pacific Research Labs, aka orthopedic model maker Sawbones.) This foot shows normal anatomy; if tight shoes bend the little piggies, the result can be this condition, whose symptoms include corns, calluses & pain hammer toe |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | POETS $1200: He was professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School when he wrote "The Chambered Nautilus" Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $1,400 (Daily Double): Knowing Greek is helpful in studying anatomy; for instance, pnevmonas is this organ the lungs |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $1600: The Oceanside Wellness Center, at which Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery works Private Practice |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | ANATOMY $200: This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels the cornea |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | ANATOMY $400: This vein's name comes from the Latin for "collarbone" the jugular |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | ANATOMY $600: The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone the hip bone |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): The base of the fibula forms the outer projection of this joint the ankle |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | ANATOMY $1000: A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum the stomach |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | TV MEDICAL SHOWS BY HOSPITAL $400: Seattle Grace Grey's Anatomy |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | ANATOMY $400: This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein the umbilical cord |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | ANATOMY $800: The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth muscles |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | ANATOMY $1200: The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint the tibia & fibula |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | ANATOMY $1600: Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body your neck |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | ANATOMY $2000: The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance the cerebellum |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | ANATOMY $200: The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this the dermis |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | ANATOMY $400: The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye the iris |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | ANATOMY $600: Each wrist has 8 of these bones, also the name of a tunnel in the wrist the carpals |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | ANATOMY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor, then puts her heel down.) The soleus & gastrocnemius, two major muscles of the calf, act like a lever system with this largest tendon to lift or lower the heel the Achilles tendon |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | ANATOMY $1000: Familiar to pitchers, the group of muscles called this includes the subscapularis muscle the rotator cuff |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | BIRTH, ART, DEATH $800: Born 1606 in the Netherlands,
"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp",
died 1669 Rembrandt |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $400: It's all been uphill for this "Grey's Anatomy" hunk since he was a downhill skiing champ in high school (Patrick) Dempsey |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | TEEN CHOICE AWARDS 2008 $600: For his role on this series, Chad Michael Murray was chosen favorite TV Actor in a Drama One Tree Hill |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $400: As opposed to the muscular or skeletal system, the heart, blood & blood vessels are parts of this system the circulatory system |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $800: A thin, tough fibrous material called the renal capsule covers the outer surface of these organs kidneys |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew hangs out with a skeleton.) Allowing the lower leg to move backward & forward in the same way that a door opens & closes, the knee is considered this type of joint a hinge |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $1600: Glucose levels in the blood are regulated by 2 pancreatic hormones: glucagon & this insulin |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $2000: A large forehead doesn't indicate smartness; it indicates a large one of these bones that form the forehead the frontal bone |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | UP THROUGH THE RANKS $200: In 2007 this show was spun off from "Grey's Anatomy" Private Practice |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | TAKE IN ORDER $800: Her "Grey's Anatomy" character, Dr. Yang, had a difficult romance with Dr. Burke Sandra Oh |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | STATE THE TV STATE $200: "Grey's Anatomy" Washington |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | TELEVISION $200: Ellen Pompeo plays one of the healers in training on this drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ACTRESSES ON TV $2000: Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model Katherine Heigl |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | THE BRITISH WILES $2000: This surgeon at St. George's hospital drew on his experience & published his book on anatomy in 1858 (Henry) Gray |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $400: This bone in the lower leg is the second-longest in the human body the tibia |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $800 (Daily Double): This heart valve gets its name from its resemblance to a bishop's hat the mitral valve |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $800: These glands also produce norepinephrine the adrenal glands |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew plays with a skeleton.) The bones of the shoulder--the clavicle, the scapula & the humerus--form this type of joint, which is more susceptible to injury because it moves in multiple directions a ball and socket |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | ANATOMY $2000: This bone is between the last lumbar vertebra & the coccyx the sacrum |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | TV MDs $200: Drs. Cristina Yang & Miranda Bailey practice on this McDreamy series Grey's Anatomy |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE $1000: Science:
Discover animal anatomy, starting with Ursidae, this animal family the bear family |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $400: It's a network of nerves, like the solar one plexus |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $800: Nephrology is a medical specialty concerned with these organs kidneys |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1200: The hip is this type of 3-word joint ball and socket |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1600: These 5 bones make up the palm of the hand metacarpals |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $2,800 (Daily Double): It's also called the auditory tube, & when it's blocked, an earache can result eustachian tube |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | NAMES FROM THE PAST $1600: The subjects of this Greek's writing included anatomy, dreams & the theory that diseases are not divine in origin Hippocrates |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | OTHER DOCTOR McDREAMYs $200: Eric Dane heats things up as "Dr. McSteamy" on this ABC series Grey's Anatomy |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $400: The roof of the mouth is made up of hard & soft ones that are covered by mucous membranes palates |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | NONFICTION $600: The first edition of this book about the body was published in 1858 with 750 pages & 363 figures Gray's Anatomy |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a lab.) Due to its worm-like shape, the adjective vermiform is commonly used to refer to this tube that's attached to the cecum appendix |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $1200: The meniscus disks in your knee are a type of this material that may tear if you twist wrong cartilage |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $1600: It includes the ascending colon & the sigmoid colon large intestine |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | ANATOMY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads in front of a skeleton)
It's the medical name for these two bones, from the Latin for "key"; in birds, they fuse to form a wishbone clavicle |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | TV IS SO DRAMATIC $200: Meredith had a near-death experience & Izzie decided to practice medicine again on this show Grey's Anatomy |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE $800: At Juilliard, not drama but this other "d"ivision requires students to take courses in anatomy & partnering dance |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | ELLEN $400: On Thursday nights, she plays doctor; the title doctor of "Grey's Anatomy" Ellen Pompeo |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | ART WORKS $600: "Danae",
"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp",
"The Night Watch" Rembrandt (van Rijn) |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | TV SHOW PEOPLE $1000: Dr. Cristina Yang,
Dr. George O'Malley,
Dr. Miranda Bailey Grey's Anatomy |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $1600: From the Greek for "dissection", this science deals with the structure of the human body anatomy |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | FILM SCHOOL $2000: In this probing 1959 Preminger film, Jimmy Stewart's a lawyer defending Ben Gazzara in a murder trial Anatomy of a Murder |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | "C" IN BIOLOGY $800: In anatomy, it's the outermost layer of an organ, like the renal one cortex |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | SCIENCE GUYS $2000: This professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Bologna discovered that electricity can cause frogs' legs to twitch Galvani |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | "SS" THE SITUATION $800: Yuck! It can often be found before national product, ton or anatomy gross |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | LET'S EAT $1600: This type of quahog clam is named for a Long Island bay, not its anatomy Littleneck |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $400: From the Latin for "smell", these nerves originate from deep processes of the nasal mucous membrane olfactory |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $800: These nodes 0.1 centimeters to 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) long, are especially numerous in the neck lymph nodes |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $1200: When we all use our frontalis muscles, there are a lot of raised these--literally eyebrows |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): The hypoglossal nerve functions as the motor to most of the muscles of this organ the tongue |
| #5040, aired 2006-07-07 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $2000: The middle thyroid vein crosses in front of the carotid artery & joins up with this vein the jugular vein |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $800: Meredith, a surgical resident at Seattle's Grace Hospital Grey's Anatomy |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $400: It's the part of the body where you'll find the sternocleidomastoid muscle the neck |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $800: Periosteum, a membrane that covers the surface of this, is from the Greek for "around" this bone |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $1200: A microliter of blood contains from 150,000 to 400,000 of these blood-clotting bodies platelets |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $1600: It sounds funny, but the aqueous humor lubricates important parts of this organ the eye |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $2000: It's the overall name for 3 pairs of glands: parotid, submandibular & sublingual the salivary glands |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | MEDICAL PIONEERS $1600: His 1543 landmark work on anatomy, "De Humani Corporis Fabrica", contained illustrations by Titian's studio Vesalius |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | NEXT OF "KIN" $1600: From the Greek for "movement", this real -ology studies mechanics with respect to human anatomy kinesiology |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | "F" IN ANATOMY $400: The name of this bone is from the Latin for "thigh" femur |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | "F" IN ANATOMY $800: Hairs grow out of these pouchlike openings follicles |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | "F" IN ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): They're also called oviducts Fallopian tubes |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | "F" IN ANATOMY $1600: The security of the ankle joint depends largely on this seemingly delicate bone the fibula |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | "F" IN ANATOMY $2000: It's the term for the "soft spot" on the surface of a newborn's head where the skull bones haven't fused yet the fontanel |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | "ROSS" $800: There's nothing disgusting about this branch of anatomy that deals with structures seen by the naked eye gross anatomy |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | THE ARTFUL $200: It's this man's 1632 anatomical work seen here Rembrandt |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $200: The collarbone, more technically known as this, is part of the pectoral girdle the clavicle |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $400: Visible bruising begins with the rupture of these vessels capillaries |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $600: This part, seen here, is often transplanted the cornea |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $800: It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus cervix |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1000: If your left brain hemisphere needs to "cc" your right, It's a good thing they're connected by this "C.C." the corpus callosum |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | "TOM" $200: Ths science of dealing with the structure of animals anatomy |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | HEALTH MATTERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a piece of gross anatomy in the Body Worlds exhibit at the California Science Center.) The arteries sub-divide into a network of aterials in these organs that filter the waste from the blood kidneys |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | "PRO" $1600: In anatomy, it's a muscle that draws a part forward; in math, it's a device for measuring angles a protractor |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | "GRAY" MATTER $800: This 1858 work was a landmark in its use of medical illustrations of the human body Gray's Anatomy |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $200: Don't give the principal any of this mouth part that's used to form words lip |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $400: God took this body part from Adam to make woman a rib |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $600: Anyone cool knows this is a person's haunch hip |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $800: You'll find this body part at the center of a hurricane an eye |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $1000: Listen to Mark Antony, who might borrow one from a friend, Roman, or countryman an ear |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $200: The stomach is found in what's called this "cavity" abdominal |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $400: The thyroid gland straddles this tube also known as the windpipe the trachea |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from an old-time pharmacy.) Polio, which forced young victims to wear braces like this, was once often referred to by this two-word name infantile paralysis |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1,000 (Daily Double): These bones in the foot correspond to the carpal & metacarpal bones in the hand the tarsals and the metatarsals |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | ANATOMY & MEDICINE $1000: The spinal cord passes through a large opening in this bone at the back of the skull the occipital |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $400: From the Latin for "to chew", Gray's calls this bone the strongest bone of the face the mandible |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $800: Gray's describes this as the longest & largest bone in the arm the humerus |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): This artery is in the thigh, as its name indicates the femoral artery |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $1600: Types of these in the foot include transverse, lateral, medial & fundamental longitudinal arches |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $2000: Gray's says this largest ductless gland is "highly vascular" & "dark purple" spleen |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $200: In 1976 Evel Knievel had a farewell to these, breaking both in an attempt to jump a tank full of sharks his arms |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $400: They may be the strongest & longest bones in the body but Evel snapped both of 'em in the famous leap at Caesars the femur |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $600: Alas, poor Yorick, do not leap forth at Caesars, for verily, Evel fractured this upon landing in the year 1969 his skull |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $800: Evel says he's broken 35 bones, including this, the slender bone that forms the anterior part of the shoulder the clavicle |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL $1000: In '99, fast running out of original parts, Mr. K. had a transplant of this, due to hepatitis C complications the liver |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $200: When checking this at kitty's femoral artery, normally it should be from about 160 to 220 the pulse (the heart rate) |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $400: The eccrine type of these glands are down on the paw pads, because they're not that vital in keeping kitty cool sweat glands |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $600: In one theory, purring comes from membranes in the throat called "false" these vocal cords |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $800: Because they have this quality, cats' claws don't get worn down from walking like dogs' do retractability |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CAT ANATOMY $1000: Of the 2 types of cells that change light into nerve impulses, cats are loaded with these, for better night vision rods |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | ANATOMY $200: This organ is flexible, so it expands when food is eaten; its capacity in an adult is about a quart the stomach |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | ANATOMY $400: A trapezius artist would draw the muscle pulling back or elevating this bone the scapula (or the shoulder blade) |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | ANATOMY $600: The sweat glands originate in this bottom layer of skin the dermis |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | ANATOMY $800: Diverticulitis is a common disease of this 5-foot-long section of the large intestine the colon |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | ANATOMY $1000: The name of this narrowest bone of the leg is Latin for "clasp" the fibula |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | PAINTERS $800: Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery Rembrandt |
| #4515, aired 2004-04-02 | "V"ARIETY $2000: 16th century Flemish "Father of Modern Anatomy" Vesalius |
| #4503, aired 2004-03-17 | ENDS IN "ELLA" $1,500 (Daily Double): "Gray's Anatomy" tells us this bone is embedded in the tendon of the Quadriceps femoris the patella |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | NOTED BLACK AMERICANS $1200: This big band leader won 3 Grammys for his work on the 1959 courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Murder" Duke Ellington |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | VENTURE "A" $1000: Bartolomeo Eustachio is considered a founder of the modern version of this science anatomy |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ANATOMY $200: Each of these is made up of 4 kinds of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel & cementum teeth |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ANATOMY $400: As their name suggests, these female reproductive organs produce the eggs ovaries |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ANATOMY $600: This slender, closed tube that extends from the large intestine may become inflamed & even burst appendix |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ANATOMY $800: The uvula is that fleshy piece at the back of the throat & the uvea is the pigmented middle layer of this organ eye |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | ANATOMY $1000: A stroke may leave you unable to speak if it damages the brain "area" named for this French surgeon (Paul) Broca |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ANATOMY $400: Both men and women possess these glands, but only in women do they normally produce milk mammary glands |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ANATOMY $800: It's the 2-word Latin name for those 2 big muscles you sit on gluteus maximus |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ANATOMY $1200: They're the 2 bones of the forearm the radius & the ulna |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ANATOMY $1600: This straw-colored fluid which makes up 50 to 60% of the blood is over 90% water plasma |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | ANATOMY $2000: Also called the auditory tube, this tube that's normally closed opens up when you yawn or swallow the eustachian tube |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | COLON $400: In human anatomy the colon is part of this major body system digestive system |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | SCIENTISTS $1000: His 1543 "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" was the most accurate book on human anatomy to that date Andreas Vesalius |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | GOT "MEL"? $1600: Author Robert Burton's 1621 masterpiece was "The Anatomy of" this feeling, baby Melancholy |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | AGNATOMY $1600: Male gnats may have metallic "scales" on this middle of the 3 parts of insect anatomy thorax |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | ANATOMY CLASS $200: Minute finger-like projections called villi line the walls of this "small" digestive organ small intestine |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: All of your blood cells are produced in this soft substance that fills the bones marrow |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | ANATOMY CLASS $600: A tib-fib fracture is one of these 2 bones tibia & fibula |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | ANATOMY CLASS $800: More common in men than women, they're usually made of calcium oxalate & cause renal colic when they pass kidney stones |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: From the Greek for "throat" it's the passage that connects the back of the mouth & nose to the esophagus pharynx |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | ART & ARTISTS $200: In 1766 George Stubbs, a noted painter of these animals, published a book on their anatomy horses |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | NO OIL PAINTING $100: J.P. Morgan suffered from rhinophyma, which turned this part of his anatomy into a swollen horror Nose |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | ANATOMY CLASS $200: Involved in balance, the fluid-filled semicircular canals are located in this part of the body ears |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: The term malocclusion refers to the improper meeting of these the teeth (they don't line up properly) |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | ANATOMY CLASS $600: As a child you have 33 of these bones that make up the spine; later some fuse together vertebrae |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | ANATOMY CLASS $800: The iris, or colored part of the eye, is covered by this transparent outer layer of tissue cornea |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: Helped by axons & dendrites, nerve cells called these conduct impulses around the body neurons |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | ANATOMY CLASS $200: Brushing & flossing can prevent & treat this, the inflammation of the gums Gingivitis |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: This greenish fluid is produced in the liver from the breakdown of red blood cells & is stored in the gallbladder Bile |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | ANATOMY CLASS $800: This fibrous protein is the main constituent of the outermost layers of skin, nails & hair Keratin |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: This flap of cartilage covers the larynx when you swallow so that food doesn't go down your windpipe Epiglottis |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | ANATOMY CLASS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Greek word for "wrist" gives us this adjective used to describe a syndrome that affects the wrist Carpal |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | SCIENCE & NATURE $500: This 16th century professor at the University of Padua is called the "Father of Modern Anatomy" Andreas Vesalius |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ANATOMY $100: Like the thyroid, ovaries are this type of gland that secretes chemicals directly into the bloodstream endocrine |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ANATOMY $200: When your ears "pop", it's actually this tube opening, allowing air to escape from or to the middle ear Eustachian tube |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ANATOMY $300: Human lungs have millions of these tiny air sacs, where oxygen & carbon dioxide are exchanged alveoli |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ANATOMY $400: The 2 main types of these white blood cells are B cells & T cells lymphocytes |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ANATOMY $500: 2 of the 3 sections of the small intestine (2 of) duodenum, ileum & jejunum |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | SMALL-TOWN CINEMA $400: Small-town lawyer Jimmy Stewart matches wits with prosecutor George C. Scott in this 1959 courtroom classic Anatomy of a Murder |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | PRE-MED $200: Comparative Anatomy:
The male fiddler crab's small one is used for feeding; the large for signaling Claw |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: This medical specialty encompasses the anatomy, function, pathology & treatment of the eye Ophthalmology |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $200: His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver Rembrandt |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | ...OR BUST $400: In addition to "Goodbye, Columbus" & "The Anatomy Lesson", he wrote "The Breast" Philip Roth |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | SCREEN SIRENS $800: She debuted in 1957's "A Face in the Crowd" & is seen here 2 years later in "Anatomy of a Murder"
Sure, but that's only usual with me; with men, I mean almost all men, ever since I was a kid Lee Remick |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $100: It's the chambered muscular organ that pumps the heart |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $200: The number of bones in each finger except the thumbs 3 |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $300: Its outer layer is the epidermis the skin |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $400: This light-sensitive membrane lines the inner eyeball & is connected by the optic nerve to the brain the retina |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | HUMAN ANATOMY 101 $500: Responsible for bearing the weight of the body, this bone is also known as the shinbone the tibia |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | THE THEATRE $800: "Swimming To Cambodia" monologist who starred in the aptly-titled one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" Spalding Gray |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $100: To hurry along a Frenchman, ask him to shake a jambe, this Leg |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $200: If a Hungarian's haj, this, is too hosszu, long, it may be time for a trim hair |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $300: To work harder a German might apply some ellenbogen grease, this to us Elbow grease |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $400: If a Russian has a pain in his zheludok, this, he may take some tzums stomach |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $500: A Norwegian might dangle an oredobbe from her ore, this ear |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE $1000: Mondino de' Luzzi revived this medical study; some found his dissections "gross" anatomy |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE ANATOMY LESSON $200: It's reported that it takes 43 muscles to frown & 17 to do this smile |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE ANATOMY LESSON $400: Asthma attacks involve these organs' bronchioles & the bronchi leading to them the lungs |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE ANATOMY LESSON $600: In this organ's "middle" part the ossicles pass on the vibrations to the oval window the ear |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE ANATOMY LESSON $800: Weighing about 3 pounds, it has more than 10 billion neurons, which works out to... argh, mine hurts the brain |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE ANATOMY LESSON $1000: Tear this tendon that runs from the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus & you can't stand tippytoe the Achilles tendon |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | 4-LETTER ANATOMY $100: Cyrano's was really long, but Rudolph's was famous in a Christmas song nose |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | 4-LETTER ANATOMY $200: The covering that's all about, to keep your innards from falling out skin |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | 4-LETTER ANATOMY $300: Cooked most certainly is your goose, when this is surrounded by a noose neck |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | 4-LETTER ANATOMY $400: Be careful when you do a flip, that one of these back parts doesn't slip a disc |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | 4-LETTER ANATOMY $500: Ballerinas & night watchmen, are both alert when they stay on them toes |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $200: Considered your largest organ, it's waterproof, somewhat stretchy & covers you from head to toe Skin |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $400: Remember, it's in this largest part of the brain that learning & remembering take place Cerebrum |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $600: Put your hand on your hip & you can feel your ilium, part of this bony structure from the Greek for "bowl" Pelvis |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $800: No joke, it's the part of the body that contains vitreous humor & aqueous humor Eye |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: Well-utilized by Elvis Presley, the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi is the muscle that curls this Lip |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | IT FOLLOWED ME HOME $100: A popular pet of the '90s, the name of this type of pig comes from its anatomy Pot-bellied pig |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANATOMY $200: The red portion of this bone tissue is responsible for the creation of blood platelets the marrow |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANATOMY $400: Joint in which you'd find a bandlike structure called the rotator cuff the shoulder |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANATOMY $600: Hey, butthead! This muscle's name is Latin for "largest rump" the gluteus maximus |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANATOMY $800: This band of connective tissue between the heel & the calf is named for a legendary warrior the Achilles tendon |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANATOMY $1000: The anterior lobe of this "master gland" is responsible for the release of somatotropin, or growth hormone the pituitary |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | ANATOMY $200: This pair of bean-shaped organs filter some 50 gallons of blood each day Kidneys |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | ANATOMY $400: They're any of the bones that form the spinal column Vertebrae |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | ANATOMY $600: Running down the back of the thigh, it's the body's longest & thickest nerve Sciatic nerve |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | ANATOMY $800: These disc-shaped blood cells are also called thrombocytes Platelets |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | ANATOMY $1000: Because they excrete fluid outside the body, sweat glands are classified as this type of gland Exocrine glands |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $100: An average Dutch person has twee en dertig, 32, of these, tanden teeth |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $200: A German woman may pluck these, her augenbrauen her eyebrows |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $300: If a Japanese isha (doctor) asks you to stick out your shita, he means this tongue |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $400: This body part is as plain as a burun on a Turk's yuz, his face his nose |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $500: To get to the heart of the matter, it's Spanish for "heart" corazón |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | BUY A VOWEL $300: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy & treatment of the eye opthamology (optometry accepted) |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | ANATOMY $100: Rhin-- or rhino-- at the beginning of a word indicates this body part is involved Nose |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | ANATOMY $200: A sprain of this joint between the talus & tibia is one of the most common injuries Ankle |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | ANATOMY $300: Name shared by the joints of the skull & a surgical "stitch" Sutures |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | ANATOMY $400: All 20 deciduous ones usually erupt by age 3 Teeth |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | ANATOMY $500: These glands atop each kidney are composed of 2 parts, each with a different composition & function Adrenal Glands |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | ANATOMY $200: The optic nerve transmits impulses between the eyes & this organ Brain |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | ANATOMY $400: These smallest blood vessels are about one-eighth the thickness of a strand of hair Capillaries |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | ANATOMY $600: Nearly all of the body's endocrine glands are stimulated by hormones released by this gland Pituitary Gland |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | ANATOMY $800: Bow legs are often the result of this childhood disease caused by a lack of vitamin D rickets |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | ANATOMY $1000: It's the anatomical name for the stirrup, the smallest bone in the body Stapes |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | '80s LIT $1000: His 1983 book "The Anatomy Lesson" completed his "Zuckerman" trilogy (Philip) Roth |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $100: The cones in the eye allow us to see colors and these light-sensitive cells allow us to see shades of gray rods |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $200: 2 muscles, the brachialis & this one, allow you to bend your arm at the elbow the biceps |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $300: The hip is a ball-and-socket joint consisting of the acetabulum & the head of this bone the femur |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $400: This section of the respiratory tract is also known as the windpipe the trachea |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $500: Among the hormones secreted by these glands are hydrocortisone & aldosterone the adrenal glands |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $100: When you pout you stick it out lip |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $200: Mark Antony wanted you to lend it so he could bend it ear |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $300: In a toast to your best bud it's where you say to put the mud eye |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $400: It went from Adam to make a madam rib |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | 3-LETTER ANATOMY $500: If this part is made of glass a fighter has to watch his opponent jaw |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | PHYSICIANS $800: His 2 essays "On the Circulation of Blood" were written to Jean Riolan, professor of anatomy in Paris Harvey |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | ANATOMY $200: Your zygomaticus major is the muscle that allows you to do this; say cheese! smile |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | ANATOMY $400: The lacrimal glands secrete these tears |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | ANATOMY $600: It's the medical name for the shoulder blade scapula |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | ANATOMY $700 (Daily Double): About 10 inches long, it's the part of the alimentary canal that connects the pharynx with the stomach esophagus |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The duodenum is the shortest & widest portion of this small intestine |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | DOCTOR $200: In 1858 he published the first edition of his "Anatomy" book; it's still a medical standard Gray |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | SCIENCE $500: In geometry it's a quadrilateral with 2 parallel sides; in anatomy, it's the smallest wrist bone Trapezoid |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ART $800: His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" established him as one of Amsterdam's great portrait painters Rembrandt |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | ANATOMY $200: The skin has 2 main layers: the dermis & this thinner outer portion the epidermis |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | ANATOMY $400: Most of the iodine in the body is concentrated in this gland the thyroid |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | ANATOMY $600: This part of the brain below the cerebrum is responsible for balance & posture the cerebellum |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | ANATOMY $800: This spiral-shaped part of the inner ear is named for its resemblance to a snail's shell the cochlea |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): They're the chief arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood to the head the carotid arteries |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ANATOMY $200: These paired bones that protect the heart & lungs rise & fall as you breathe the ribs |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ANATOMY $400: Unlike the red, the yellow type of this substance that fills the bones is mostly fat marrow |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ANATOMY $600: Named for their shapes, they're the 2 types of light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye cones & rods |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ANATOMY $800: The duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, loops around this insulin-producing organ the pancreas |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | ANATOMY $1,900 (Daily Double): The hypophysis is another name for this gland at the base of the brain the pituitary |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | ART $1000: The drawings for Vesalius's famous book on this subject may have been done in Titian's studio anatomy |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | ANATOMY $200: The cerebrum constitutes about 85% of this organ's weight the brain |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | ANATOMY $400: The digestive tract in humans is also known as this canal, my dear Watson the alimentary canal |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | ANATOMY $600: The spleen is located behind & to the left of the stomach, just below this dome-shaped muscle the diaphragm |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | ANATOMY $1000: It's the bone that runs parallel & lateral to the tibia the fibula |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | ANATOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): As it enters the thigh, the external iliac artery becomes this artery the femoral artery |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | NONFICTION $600: The first edition of his "Anatomy" book contained 750 pages; the 37th edition, issued in 1989, had nearly 1600 Gray |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | ANATOMY $100: Their roots are covered with cementum, a sort of living glue your teeth |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | ANATOMY $200: The carotid arteries carry blood into the head & these veins carry it away to the subclavian vein the jugular veins |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | ANATOMY $300: Your voice box & nose contain this tough, rubbery substance cartilage |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | ANATOMY $400 (Daily Double): The smallest muscle in the body is the stapedius, a threadlike part of this organ the ear |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | ANATOMY $400: In women's bodies, the Graafian follicles contain these ova (eggs) |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | "G" WHIZ! $800: Its a lamp with a curved, flexible shaft that resembles part of a certain bird's anatomy a gooseneck lamp |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | ANATOMY $200: Except for the pulmonary, the body's major arteries all branch out from this one Aorta |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | ANATOMY $400 (Daily Double): The true organ of hearing is housed in this spiral-shaped structure of the inner ear Cochlea |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | ANATOMY $400: Tendons connect muscles to bones, & these bands of tissue bind the joints Ligaments |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | ANATOMY $600: There are 33 of these bones in the body including 7 in the neck & 12 in the chest region Vertebrae |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | ANATOMY $1000: Organ that contains special cell clusters called the islets of Langerhans the pancreas |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: His "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" hangs in the Maurithuis in The Hague Rembrandt |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANATOMY $200: The most important form of this hormone in women is estradiol estrogen |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANATOMY $400: The tongue's taste buds distinguish 4 basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet & this one sour |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANATOMY $600: This joint serves as a hinge for the femur & tibia the knee |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANATOMY $800: During a person's lifetime, these organs will remove waste from more than 10 million gallons of blood the kidneys |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): The common bile duct is formed by the cystic duct from the gallbladder & the hepatic duct from this organ the liver |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANATOMY $200: The cerebrum is the largest & most highly developed part of this organ the brain |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANATOMY $400: Near its origin, this largest artery gives rise to the coronary arteries of the heart the aorta |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANATOMY $600: It's the joint formed by the lower end of the humerus & the 2 upper ends of the ulna & radius the elbow |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANATOMY $800: There are 3 pairs of these glands in the body, including the sublingual ones under the tongue the salivary glands |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANATOMY $1000: After a meal bile that's stored in this sac is released into the small intestine the gall bladder |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANATOMY $100: On average, it weighs about 3 pounds, with the cerebrum making up most of that weight the brain |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANATOMY $200: This tendon at the back of the ankle helps you stand on tiptoe the Achilles tendon |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANATOMY $300: It's the medical name for the voice box the larynx |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANATOMY $400: Resembling a small horseshoe, the hyoid or lingual bone supports this body part the tongue |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANATOMY $500: While the knee is considered a hinge joint, the hip is classified as this type ball-and-socket |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ANATOMY $100: This tube, which is only about 4 1/2" long, ends in the chest, where it divides into 2 bronchi the trachea |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ANATOMY $200: These bundles of tissue, numbering more than 600, make up about half your body weight your muscles |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ANATOMY $300: The duodenum, jejunum & ileum are the 3 main sections of this the small intestine |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ANATOMY $400: This rounded part of the foot is formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones the ball of the foot |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ANATOMY $500: Just below the jawbone, you can feel the pulse of this artery that runs up through the neck the carotid artery |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | ANATOMY $100: Exophthalmos is the bulging of these from their sockets the eyes |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | ANATOMY $200: It's any hollow body cavity, not just the 4 in the bones surrounding the nose sinuses |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | ANATOMY $300: The cruciate ligaments provide stability for this, your largest joint the knee |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | ANATOMY $400: Since there are 2 of these enclosed in pleural sacs, would 1 be in a singular sac? lungs |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | ANATOMY $500: It's what you "feel" when you press the radial artery against the radius your pulse |
| #2241, aired 1994-05-09 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $500: This classic anatomical textbook was first published in Great Britain, in 1858 Gray's Anatomy |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | ARTISTS $800: Type of lesson being give by Thomas de Keyser's "Dr. de Vrij" & Rembrandt's "Dr. Tulp" an anatomy lesson |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | ANATOMY $100: It's the most common eye color brown |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | ANATOMY $200: The pulse point highest on your body is located here the temple |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | ANATOMY $300: It's the "right pipe" for food to go down the esophagus |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | ANATOMY $500: Latin for "little grape", it moves up when you say "Ahh" the uvula |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | ANATOMY $3,000 (Daily Double): These blood cells number fewer than the red cells but more than the white cells the platelet cells |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | ANATOMY $200: The lub-dub sound of this organ is caused by the closing of various valves the heart |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | ANATOMY $400: The popliteal artery, which runs behind the knee, is an extension of this major thigh artery the femoral |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | ANATOMY $600: The network of nerves behind the stomach that controls the abdominal organs is known by this 2-word name the solar plexus |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | ANATOMY $800: Leukocytes are the white blood cells & these are the red ones erythrocytes |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | ANATOMY $1000: They're the 2 glands, 1 above each eye, that produce tears the lacrimal |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | -OLOGIES $600: It's the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy & disorders of the nervous system neurology |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | BIBLICAL ANATOMY $100: When Belshazzar saw the handwriting on the wall, these started knocking his knees |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | BIBLICAL ANATOMY $200: According to the proverb, "He that shutteth" these "is esteemed a man of understanding" his lips |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | BIBLICAL ANATOMY $300: Psalm 140 says this part of a violent man is sharpened like a serpent's the tongue |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | BIBLICAL ANATOMY $400: Because Isaac's were dim, Jacob fooled him his eyes |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | BIBLICAL ANATOMY $500: It's described in various verses as the seat of desire, hatred, lust & pride the heart |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | ZOOLOGY $100: This part of an elephant's anatomy contains thousands of muscles but no bones trunk |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1000: This pioneer in electrophysiology taught anatomy at the Univ. of Bologna from 1762 until the 1790s Luigi Galvani |
| #2030, aired 1993-06-04 | THE HUMAN BODY $200: The only thing in the index of Gray's Anatomy under "semicircular" is found in this part of the body the (inner) ear |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | ANATOMY $100: The words cordial & courage come from cor, Latin for this body part the heart |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | ANATOMY $200: The human integumentary system is made up of the skin, hair & these the nails |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | ANATOMY $300: The cerebral cortex is part of the brain & the renal cortex is part of this organ the kidneys |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | ANATOMY $400: They're the first glands to go to work on food that's eaten the salivary glands |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | ANATOMY $500: This muscle comes in minimus, medius & maximus varieties the gluteus |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | ANATOMY $100: A facial muscle called the frontalis enables you to wrinkle your forehead & raise these eyebrows |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | ANATOMY $300: The rounded ends of the metacarpal bones form these joints in the fingers knuckles |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | ANATOMY $400: These blood vessels are so tiny that only 1 blood cell can pass through at a time capillaries |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | ANATOMY $500 (Daily Double): It weighs approximately 8 pounds & covers a surface area of about 18 square feet skin |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | ANATOMY $500: It's the part of the brain that has a Latin name meaning "little brain" cerebellum |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | SCIENCE $600: In human anatomy the lowest 2 pairs of these bones are "floating" ribs |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $200: Its muscles contract & relax about 3 times a minute & it contains a powerful acid the stomach |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $400: You blush when these tiny blood vessels in your face get a message to expand the capillaries |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $600: The appendix is attached to one end of this organ colon (or large intestine) |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $800: The elbow is a hinge joint; the hip, this type a ball and socket joint |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $2,900 (Daily Double): You have at least 9,000 of these, made up of supporting & gustatory cells taste buds |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | COURTROOM DRAMAS $800: Noted lawyer Joseph Welch played a judge & Jimmy Stewart a lawyer in this 1959 drama Anatomy of a Murder |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | ANATOMY $200: Your deciduous ones usually appear at about 6 months, your permanent ones at about 6 years teeth |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | ANATOMY $400: After light enters the eye, it focuses an image on this tissue which contains the rods & cones the retina |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | ANATOMY $600: It's the more common name for the tympanic membrane eardrum |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | ANATOMY $800: Like the one in the nose, this wall that divides the heart lengthwise can deviate the septum |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | ANATOMY $1000: Protected by the patella, it's the body's largest joint the knee |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | NONFICTION $1000: This Brit. sec'y of war's affair with Christine Keeler was the subject of a 1963 book, "Anatomy of a Scandal" (John) Profumo |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | POTPOURRI $500: Myology is the branch of anatomy that deals with these tissues muscle tissues |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | NONFICTION $1000: Norman Cousins explored the mind's healing ability in his bestseller "Anatomy of" this an Illness |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | LEONARDO DA VINCI $200: To broaden his knowledge of anatomy, he performed these at a Florence hospital autopsies |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | FROG ANATOMY $100: It's divided into 3 chambers: 2 auricles & 1 ventricle the frog's heart |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | FROG ANATOMY $200: It's attached at the front of the mouth so the frog can flick it out rapidly the frog's tongue |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | FROG ANATOMY $300: The frog stores liquid waste in this organ & can reabsorb water from it in dry times the bladder |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | FROG ANATOMY $400: The pancreas & this 3-lobed organ provide digestive enzymes a frog liver |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | FROG ANATOMY $500: The nictitating membrane is also called the third one of these the frog's eyelid |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | ANATOMY $200: Each of these consists of a root & a crown teeth |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | ANATOMY $400: Prior to the 20th century all doctors who treated this part of the body were called chiropodists the feet |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | ANATOMY $600: In the eye this structure sits immediately behind the pupil the lens |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | ANATOMY $800: It's the bone that forms your chin the mandible |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | ANATOMY $1000: It's made up of 2 different tissues, acinar cells & the islets of Langerhans the pancreas |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | ANATOMY $200: If digestive enzymes build up in this insulin-producing organ, it can digest itself pancreas |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | ANATOMY $400: It's the medical name for the knee cap patella |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | ANATOMY $600: Blood enters the right atrium of the heart through these two veins, one superior, the other inferior vena cava |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | ANATOMY $800: The most common ulcers are those that affect the stomach, or this part of the small intestine duodenum |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | ANATOMY $1000: It's the longest bone in the arm humerus |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | THE 16th CENTURY $400: 16th century Flemish scientist Andreas Vesalius is considered the father of this branch of biology Anatomy |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | ANATOMY $100: It's the bulging front part of the larynx & is bigger in men than in women the Adam's apple |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | ANATOMY $200: They contain tarsals, metatarsals & phalanges the feet |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | ANATOMY $300: The pyloric sphincter is the "door" at its exit to the small intestine the stomach |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | ANATOMY $400: The place where specific ones of these are located on a chromosome is called a locus genes |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | ANATOMY $500: Type of tissue that connects your ribs to your breastbone cartilage |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | ANATOMY $100: The part of this organ that controls balance & movement is the cerebellum the brain |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | ANATOMY $200: As its name indicates, this muscle on the back of the upper arm has 3 heads the triceps |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | ANATOMY $300: The tendon named for this mythological character links the calf muscles to the heel bones the Achilles tendon |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | ANATOMY $400: This spongy, reddish-brown gland in the abdominal cavity metabolizes carbohydrates the liver |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | ANATOMY $500: This large triangular bone is formed by the fusion of 5 vertebrae of the pelvic region the sacrum |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $200: By the time of birth, this tube connecting the fetus to the placenta is about 2 feet long the umbilical cord |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $400: The three main types of these are smooth, skeletal & cardiac muscles |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $600: The atria comprise the upper chambers of the heart & these comprise the lower ventricles |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $800: Each pair of ribs is joined at the back of the rib cage to one of these bones in the spine a vertebrae |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $1000: This small, pear-shaped pouch beneath the liver can store up to 2 ounces of bile at one time the gallbladder |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | ANATOMY $100: The flat panels on the sides of the head, or the places some head to pray temples |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | ANATOMY $200: It's the joint that allows the foot to pivot up & down ankles |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | ANATOMY $300: The stomach is part of this canal the alimentary canal |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | ANATOMY $400: This part of the eye is the site of the greatest concentration of pain receptive nerves the cornea |
| #1568, aired 1991-05-29 | ANATOMY $500: In osteoarthritis this tissue disintegrates & bones rub against one another the cartilage |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | ARTISTS $200: His 1632 work "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" was an official portrait of the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons Rembrandt |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | ANATOMY $100: This organ has occipital, parietal, temporal & frontal lobes the brain |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | ANATOMY $200: The pollex is the medical name for this part of the body; just ask Siskel or Ebert the thumb |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | ANATOMY $300: They're a pair of passageways divided by a bony septum, leading to to the vestibule the nostrils |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | ANATOMY $400: Dimension in which the large intestine is larger than the small intestine width (diameter) |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | ANATOMY $500 (Daily Double): The humerus, radius & ulna meet at this joint the elbow |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $100: The hypothalamus, near the base of the brain, helps maintain this average body temperature 98.6 |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $200: A single drop of blood contains millions of cells floating in this straw-colored fluid plasma |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $300: This artery is the primary vessel for carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body the aorta |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $400: When you take a breath, this dome-shaped muscle flattens, increasing the space in your chest the diaphragm |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $500: Root canal work often involves the removal of this innermost layer of tooth that contains the nerves the pulp |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | ANATOMY $200: The taste buds are housed inside papillae on this muscular organ the tongue |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | ANATOMY $400: Normally, a molar has 2 or 3 of these, while an incisor has only 1 a root |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | ANATOMY $600: Part of the body that can be affected by an inflammation called labyrinthitis the inner ear |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | ANATOMY $800: This valve is found between the left atrium & the left ventricle the mitral valve |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | ANATOMY $1000: In the pancreas, small clusters of special cells called the islands or islets are named for this doctor (Paul) Langerhans |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ANATOMY $200: Some of these are voluntary & none can push; they can only pull muscles |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ANATOMY $400: Organ enclosed in a sac called the pericardium the heart |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ANATOMY $600: It's the joint most commonly afflicted with gout or a bunion the big toe |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ANATOMY $800: From the Greek "karoun", to stupefy, comes the name of this artery supplying blood to the head the carotid |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ANATOMY $1000: The heart & lungs lie within this cavity bounded by the walls of the chest the thorax (the thoracic cavity) |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | POTENT POTABLES $400: A whiskey & ginger ale cocktail named for part of the equine anatomy a horse's neck |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ANATOMY $200: Light enters the eye through this circular opening in the iris pupil |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ANATOMY $400: This term for a network of nerves or blood vessels can follow "brachial" & "solar" plexus |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ANATOMY $600: This wall of cartilage separating the nostrils may deviate from its normal position septum |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ANATOMY $800 (Daily Double): Named for their shape, these smallest blood cells are essential for blood clotting platelets |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | ANATOMY $1000: A blow to the abdomen can rupture this organ which eliminates worn-out red blood cells spleen |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ANATOMY $200: Because it contains no nerves, it doesn't hurt the baby or mother when it's cut the umbilical cord |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ANATOMY $400: The waterproof layer of your skin the epidermis |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ANATOMY $600: The leg proper is only the segment between the ankle & this the knee |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ANATOMY $800: Blood enters this organ through the hepatic artery the liver |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | ANATOMY $1000: You don't need stones in the gall bladder or kidneys; you do need the otoliths, stones in these the ear |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | ANATOMY $200: The box-shaped chamber that contains the vocal cords larynx |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | ANATOMY $400: These can be serous, fibrous or mucous membranes |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | ANATOMY $600: The ceruminal glands are found inside these canals ear canals |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | ANATOMY $800: The pylorus is in the lower part of this digestive organ stomach |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The uveal tract is part of this sense organ eye |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANATOMY $200: Encyclopedia Americana says there are perhaps 100 trillion of these in an adult body cells |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANATOMY $400: Common name of the tympanic membrane the eardrum |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANATOMY $600: This artery is about an inch wide & a foot & a half long the aorta |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANATOMY $800: This muscle forms the floor of the chest cavity the diaphragm |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ANATOMY $1000: Also called the shinbone, it's the 2nd longest bone in your body the tibia |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | ANATOMY $200: The only mobile bone of the face the mandible |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | ANATOMY $400: The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs the kidneys |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | ANATOMY $800: This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum the small intestine |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The 4 principal arteries of the head & neck are all called this carotid arteries |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | ANATOMY $3,100 (Daily Double): The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS the central nervous system |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | MEDICAL HISTORY $1000: The family of this "Father of Anatomy" was from Wesel, from which he took his name Andreas Vesalius |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | ANATOMY $200: Part of your body which contains a mitral valve the heart |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | ANATOMY $400: Felt when you "make a muscle", this muscle raises the forearm a bicep |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | ANATOMY $600: It comprises about 62% of the weight of an average man; about 6% less in women water |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | FICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of the 1858 book in which you'd you'd see this illustration: Gray's Anatomy |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | ANATOMY $200: The places where bones meet, including the thin hairlines on the skull, are called this joints |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | ANATOMY $400: A membrane called the conjunctiva covers parts of these organs eyes |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | ANATOMY $600: If your ears block when you change altitudes, swallowing may open this tube to equalize pressure Eustachian |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | ANATOMY $800: Special channels carry the bile produced by the liver in this storage facility gallbladder |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The 2 large bones that meet just behind your kneecap femur & tibia |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | ANATOMY $100: When a physician takes a mallet & whacks you on the knee, he's usually testing this your reflex |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | ANATOMY $200: This arm muscle with a long head & a short head flexes the forearm the bicep |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | ANATOMY $300: In your ear you have a tympanic bone, a tympanic cavity & a tympanic one of these a membrane |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | ANATOMY $500 (Daily Double): Procedure in which a needle is inserted into the backbone to draw off some of the fluid inside a spinal tap |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | ANATOMY $500: Dislocate your hip & this bone is out of its joint the femur |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | ANATOMY $100: Your nails are made up of cells from this, the top layer of skin epidermis |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | ANATOMY $200: You have 2 of these, but a toothed whale only has 1, its blowhole a nostril |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | ANATOMY $300: A bone that vibrates when it hears "go horsey", or a place for your foot on a saddle a stirrup |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | ANATOMY $400: When you toss a drink down the hatch, it goes down this tube to the stomach your esophagus |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | ANATOMY $500: Bowman's capsules are found in these filtering organs in your body your kidneys |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | FOREIGN FILMS $200: Film with a 1-letter title originally subtitled "The Anatomy of a Political Assassination" Z |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ANATOMY $200: The process of digesting food begins here mouth |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ANATOMY $400: This straw-colored fluid constitutes about 55% of the blood in humans plasma |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ANATOMY $600: A baby is born with a 6-month supply of iron stored in this organ the liver |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANATOMY $200: Part of your body that has a root, a crown & a pulp cavity tooth |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANATOMY $400: One book describes it as "a crumpled grey jelly divided into 2 halves like a walnut" brain |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANATOMY $600: Pale, watery fluid that bathes & feeds body tissues & is cleaned & filtered by nodes lymph |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANATOMY $800: Sitting atop the kidneys are these glands which supply the hormones that kick in when you fight adrenal glands |
| #1039, aired 1989-02-23 | ANATOMY $1000: Name of the 20-23 ft. long tube comprised of the duodenum, the jejunum & the ileum small intestine |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | 16th CENTURY SCIENCE $800: In 1543 Andreas Vesalius published the 1st accurate work on this subject human anatomy |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | VOCABULARY $300: This part of your anatomy was named for a 16th c. anatomy specialist, Bartolommeo Eustachio the Eustachian tube |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | ANATOMY $100: This joint is the juncture of the femur, tibia & patella knee |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | ANATOMY $200: Almost all oxygen needed by the body is carried by the hemoglobin in these cells red blood cells |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | ANATOMY $300: This tube connects the back of the throat to the middle ear eustachian tube |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | ANATOMY $400: An axon is the extended fiber of this type of cell neural (nerve) cell |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | ANATOMY $500: This secretion from the liver passes on to the gall bladder then to the small intestine bile |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ANATOMY $200: These body parts are sometimes called digits fingers/toes |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ANATOMY $400: One of the two hormones that regulate blood sugar in the pancreas (1 of) glucagon & insulin |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ANATOMY $600: Otitis media is a term for infection of the middle part of this the ear |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ANATOMY $800: Proper name for your shoulder blade the scapula |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | ANATOMY $1000: The connective tissue sac enclosing the heart the pericardium |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | ANATOMY $200: Of 25,000, 50,000 or 100,000, the approximate number of times an average heart beats each day 100,000 |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | ANATOMY $400: Strands of hair this color tend to be thicker than hair of any other color red |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | ANATOMY $600: Part of the eye in which the sight receptors are located retina |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | ANATOMY $800: It 1st became well known in 1897 when Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett with a blow to it solar plexus |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | ANATOMY $1000: Largest of the 9 cartilages in the larynx, it's technically called a thyroid cartilage Adam's apple |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | ANATOMY $200: You have 2 of these joints where an iliac bone unites with the sacrum the sacroiliac |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | ANATOMY $400: The main function of these teeth is biting the incisors |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | ANATOMY $600: Even with your eyes shut you can tell which way is up from your sense of balance in this organ your ear |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | ANATOMY $800: Unlike your fingers, the thumb has only this number of phalanges 2 |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | ANATOMY $1000: Along with the tarsal glands, these other glands provide lubrication for the eyes the lacrimal glands |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | ANATOMY $100: Common name for the thin skin across the entrance to the middle ear the tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | ANATOMY $200: From Greek for "cuckoo", this small bone at the base of the spinal column resembles a cuckoo's beak the coccyx |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | ANATOMY $300: It's where you have a layer of transparent skin called the conjunctiva the eye |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | ANATOMY $400: This term refers to any of the large veins in the neck the jugular |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | ANATOMY $500: They're produced at the rate of some 2 million per second & live for 120 to 130 days red blood cells |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | SCULPTURE $400: Leonardo da Vinci studied the anatomy movements of this animal while planning Sforza's statue the horse |
| #889, aired 1988-06-16 | BIOLOGY $4,800 (Daily Double): The standard divisions in biological classification, remembered by the initials "KPCOFGS" kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | "A"NATOMY $400: There's a "button" on this part of your anatomy abdomen |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | STARTS WITH "V" $400: Anatomy students can tell you this is the plural of "viscus" viscera |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | ANATOMY $200: Acute bunions are a form of this inflamation of the bursae bursitis |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | ANATOMY $400: The external jugular veins originate in these glands involved with eating salivary |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | ANATOMY $600: Organ in which you'd find the renal pyramids kidneys |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | ANATOMY $800: A typical one of these has dendrites & an axon extending from it nerve |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | ANATOMY $1000: Technical term for the tailbone coccyx |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | ANATOMY $200: A skinfold caliper is used to measure the amount of this you have fat |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | ANATOMY $400: The nerve fibers of this, the "back" of the eye, converge to form the optic nerve, which runs to the brain the retina |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | ANATOMY $600: This muscular organ will contract & expand without any impulses from the brain the heart |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the 4 main parts of the blood, these 2 start with "P" plasma & platelets |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | ANATOMY $1000: Popular name for the palatine masses of lymphoid tissue found at the back of the throat the tonsils |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | ANATOMY $200: The olfactory bulb sends sends the brain info about this sense smell |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | ANATOMY $400: While incisors bite & cut, these teeth are designed to crush & grind molars |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | ANATOMY $600: General term for the chemicals made by your endocrine glands hormones |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | ANATOMY $1000: Too much bilirubin in your system might turn your eyeballs this color yellow |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | ANATOMY $1,200 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 parts of your body containing the same substance as a bird's beak, keratin (1 of) hair, nails & skin |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | ZOOLOGY $200: The human anatomy's equivalent to a porcupine's quills hair |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ANATOMY $200: During stress, adrenalin secreted into the blood stream causes the heartbeat to do this go faster |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ANATOMY $600: In the nervous system, this is the term for the gap between axons & dendrites synapses |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ANATOMY $800: Body cholesterol is both made and destroyed in this large organ the liver |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ANATOMY $1000: Digestive juices are very active in this part of the human small intestine that's joined to the stomach the duodenum |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | ANATOMY $200: It churns & kneads food for several hours, turning it into a mass called chyme stomach |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | ANATOMY $400: Only visible when a cell divides, they carry your genes chromosome |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | ANATOMY $600: The trachea divides into 2 bronchi, which, upon entering these, divide into bronchioles lungs |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | ANATOMY $800: The malleus, incus & stapes bones are better known by these 3 names hammer, anvil, stirrups |
| #727, aired 1987-11-03 | ANATOMY $1000: Your sclera is normally this color white |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | GAMES $200: If you miss a letter in "hangman", this is the part of the anatomy you draw first head |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $100: Rudolph's red one was so bright it helped Santa guide his sleigh his nose |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $200: When these Irish organs "are smiling, sure they steal your heart away" eyes |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $300: On "The Good Ship Lollipop", "If you eat too much--Ooh! Ooh! You'll awake with" this kind of "ache" tummy |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $400: The Broadway song from "Wildcat" says, "Hey, look me over, lend me" one of these an ear |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $500: In "The Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow sang about his desire to have this brain |
| #700, aired 1987-09-25 | REMBRANDT $1000: The work that won him fame showed Professor Tulp giving a lesson in this subject anatomy |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | COLORS $600: The colorful name of this part of your anatomy is probably from the Dutch for "little finger" the pinky |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | THE BIBLE $100: Samson killed 1000 Philistines with this part of an ass's anatomy the jawbone |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | ANATOMY $100: This limb's abductors aren't kidnappers, but the muscles that move it toward the chest arm |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | ANATOMY $200: A hollow core of dentin filled with pulp & capped with enamel tooth |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | ANATOMY $300: Whether you're Buddy Rich or not, your tympanic membrane is commonly called this eardrum |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | ANATOMY $200: Fluid containing erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, & plasma blood |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | ANATOMY $400: Common name for the tibia, hockey players wear guards to protect it shin |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | ANATOMY $600: Glands in the mouth which respond to the thought or presence of food salivary |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | ANATOMY $900 (Daily Double): The hepatic artery supplies this body part with oxygen liver |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | ANATOMY $1000: Term for the tension in resting muscles, or the shade or color of your skin tone |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $200: "Lend me" these "and I'll sing you a song & I'll try not to sing out of key" your ears |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $400: It's where Carole King felt "the earth move" under her feet |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $600: In 1958 hit, Elvis asked, "won't you wear my ring" there your neck |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $800: Human organ mentioned in Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On" the brain |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $1000: In a #1 hit, Pat Boone said, "let me kiss you please, baby, please, 'cause it's cold &" this might happen your lips might freeze |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANATOMY $100: In women, the hormone prolactin increases production of this mother's milk |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANATOMY $200: About 2' long at your birth, it ran from your mom's placenta to your navel the umbilical cord |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANATOMY $300: When fibrogen is converted to fibrin by thrombin, blood does this clot |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANATOMY $400: Name of the flap which closes over the trachea when you swallow the epiglottis |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | ANATOMY $500: They are clenched when the temporalis muscles contract the jaws (or the teeth) |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | ANATOMY $400: The average adult has about 9000-10,000 of these, mainly on the upper surface of the tongue taste buds |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | ANATOMY $500 (Daily Double): Function common to the nose & the kidney filtration |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | ANATOMY $600: Uterine duct named after 16th century Italian anatomist who 1st described it Fallopian tube |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | ANATOMY $800: It consists of the brain & spinal cord central nervous system |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | MUSIC $400: Upon receiving a "gestopft" order, a French horn player will stick this part of her anatomy in the bell forearm or hand or fist |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | ANATOMY $200: Cardiac muscle is found only in this organ heart |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | ANATOMY $400: Tiny lung sacs called alveoli are where carbon dioxide is exchanged for this oxygen |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | ANATOMY $600: The key organ of human metabolism, it converts sugar & secrets bile liver |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | ANATOMY $800: The 2 main parts of these are the matrix & plate; you buff the plates to make them shine nails |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | ANATOMY $1000: It lies near the base of the brain & is often called "the master gland" pituitary |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | ANIMALS $600: When grabbed by a predator, a skink may ditch this part of its anatomy its tail |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | ANATOMY $200: Senator Jake Garn donated one of his to be transplanted to his daughter Susan kidney |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | ANATOMY $400: Part of the body where one would find the plantar arch foot |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | ANATOMY $600: With few muscles attached to the "pinna", humans find it hard to move or wiggle this ear |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | ANATOMY $200: Body parts most associated with twiddling your thumbs |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | ANATOMY $400: It's the largest bone of the face & the only one that moves freely the jawbone (mandible) |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | ANATOMY $600: With about 40 times the total surface area of the skin, it's where the blood picks up oxygen the lungs |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | ANATOMY $100: The basilic, cephalic, & jugular are types of these veins |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | ANATOMY $200: The lowest 4 ribs, attached only to the backbone, are called by this buoyant name floating ribs |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | ANATOMY $300: Of the larynx, pharynx, or trachea, the one that serves as a passageway for both food & air pharynx |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | ANATOMY $400: Bile, secreted by the liver, is stored in this organ until needed for digestion gall bladder |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Charlton Heston thinks this distinctive part of his anatomy helped win him the role of Moses his nose |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | ANATOMY $200: Breezy name for the trachea the windpipe |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | ANATOMY $400: If you have hydrocephalus, you've got water in it, not on it the brain |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | ANATOMY $600: This thin plate of flexible cartilage protects the glottis during swallowing the epiglottis |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | ANATOMY $1000: Diabetes & hypoglycemia are both disorders of this system the endocrine system |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | ANATOMY $2,400 (Daily Double): If you're in a state of ketosis, your body burns this instead of glucose fat |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | MOVIE ANATOMY $200: Film in which Gert Frobe practiced his Midas touch on Shirley Eaton Goldfinger |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | MOVIE ANATOMY $400: In 1935's "Hands Across the Table", Carol Lombard won "cuticle" acclaim playing one of these a manicurist |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | MOVIE ANATOMY $600: In this 1955 film, Fred Astaire takes Leslie Caron under his wing & onto the dance floor Daddy Long Legs |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | MOVIE ANATOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of 1978 movie of which the following was the love theme:
"I'm like a prisoner captured by your eyes" The Eyes of Laura Mars |
| #429, aired 1986-05-01 | MOVIE ANATOMY $1000: Sprung from jail in 1957's "A Face in the Crowd", he went on to become TV's favorite small-town sheriff Andy Griffith |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | ANATOMY $200: Kinky, straight & wavy are its 3 textures hair |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | ANATOMY $400: This top layer of your skin is 4 layers thick the epidermis |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | ANATOMY $600: The eye's clear outer layer where a soft lens wearer makes "contact" the cornea |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | ANATOMY $800: Common name for the sternum your breastbone |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | ANATOMY $1000: If you "stick it in your ear" & it winds up down your throat, it would have passed through this tube the eustachian tube |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | ANATOMY $200: There are about 100 quadrillion synapses between the 100 billion neurons in this organ brain |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | ANATOMY $400: Examples of these are the rectus abdominis, pectoralis major, & the heart muscles |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | ANATOMY $600: The eye's projection screen retina |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | ANATOMY $800: Substance that gives erythrocytes their red color, even in "bluebloods" hemoglobin |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | ANATOMY $1000: The thyroid, pituitary & adrenal are this type of gland endocrine |
| #404, aired 1986-03-27 | INFANCY $100: Dr. Joyce Brothers says men's attention to this part of female anatomy is left over from infancy the breast |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | NAMED FOR $200: While Asa Gray was known for his books on botany, Henry Gray was known for his books on this science anatomy |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | ANATOMY $200: The framework of bones supporting lower part of abdomen, or Elvis' epithet the pelvis |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | ANATOMY $400: Where you'd find pairs of atriums, auricles, & ventricles the heart |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | ANATOMY $600: Opposition of this part has been described as single most important movement of the hand the thumb |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | ANATOMY $800: Part of the body used for mastication the mouth |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | ANATOMY $1000: Largest lymphoid organ in the body, it destroys worn out blood cells & acts as a blood reservoir the spleen |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $100: In 1974, "Sunshine" here made John Denver happy my shoulders |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $200: For Hall & Oates they were "Private", for Kim Carnes, they were Bette Davis' eyes |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $300: Featured in the movie "Play Misty for Me", it put Roberta Flack on top of the charts "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $400: Diana Ross' career "bulked up" with this Top 10 hit of 1982 "Muscles" |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $500: "Sweet" way Michael Franks describes his lover's "frozen feet" "Popsicle Toes" |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | MEDICINE $400: This Italian drew the 1st accurate drawings of the human anatomy in the late 1400s Leonardo da Vinci |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | PROVERBIAL ANATOMY $100: Cervantes wrote in "Don Quixote", "A bird" here "is worth two in the bush" a hand |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | PROVERBIAL ANATOMY $200: Ovid said, "Ugly is a field without grass, a plant without leaves, or" this without hair the head |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | PROVERBIAL ANATOMY $300: This is the mirror of the soul eyes |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | PROVERBIAL ANATOMY $400: Livy claimed, "Let a fool hold this & he will pass for a sage" tongue |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | PROVERBIAL ANATOMY $500: A gluttonous man may dig his grave with these teeth |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | ANATOMY $200: Equaling 1/10 of body weight, this fluid is 78% water & 22% solid the blood |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | ANATOMY $400: The 4 types of it are bristle, long scalp, downy, & sexual hair |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed palm |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | ANATOMY $200: Teeth too "smart" to make their appearance until age 18-20 wisdom teeth |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | ANATOMY $400: A boxer's punch to these bean-shaped twin organs can be deadly the kidneys |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | ANATOMY $600: An imbalance in the balancing organ located here can cause seasickness the inner ear |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | ANATOMY $800: Organ that filters & stores blood; malicious people "vent" theirs a spleen |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | ANATOMY $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2 largest places on human skin which normally won't grow hair the sole of the foot & the palm of your hand |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | ART $200: The “Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp” was this Dutch master’s 1st large-scale portrait Rembrandt |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | ANATOMY $200: Of an infant, a teen-age girl & an old man, the one with the most bones an infant |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | ANATOMY $400: They "crack" because of gas explosions in fluid filling them knuckles |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | ANATOMY $600: It stores the bile produced by the liver the gallbladder |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | ANATOMY $1,300 (Daily Double): Though it makes up only 2% of the body's weight, it consumes up to 25% of the oxygen in the blood the brain |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | ANATOMY $100: Common name of the patella, often knocked against the coffee table the kneecap |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | ANATOMY $200: A man walking places pressure of up to 2000 lbs. per sq. inch on the bones in this feet |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | ANATOMY $300: Covered with mucous membrane, this muscle lies on the floor of the mouth the tongue |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ANATOMY $200: Hollow muscle at the center of the Baby Fae controversy the heart |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ANATOMY $400: Teeth in front of the canines used for biting the incisors |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ANATOMY $600: Every day, this has to filter, humidify & warm or cool about 500 cubic feet of air the nose |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ANATOMY $800: Set of 3 tiny bones which are the only ones fully developed at birth the bones in the ears (the hammer, the anvil & the stirrup) |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | ANATOMY $1000: 1 of 2 areas, aside from the underarms, with the largest concentration of sweat glands the sole of the foot (or the palm of the hand) |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | ANATOMY $200: Straw-colored portion of the blood which stores longer than whole blood plasma |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | ANATOMY $400: Any of the bones which make up spinal column vertebrae |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | ANATOMY $600: Blood enters it through renal artery, exits cleansed through renal vein the kidney |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | ANATOMY $800: Hormone found in blood in large amounts during periods of fright or anger adrenaline |
| #118, aired 1985-02-20 | ANATOMY $1000: Gland at the base of brain which regulates growth the pituitary |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | PROVERBS $200: Part of anatomy a hard worker "puts to the wheel" shoulder |
| #103, aired 1985-01-30 | ANATOMY $200: The quadriceps, strongest muscles in the body, are located here the thighs |
| #103, aired 1985-01-30 | ANATOMY $400: A vestigial organ in humans, it's helpful at the back of reference books the appendix |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANATOMY $200: Bipeds have 2 of these legs (feet) |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANATOMY $400: Cephalic means relating to this part of the body the head |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANATOMY $600: Blood component also known as leukocytes white blood cells |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANATOMY $800: Skin color is mainly determined by the amount of this dark brown pigment melanin |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANATOMY $1000: By age 5, this 3 lb. organ has reached 90% of its adult weight the brain |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $200: Number of digits Mickey Mouse has on one hand 4 |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $400 (Daily Double): Only body part mentioned in the song "Tea For Two" knee |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $400: Common name of arteriosclerosis hardening of the arteries |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $600: By the time you were born this had become your main source for new blood cells bone marrow |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | ANATOMY $1000: The constant, complex, orderly set of chemical changes in cells metabolism |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | ANATOMY $200: 32 body appendages you masticate with your teeth |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | ANATOMY $400: This "cheeky" muscle is the body's largest the gluteus maximus |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | ANATOMY $600: Where a doctor "hammers out" a patellar reflex the kneecap |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | ANATOMY $800: A turkey's wishbone or your collarbone a clavicle |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | ANATOMY $1000: The 4 large veins that return blood to the heart from the head & neck the jugular veins |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | ANATOMY $200: Of smiling & frowning the one it takes more muscles to do frowning |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | ANATOMY $400: The taste sensation that goes with sweet, sour, & salty bitter |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | ANATOMY $600: The liquid part of the blood plasma |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | ANATOMY $800: Common eye color that's most sensitive to light blue |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | ANATOMY $1000: Vitamin the skin produces when exposed to the sun vitamin D |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | ANATOMY $600: The sclera; Bunker Hill patriots were ordered not to fire before seeing it the whites of their eyes |
| #21, aired 1984-10-08 | ANATOMY $800: Peristalsis lets you do this while standing on your head swallowing |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $200: Mark Anthony borrowed them, then bent them ears |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $400: Over ½ of these are in your hands & feet your bones |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $600: Number of chambers in a judge's heart 4 |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $800: The body has over 60,000 miles of them blood vessels |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $3,500 (Daily Double): Prominent zygomatic bones, considered an attractive facial feature cheek bones |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | ANATOMY $50: If the body were a car, they would be the carburetors the lungs |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | ANATOMY $100: Building these up with steroids has caused sports controversy muscles |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | ANATOMY $200 (Daily Double): Babies have more than 300, while adults have only 206 bones |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | ANATOMY $200: A cranium and 2 femurs on a black flag a skull and crossbones |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | ANATOMY $250: This is the body's largest gland the liver |
